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The Media Center Show V2.07 - Widevine Technologies

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

For any of you who are looking for an overview of Digital Rights Management and content protection, this is a great show. This week’s guest if Brian Baker, the CEO of Widevine Technologies. Brian gives us some background on his company, which is multi-platform and network content protection provider. Mike Wolf of ABI Research asks [...]

The Media Center Show v2.06 - Sonos

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

Great call this week, as Mike Wolf of ABI Research talks to Tom Cullen, the VP of Sales and Marketing for Sonos. Sonos is a manufacturer of wireless multi-room audio systems, and Tom tells us about how Sonos went through an intense period of useability testing - as they tap the expertise of the woman [...]

The Media Center Show v2.05 - BitTorrent President Ashwin Navin

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Fascinating call this week as Mike Wolf of ABI Research talks to Ashwin Navin, the President and cofounder of BitTorrent. Ashwin gives some of the background on the founding of the company with Bram Cohen and goes on to talk about some of the company’s initiatives with its BitTorrent DNA, efforts to put the BitTorrent [...]

The Media Center Show V2.04 - Archos COO Larry Smith

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

For those of you interested in networked entertainment - specifically portable networked entertainment - this is a show you can’t miss. We spend some time with the Chief Operating Officer of Archos, Larry Smith. Archos is a pioneering portable media player vendor, being one of the first to deliver Wi-Fi connected portable media players. My [...]

Media Center Show V2.03 - Ronen Mizrahi of TVersity

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Welcome back from (in the U.S, at least) a holiday week. This week’s show features an interview with Ronen Mizrahi, the founder of TVersity. TVersity is a media server, content management and entertainment guide application that can be downloaded for free at Tversity.com.
Ronen founded the company in 2004 and the company’s application has been available [...]

Media Center Show V2.02 - Ian McCarthy of Orb Networks

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

We have a great show with Ian McCarthy of Orb Networks. Ian and I chat about all things iPhone, as well as look at how Orb is doing now that it has been launched for all three of the big game consoles. Ian touches on the new Realplayer as well as his own digital home [...]

Media Center Show 2.01 - Joe Belfiore

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Welcome Back.
The first show back and its a great one. Joe Belfiore is our guest and gives us a great update on all things media center. We talk about CableCard, the launch of Media Center in Vista and the online features of Media Center in Vista.
Take a listen.
(Note: having trouble with this post in Wordpress [...]

Microsoft Debuts Mediaroom

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

I was a little confused by the name of the product, which half-sounded like a virtual press area (they were announcing it from a trade show after all) and also somewhat Media-Center-ish. The new platform is really just the next iteration of their Microsoft IPTV software, and the new features include the ability to share [...]

Will the New Real Player Actually Make Me Use It Again?

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

I imagine that many of you gave up on Real Player quite a while ago, and I can’t blame you. I have a copy one of my machines, but I hardly use it anymore, except for the not-so-common chance I come across a site streaming in Real format. But with the new Real Player 11, [...]

Windows Home Server Hits RC1

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Just got the email about Windows Home Server going RC1.
I think the list of features sounds pretty solid. Overall, I think the majority of those who use it will be using their for backup and restore functions, which is the main reason I would use it in the long term, though things like using it [...]