In my continued pursuit of integrating my iPad with my home entertainment setup I have been using an application that is simply excellent. If you have an iPad or iPhone and a Windows machine that stores your media your dreams can be realised with this...

I have been playing around with a few options for live tv over a network on different devices in my arsenal namely a Windows 7 notebook, iPhone 4 and an iPad. The first experiment involved an HD Homerun networked tuner and Windows Media Center running...

Cnet are reporting that Microsoft has begun offering the Zune Pass subscription service to customers in the U.K. The Zune devices have never been sold outside North America, so there hasn't been much reason to offer the related subscription service...

Since starting my blog here at TDL, I have received lots of tweets from people interested in the Popcorn Hour / dedicated media player line of products for one reason or another they are looking to move away from Media Center setups for movie playback...

Just a heads up for everyone that is planning on following this years Football World Cup, I came across a site over the weekend that has kindly put together calendar files of all the fixtures and kick off times for every time zone and they are available...

Techradar have stolen a march on the rest of us and got the official word from Apple on the iPad price and availability here in the UK. We already know that it will be available to pre-order on the 10th May but added to this we now know the release date...

I did a short video demo of iSkin running on the iPhone and how it was a fantastic way of accessing your Popcorn Hour’s media library, browsing meta data and remotely controlling the Popcorn Hour, I have never seen or used anything as good as this on...

The Networked Media Tank forums is a fantastic place to hang out if you have one of the Media Players that they support there, I have mentioned before how I changed the whole look and feel of my Popcorn Hour UI by installing YAMJ . Well here’s another...

So the super secret Apple infrastructure looks like it has been blown apart this year after a guy managed to leave an iPhone 4G or G4 in a bar in Redwood City disguised as an iPhone 3G. Sure we have seen fakes come and go but the evidence that Gizmodo...

Toshiba Corp's personal computer sales in the United States jumped 50 percent in the first quarter, and the company said it was preparing to roll out tablet-style computing devices later this year to compete with Apple Inc's iPad. Jeff Barney, general...

My good friend Matt over at Tracy and Matt ‘s blog has managed to get his hands on a rather interesting Windows 7 tablet and has put together a high quality unboxing video. The Vpad is a full-blown PC in that it runs Windows 7 Home Premium and has a 320GB...

Just stumbled across this short video demonstrating a virtual window for your home, if your sick of the view you have from your home and want something a little more interesting then this could be for you. Instead of an actual windows you embed a couple...

Those of you that have read my posts and heard my thoughts on the Media Center Show podcast will know how much I like my Popcorn Hour for watching movies because of its huge support for video formats, hell everything plays on this thing but my one criticism...

Samsung has just launched an app designed to work with your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad on all 2010 Samsung TVs. This application turns your Apple devices into a remote control. If you connect both devices to the same router, the app will automatically...

As you will know if you have read any of my previous posts I am currently playing around with Windows 7 Media Center with a short term goal of switching the family away from the costly SKY subscription model to free up some of our monthly outgoings. So...

CUPERTINO, California—April 8, 2010—Apple® today previewed its iPhone® OS 4 software and released a beta version of the software to iPhone Developer Program members. The iPhone OS 4 beta release includes an updated Software Development Kit (SDK) with...

Here’s one for the Apple haters out there, I actually hate these videos as it is such a waste of good tech but I am sure some of you will enjoy this one as there has been so much iPad news over the last few weeks that it has become a bit unbearable. Enjoy...

Apple will be holding their iPhone 4.0 event, “Get a sneak peak into the future of iPhone OS” on Thursday, April 8th, yes that is this week, not much notice for all the tech journalists out there. This is expected to be nothing more than a look at what...

So to continue on from my previous post about my first dabblings with Windows 7 Media Center I went ahead on Wednesday night and installed the ADS Tech Dual Mini TV dongle and a portable aerial onto my Windows 7 laptop, I scanned for channels and found...

I have mentioned previously how I used to use MCE 2005 for my office TV at home but since going all in with SKY TV and losing my office to my newest family addition, I haven't really tinkered much with Media Center. Well until now that is, I have decided...

So as the dust settles on the Windows Phone 7 Series details announced at Mix 2010 I thought it was about time that I chimed in with my thoughts on this new platform. First off, after it was announced at Mobile World Congress I was genuinely excited,...

The Guardian are reporting that eventually after years of negotiation, a deal has been struck between ITV, BSkyB and Virgin Media, to bring ITV HD to the masses. Football fans will be able to watch almost every football World Cup match in high definition...

The highly anticipated (in some quarters anyway) iPad has had it’s first official advertisement aired on US TV during the Oscars last night. The advert is only about 30 seconds long but makes a big play on photo viewing, eBooks and movie watching, as...

HANNOVER, Germany — March 1, 2010 — NETGEAR ® , Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically innovative, branded networking solutions, today announced two new networking accessories for home theaters. The High-Performance Wireless-N...

NETGEAR ®, Inc. a worldwide provider of technologically innovative, branded networking solutions, today announced the addition of two next-generation HomePlug ®, AV-certified powerline kits to its award-winning family of powerline networking solutions...