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Latest Kaleidescape tentative judgement could mean the end of untethered disc servers

The thing about the American civil court system is you can almost never stop looking over your shoulder, even when you thought you won. Things get appealed and what was a favorable ruling can become your worst nightmare five years later. That’s what the folks at Kaleidescape are facing if the latest tentative judgement in its case vs the DVD Copy Control Association, which licenses DVD’s defunct copy protection, CSS

The thing about the American civil court system is you can almost never stop looking over your shoulder, even when you thought you won. Things get appealed and what was a favorable ruling can become your worst nightmare five years later. That’s what the folks at Kaleidescape are facing if the latest tentative judgement in its case vs the DVD Copy Control Association, which licenses DVD’s defunct copy protection, CSS

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PowerDVD 12 brings syncing and transcoding for mobile devices

It’s been less than a year since CyberLink revealed PowerDVD 11 and now along comes PowerDVD 12. Among the new features in 12 is the ability to sync media — we can only assume this excludes protected content — to PowerDVD Mobile for Android as well as automatically transcode videos for most of the popular mobile devices. Said mobile clients are only free, though, if you opt of the $99 Ultra version of PowerDVD.

It’s been less than a year since CyberLink revealed PowerDVD 11 and now along comes PowerDVD 12. Among the new features in 12 is the ability to sync media — we can only assume this excludes protected content — to PowerDVD Mobile for Android as well as automatically transcode videos for most of the popular mobile devices. Said mobile clients are only free, though, if you opt of the $99 Ultra version of PowerDVD.

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Plextor’s PlexEasy backs up your photos, phone and tablet without a computer

It was first announced in Europe just about a month ago, but Pextor’s PlexEasy stand-alone DVD burner is finally hitting the market. The drive backs up data to CDs and DVDs directly from a variety of sources — including SD cards, cameras, smartphones or tablets over USB.

It was first announced in Europe just about a month ago, but Pextor’s PlexEasy stand-alone DVD burner is finally hitting the market. The drive backs up data to CDs and DVDs directly from a variety of sources — including SD cards, cameras, smartphones or tablets over USB.

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Samsung Optical SMART Hub hands-on (video)

Tucked away in the corner — and shadowed by dozens of giant TV panels hanging above — of Samsung ‘s almost frighteningly large booth we found the Samsung Optical SMART Hub . Samsung’s hub lets users stream media from CD / DVD, or a USB hard drive both wirelessly or via ethernet to desktops, laptops, and mobile devices

Tucked away in the corner — and shadowed by dozens of giant TV panels hanging above — of Samsung ‘s almost frighteningly large booth we found the Samsung Optical SMART Hub . Samsung’s hub lets users stream media from CD / DVD, or a USB hard drive both wirelessly or via ethernet to desktops, laptops, and mobile devices

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Acer reveals Timeline Ultra at CES: eight hours of life, shipping Q1 2012

Wondering just how hot the Ultrabook token is here at CES? Wonder no more

Wondering just how hot the Ultrabook token is here at CES? Wonder no more

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Nielsen’s 2011 media usage report: conventional TV still rules, but online viewing is skyrocketing

2011′s come and gone, but Nielsen’s media report on the year remains. The latest figures from the year that was have been published, and conventional television is still riding a wave of popularity. We’re told that 290 million Statesiders are still ogling at least one television, with around one in three American homes (35.9 million for the mathematicians) owning four or more of the things.

2011′s come and gone, but Nielsen’s media report on the year remains. The latest figures from the year that was have been published, and conventional television is still riding a wave of popularity. We’re told that 290 million Statesiders are still ogling at least one television, with around one in three American homes (35.9 million for the mathematicians) owning four or more of the things.

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Pioneer unveils world’s smallest and lightest external Blu-ray burner

When describing the current fleet of BD burners on the market, one word that certainly doesn’t come to mind — sleek. Pioneer is aiming to change all that, though, with the BDR-XD04. What it lacks in a catchy name it makes up for with a slim and light clamshell design that doesn’t make too many sacrifices in the features department.

When describing the current fleet of BD burners on the market, one word that certainly doesn’t come to mind — sleek. Pioneer is aiming to change all that, though, with the BDR-XD04. What it lacks in a catchy name it makes up for with a slim and light clamshell design that doesn’t make too many sacrifices in the features department.

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Deal Of The Day: $300 Off On Lenovo G770

By David Ponce “The G770 is Lenovo’s only consumer 17-inch laptop, featuring “Sandy Bridge” Intel Core i5 processors, up to 8GB DDR3 RAM, Intel or ATI graphics, 17.3-inch HD 1600

By David Ponce “The G770 is Lenovo’s only consumer 17-inch laptop, featuring “Sandy Bridge” Intel Core i5 processors, up to 8GB DDR3 RAM, Intel or ATI graphics, 17.3-inch HD 1600

Merlin Season 1 on DVD Is Your How-Much-Freaking-Longer-Can-He-Keep-This-Secret Deal of the Day

We all know the story of Merlin. The wizard who came of age in Camelot under Uther Pendragon, and would later become a trusted friend of King Arthur, Merlin may or may not have been the Antichrist, with the ability to shapeshift and/or see the future

We all know the story of Merlin. The wizard who came of age in Camelot under Uther Pendragon, and would later become a trusted friend of King Arthur, Merlin may or may not have been the Antichrist, with the ability to shapeshift and/or see the future

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Samsung SE-208BW Smart Media Hub packs DVD writer, we ask why then take it for a spin (video)

Is there any better way to ring in 2012 than to drop 129 bills on a shiny new wireless-enabled DVD burner? Absolutely.

Is there any better way to ring in 2012 than to drop 129 bills on a shiny new wireless-enabled DVD burner? Absolutely.

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