Peripherals

Popcorn Hour Media Streamer Goes Live

This network media streamer can do whatever you ask for, concerning media aspects. The new Popcorn Hour A-100 can stream media via your wireless network, NAS, attached USB DOK, and internet streams. It can even house movies you download from BitTorrent. The A-100 box can handle almost any format you’d like, such as ASF, WMV, MOV, Xvid MPEG1/2/4, MP3, AVI, Matroska and more. It also sports HDMI and SPDIF coax digital audio outputs. Currently, the Popcorn Hour is lacking, so if you want to get yours, sign-in and get a number straight off their website.

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Sunday, February 24th, 2008 Audio, Media Players, Peripherals, Video No Comments

Asus HDTV Brings HDTV To Your Monitor

Asus intros a new HDTV box, providing a TV tuner and some nifty inputs like s-video, component, and HDMI for your computer’s monitor. The Asus box is capable of upscaling any signal source up to 1080p, for maximum picture quality. It is also equipped with DVI or VGA outputs and sports PIP functionality. The device supports both NTSC and Pal tuner so you can use it around the globe. Price and availability details are missing.

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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Computers, Peripherals, Video No Comments

Dell XPS M1330 Offers Wireless USB Connectivity

If you have visited Dell’s website recently, trying to build your next dreamlike laptop, you could have seen some new extended components added to the XPS M1330 “Build Your Computer” section. One of these add-ons is the Build-in Wireless USB capability with Belkin 4 port hub, offered for extra 150$. Sounds exciting to me.

Update: also available in XPS M1530, XPS M1730, M2010, Inspiron 1525 and Inspiron 1720 models.

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[via engadget]

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Monday, February 11th, 2008 Communication, Computers, Peripherals No Comments

Sony Announces A New Speedy USB Memory Stick Series

Sony to release a new USMGLX USB memory stick series with 31MB/sec high-speed reading capabilities. The new lineup includes 5 sticks, ranged from 1GB, 2GB, 4Gb, 8GB to 16GB. The series supports both Mac/PC and is a Windows Vista Ready-Boost technology compatible. Available in Japan from March for $210 (16GB model).

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Sunday, February 10th, 2008 Peripherals, Storage No Comments

IOTEK ezSECU Features 2.5″ HDD Case With Secured Touch Panel

Korean company, IOTEK, introduced the ezSECU, a 2.5-inch HDD case, equipped with a secured, code input touch panel, blocking your way to access any stored data. In order to penetrate inside you need to feed in a preset PIN number, contains up to 12 digits, otherwise, you are banned. The case features one-touch locking element and compatible with Windows 2000/XP/Vista and Mac OS 9.2.

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[via Aving]

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Monday, February 4th, 2008 Peripherals, Storage No Comments