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Sony: CoCoon will transform TV
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Sony unveils its new Linux-based digital home-entertainment hub CoCoon, which stands for connected community on network.
iTunes, the award-winning digital-jukebox software, is now available for Mac and Windows. The iTunes Music Store offers Windows users the same online music store as Mac users, with the same music catalog, the same personal-use rights, and the same 99-cents-per-song pricing. With music from all five major music companies and more than 600 independent labels, the iTunes Music Store catalog now offers more than 1,000,000 songs. Features include a free download with no hidden charges for extra features, MP3 and pristine-quality AAC-encoding from audio CDs, smart playlists, more than 250 free Internet radio stations, and the ability to burn custom playlists to CDs and MP3 CDs, to burn content to DVDs to back up an entire music collection, and to share music via Rendezvous over any network, cross-platform. New in this version: Enjoy a streamlined look, find stuff faster with the new Search Bar, control kids access with Parental Controls and hear more of what you love with Smart Shuffle.
Let Captain Petey be your guide through the wonderful, rarely-seen adult world of lighthouses. From vomiting down a spiral staircase to the simple pleasures of getting drunk on the beach, Captain Petey shares memories you won't easily forget. Created by Francis DiPietro, author of over a dozen novels. They all contain both mature and immature content. Mr. DiPietro's current whereabouts are unknown, due to a faulty tracking tag.
Download.com guide to Nero 6 Ultra
Nero 6 Ultra Edition is an all-in-one solution for data, audio, video, photo, and backup. Nero has combined its best applications (over 16 applications included in the Suite) to satisfy all your digital-media needs, making the applications accessible through Nero StartSmart, the command center for all tasks. Now you can capture, edit, author, and burn your photos and home videos without buying different software packages. Nero Recode 2, ultra fast transcoder, allows you to recode DVDs and videos to Nero Digital format providing top-quality audio and video for your home theater. You can backup non-copyrighted DVDs without any visible loss of quality by converting DVDs to Nero Digital files, and fit an entire movie on one CD, including 5.1 Dolby surround sound. You can then playback your media files with Nero ShowTime or share with Nero MediaHome server with H.264/AVC support, the new standard in high definition support.
The Sony MEX-BT5000 is packed with useful entertainment and communications features, although it suffers from some fiddly controls. Advanced Bluetooth audio streaming may be its star feature, but its built-in sound optimization for digital audio playback
Guba is moving toward the premium market
Tom McInerney, founder and CEO of video-sharing site Guba, speaks with CNET's Neha Tiwari at the Digital Hollywood conference in San Jose, Calif. McInerney explains how Guba offers user-generated content and avoids copyright infringement by offering a premium, fee-based service. Unlike YouTube, Guba has relationships with Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures Entertainment to distribute video content.
Sonos Digital Music System (Bundle 250)
An excellent touch-screen remote and equally usable iPhone remote app breathe new life into Sonos's excellent multiroom digital audio system.
Building a digital home from wireless bricks
ZDNet's David Coursey explores Intel's new digital media adapter, a prototype device that connects televisions, stereos and other home entertainment devices to a PC using 802.11 wireless technology.
