Ipod Movies Videos – Media Extender

Ipod Movies Videos - Media extender...
Here's the formula for the gadget of the year: A device that delivers Internet video on the TV. It sounds simple, but no one has really cracked this market, which should be huge. Apple Inc., Sony Corp., Netgear Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Netflix Inc. are some of the big tech names angling in on it. Of course, this isn't a party Microsoft Corp. is going to stay away from.

The software juggernaut has supplied hardware partners like Cisco Systems Inc. and D-Link Corp. with updated software and blueprints for the Extender for Windows Media Center, a box you put in your entertainment center and connect to your TV. You control the extender with a remote, gaining access not only to the movies, music and photos stored on the PC, but also some free Web videos and subscription movie services.

The first generation of extenders came out in 2005 for use with Windows XP, causing little excitement. The updated boxes, which work only with Windows Vista, started coming out in January. I tested the Linksys DMA 2200 (made by Cisco), which sells for $299.99. Ipod AccessoriesIpod Movies

Ipod Accessories - Leopard reviews; packaging [video]
Walt Mossberg, David Pogue and Edward Baig have all weighed in with their reviews of Leopard. Mossberg says that Leopard is faster, and easier than Vista. Pogue says Leopard is powerful, polished and carefully conceived. Edward Baig says long before Leopard pounced onto the scene, I rated OS X superior to Windows for most consumers.

Many reports are coming in from various sources that Leopard is arriving early to customers and retailers. Packaging reveals that Apple is using a hologram effect for the box design (video below). The front, back and inside are all revealed. Ipod MoviesApple Ipods.