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Entertainment
7:25AM Wilson Rothman | When Apple TV 3.0 came out, we were unimpressed. Readers asked what else they could use to play their many videos. Here are five nice ones to suit different needs — nearly all cost less and do more than ATV. More »
HD Media Player Battlemodo: Apple TV Killers
7:25AM Wilson Rothman | When Apple TV 3.0 came out, we were unimpressed. Readers asked what else they could use to play their many videos. Here are five nice ones to suit different needs — nearly all cost less and do more than ATV. More »
Entertainment
11:22AM Nick Broughall | So it turns out that the WD Media streamer thing we told you about last week doesn’t stream Pandora in Australia. While I’m not surprised, I’m still a little disappointed…
That WD TV Live HD Media Payer Doesn’t Play Pandora
11:22AM Nick Broughall | So it turns out that the WD Media streamer thing we told you about last week doesn’t stream Pandora in Australia. While I’m not surprised, I’m still a little disappointed…
Entertainment
1:30PM Nick Broughall | The thing that struck me about the press release for the WD TV Live HD Media Player wasn’t the ability to stream your HD content over your network to your TV (my PS3 does that for me), but more the fact that it apparently allows you to stream Pandora internet radio here in Australia. More »
The WD TV Live HD Media Player Apparently Plays Pandora In AU
1:30PM Nick Broughall | The thing that struck me about the press release for the WD TV Live HD Media Player wasn’t the ability to stream your HD content over your network to your TV (my PS3 does that for me), but more the fact that it apparently allows you to stream Pandora internet radio here in Australia. More »
Peripherals
Quick Test: Seagate’s 1TB Portable FreeAgent Go
1:00AM Wilson Rothman | The season of the 1TB bus-powered USB drive is upon us. WD was first; now Seagate is shipping the FreeAgent Go, a chunky SOB — three platters worth of storage powered and connected by one skinny cable. More »
Peripherals
WD Puts E-Labels On My Book Elite/Studio, Passport Elite Gets Dock
11:00PM Wilson Rothman | Hard drives have become so generic and commoditised, manufacturers are always trying to draw attention to their products in new ways. WD’s My Book desktop drives now get an ebook-like screen, while the portable My Passport Elite gets a dock. More »
Hardware
WD’s Ever-Smaller External Hard Drives Bring New Features
10:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Western Digital’s new line of hard drives have the expected upgrades (higher capacity, smaller size) but also feature tough-as-nails hardware security and incremental backups. More »
Gadgets
Leaked Western Digital TV-2 Media Player Reveals Modest Upgrades
3:00AM Jack Loftus | Western Digital’s decent WD TV was a moderately priced 1080p-pumping media player at $US130. WD, apparently content to not mess with success, is preparing a slight feature update in the upcoming TV-2. More »
Hardware
WD Scorpio Blue Drive Is First 1 Terabyte Mobile Drive Ever
10:05PM Jesus Diaz | I seriously need the new WD Scorpio 1 terabyte drive. I want to be able to tote around all my desktop data, without any external drives hanging around, and $US250 seems like a little price to pay for that. More »
Hardware
1:20AM Mark Wilson | The Gadget: My Book World Edition II, a 4TB Raid NAS—a small networked hard drive with a ton of storage. More »
My Book World Edition II (4TB) Lightning Review
1:20AM Mark Wilson | The Gadget: My Book World Edition II, a 4TB Raid NAS—a small networked hard drive with a ton of storage. More »
Hardware