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  Labnotes: The myth of the living-room PC. By Paul Boutin (via Cosmos)

  Inside the Mind of a Nerd: An O'Reilly blog has a look at the new features in Leopard, and they actually look better in this format then when you look at how they were presented, but it's still not a huge upgrade, in my opinion. Engadget compiled a bunch of shots of the Mac Pro if you're interested, but it doesn't physically look much better than a PowerMac to me. On the right side here is Sony's new portable media player called "Mylo," and its form factor may look similar to the PSP but it's actually much cooler. (via Cosmos)

  AV Report | Premeir source of audio and video news, reviews, and opinions: My take is that HTPC is too cumbersome to get used to and can pose much difficult problems given that it runs a full blown operating system that requires constant maintenance. The only way I see a computer entering the living room is when someone comes up with a stripped highly customized version of an OS, be it Linux, OS X, or Windows that has a very usable and front end along with close to 0 boot time. (via Cosmos)

  Technology Evangelist - Technology News, Articles, Blogs, and Interviews: The myth of the living-room PC. By Paul Boutin (via Cosmos)

  Massive: I certainly buy the idea that people are quite happy with separate devices for their "lean-back" and "learn-forward" activities. What I'm not so sure of is how much sense it makes to distinguish between the back-end systems that power these. (via Cosmos)

  Xbox 360 Underground: He says that most homes are consolidating around a two-hub model. The home office utilizes a PC (or Mac) with multimedia features, while a TiVo or other DVR owns the living room. (via Cosmos)

  On Computers Tips: I found them a really decent way to extend the useful life of an old PC and even a Pentium II at 233 MHz with only 64 megabytes of memory is capable of routing all the traffic in a fairly large office without breaking a sweat. I had one with exactly those specifications working in an office with 24 PCs and it ran like a champ for 3 years, until the hardware gave up. (via Cosmos)

Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: Since you will now already have a super powerful new Vista PC with Media Center built in and since you already have an XBox 360 -- you *do* already have an XBox 360 right? The marketing message will be something to the effect of "would you like to add an HDTV PVR to your current XBox360?" By checking this option you will essentially be adding an HDTV CableCARD tuner to your new PC purchase which will then wirelessly or wired (if your home is wired for a network and a lot of them are) transmit your HDTV to your XBox in your living room. (via Cosmos)

  Xbox 360 Underground: So people don't want a PC connected to their TV. Maybe a Windows Vista PC in the home office with an Xbox 360 Media Extender in the living room can offer a better model? (via Cosmos)

Michael Gartenberg: Thomas Hawk has some good insight about how Vista could make the living room PC a reality. Not sure I totally agree and not sure Redmond is thinking along these lines but it's well worth the read. (via Cosmos)

  Blogniscient: PVR Wire | 8/8/2006 16:30:37 Paul Boutin at Slate thinks the idea of Media Centers dominating the set-top box space in the home is a myth.I think hes wrong. His article is interes... How Vista Will Finally Make the Living Room PC a Reality (via Cosmos)

[Irecordtv.com] iRecordTV - PVR and DVD recorder news and reviews: ports, analog or digital TV tuner, FireWire, memory card reader, infrared keyboard with integrated trackball, and remote control.

[Mediacenter.mattgoyer.com] Matt Goyer's Microsoft Windows Media Center Blog - MCE 2005: But for a consumer that wants more than just PVR functionality then they will turn to the Media Center which does not just basic TV, but movies, DVDs, photos, music and connects to the other devices in your home. Also, our user experience is vastly superior to that of any of the set top box PVRs.

[Thomashawk.com] Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection: TiVo Pauses Company Costs and Growth: Although there are over 3 million TiVo units out there right now (about a million with broadband connection) there are vastly, vastly more PCs out there. "This platform (PC) is playing an increasing role in the management of home entertainment and TiVo intends to offer applications and services that capitalize on the PCs unique power and network capabilities as well as it's enormous reach and scale of install base," said Ramsay.

[Video Game News From Around The Net - The Mole VG Wire] Reggie explains what the Wii flap’s for: Nintendo of America's recently elected president, Reggie Fils-Aime, has re-affirmed that the Wii will use SD cards to store data, and by way of that has solved the big mystery surrounding the flap on the front of Nintendo's new console.

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