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Universal Plug and Play. Similar to Apple’s Bonjour, a service for finding and using shares on a LAN. In the case of UPnP, it seems largely geared towards media streaming.
I’m personally interested in it as a bridge between my home media server and my N810.
Do you think if Barack Obama had left his seriously ill wife after having had multiple affairs, had been a member of the “Keating Five,” had had a relationship with a much younger lobbyist that his staff felt the need to try and block, had intervened on behalf of the client of said young lobbyist with a federal agency, had denounced then embraced Jerry Falwell, had denounced then embraced the Bush tax cuts, had confused Shiite with Sunni, had confused Al Qaeda in Iraq with the Mahdi Army, had actively sought the endorsement and appeared on stage with a man who denounced the Catholic Church as a whore, and stated that he knew next to nothing about economics — do you think it’s possible that Obama would have been treated differently by the media than John McCain has been? Possible?
The Apple TV (or, more correctly, the ?tv) is a set-top box designed to play back media from an iTunes library. The original model shipped in March 2007.
image from apple.com
Among its features (besides the normal stunning design from Apple) is its internal 40GB hard drive, 802.11n wifi networking, and the Front Row-ish interface with the dead simple Apple remote.
The ?tv does not have any recording capabilities, and lacks a tuner, so its function is limited to playback only. Basically, it’s a large, stationary video iPod that uses your television for its display and speakers. it can be synced over ethernet, either wired or wifi.
In addition to playback of synced content, computers running on the local network can stream media to the device.
AnandTech unboxes and disassembles a unit. Also see part two.
Rogue Amoeba blabs five secrets, including the revelation that it works with (at least some) standard definition TVs.
The unofficial FAQ From O’Reilly
MacWorld’s First Look includes some common questions and answers.
The MacRumors review
AppleTVHacks, a repository of warranty-voiding modifications you can make to your AppleTV
The MacWorld Review
The Ars Technica review. Top notch, as usual.
Macworld Magazine reviews the “Take Two”
RoughlyDrafted’s review of the “Take Two.” Also see part 2 of the review.
ArsTechnica takes a quick look the Take Two
ArsTechnica’s longer review
I do not regularly watch any corporate network news, though occasionally I’ll turn on Keith Olberman’s show. Still, an article over at Presentation Zen got me thinking. read more »
