Intel’s smart TV remote will recognize you, tailor content to your wishes
It’s all about how you hold it, apparently. Intel’s Labs have churned out a proposal for a new user-identifying system to be embedded into remote controls.
Netgear’s ReadyNAS Ultra 4 and Ultra 6 stream to TiVo, mobile, and DLNA-certified devices
The “Death of Local Media Storage,” eh Netgear? The company is certainly proud of its latest unveiling, the ReadyNAS Ultra series, as the aforementioned press release headline exemplifies. In addition to the usual network storage capabilities, the gang can stream media to any TiVo device, DLNA -certified machine (via Skifta), and mobile devices using Orb technologies.
ASUS U43JC and U43F show up at Best Buy boastin’ bamboo bods
ASUS has been showing off bamboo laptops at trade shows for about three years now, but actual machines adorned in the special wood haven’t quite made it to market for what we’d call affordable prices…
Cisco’s second tablet runs Linux, manages home energy use
Looks like the Android-toting Cius wasn’t the only tablet out of Cisco this week — the company’s also announced a countertop unit for home energy management with a 7-inch, 800 x 480 capacitive touch screen.
HP Envy 14 now on sale for both the washed and unwashed masses
Our tips inbox rarely becomes flooded with news on a surprise laptop release, but such is the vibe that HP’s stylish Envy series seems to inspire — and now it looks as though that May-officiated 14.5-inch model is on sale for public consumption, albeit with a starting price just one Benjamin higher than expected.
Texas Instruments’ Blaze tablet coming to developers this August
Back in February when Texas Instruments announced its ARM-based OMAP 4 system-on-chip ‘Blaze’ dev platform, we sort of figured it might be tablet-bound. And, here it is — Blaze is going to be a tablet ! Not a shocker, but we’re glad to hear it, of course, since the tablet wars are hotter than ever and we love a good fight
