We were momentarily excited when we heard that CableCARD compatible tuners will be available for purchase by the end of the year. A card like this would allow you to hook up your digital cable to your computer and record programs natively. This has been possible for a long time with analog cable and PVR software such as MythTV. Up to this point, recording digital cable has required a dedicated cable box and workarounds to allow the computer to change channels.
Wait a minute though, the announcement was made by Microsoft? Indeed. Microsoft has been making a big push…

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The RealPlayer is the first product that integrates Real 39 s revolutionary new Harmony technology RealPlayer enables consumers to buy and download music that plays on more than 100 portable devices including the Apple iPod RealPlayer is the only digital media player you need for finding and downloading new music playing and managing audio and video clips and taking your digital entertainment with you RealPlayer offers a streamlined interface that allows you to keep your media library close at hand Keep all your digital media clips organized in one place save CD tracks with one click pause and rewind live…

This antenna tuner is controlled remotely using geared motors and legos. The tuner needed to be closer to the antenna for performance reasons. This created a problem; most of the radio gear is inside while the tuner is outside. The gear motors and Legos combine to form a closed loop servo, operating two air core caps and an inductor switch. A control box placed near the radio is hard wired to the modded tuner outside. We would like to see something like this under gesture control using the Wii MotionPlus + Arduino.

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The RealPlayer is the first product that integrates Real 39 s revolutionary new Harmony technology RealPlayer enables consumers to buy and download music that plays on more than 100 portable devices including the Apple iPod RealPlayer is the only digital media player you need for finding and downloading new music playing and managing audio and video clips and taking your digital entertainment with you RealPlayer offers a streamlined interface that allows you to keep your media library close at hand Keep all your digital media clips organized in one place save CD tracks with one click pause and rewind live…

The RealPlayer is the first product that integrates Real 39 s revolutionary new Harmony technology RealPlayer enables consumers to buy and download music that plays on more than 100 portable devices including the Apple iPod RealPlayer is the only digital media player you need for finding and downloading new music playing and managing audio and video clips and taking your digital entertainment with you RealPlayer offers a streamlined interface that allows you to keep your media library close at hand Keep all your digital media clips organized in one place save CD tracks with one click pause and rewind live…

Product Features and Technical DetailsProduct FeaturesHome theater notebook PC with innovative, high-definition 20.1-inch screen WSXGA Ultra Brightview 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T8300, 640 GB hard drives, 4 GB RAM 20.1″ WUXGA Ultra Brightview. Blu-ray DVD drive (with dual-layer DVD burner), HDTV Hybrid TV Tuner, NVIDIA GeForce Go 8800 w/webcam 802.11n Wi-Fi (as well as 802.11a/b/g); Gigabit Ethernet; HDMI audio/video; eSATA port Pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Ultimate (with Premium and Business capabilities)Processor, Memory, and Motherboard Hardware Platform: PC Processor: 2.4 Intel Core Duo Number of Processors: 1 RAM: 4 GB RAM Type: DDR2 SDRAM Memory Slots: 2 dimm…

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