Open source media player VLC to get complete rewrite and Blu-ray playback
VideoLan says it will soon release a major 2.0 release of its open source VLC media player, which will contain many new features of interest to OS X users. The new VLC will support Blu-ray playback, if you have the proper hardware, a full screen mode ...
Apple to buy Hollywood? Not a chance.
Could Apple spend its $100 billion in cash to create a virtual cable operator to compete with Comcast and the like? Sure. But it would have a really hard time offering a competitively priced service and building a profitable business out of it.
Expect To See A Truck Load of SSDs At CES Thanks To Apple [CES 2012]
For years we’ve heard a lot of hype about SSDs and how they’re going to change computing, but their progress has been slow, and the masses have been getting impatient. Well CES 2012 will be the start of SSDs officially entering into mainstream...Apple Planning Media Event to be Held in New York at the End of January, Says All Things D [Update!]
While a highly anticipated iPad 3 and iTV are expected by the mainstream media to be unveiled later this year, it’s a forthcoming event at the end of this month that could kick off another year full of surprises from Apple. Unrelated to the rumored products, Kara Swisher from All Things D writes that Apple...
Rumor: Apple media event slated for January?
On this slow-start Monday (the official observance of the New Year's Day holiday in the US, in case you were wondering why everything was moving like molasses), we have AllThingsD's Kara Swisher to thank for a neat tidbit of possible Apple news. The...
Audyssey Lower East Side Media Speakers: Class, With a Little ‘Tude [Review]
After the critical success of Audyssey’s South of Market dock last year, Audyssey eventually released their next product, the Lower East Side Media Speakers ($250), in October of this year. This time, Audyssey has dropped the radical approach to design it used for the...Holiday Gift Guide: iPad Apps for the Home
Welcome to TUAW's 2011 Holiday Gift Guide! We're here to help you choose the best gifts this holiday season, and once you've received your gifts we'll tell you what apps and accessories we think are best for your new Apple gear. Stay tuned every...
Physical Print is Poised to Make a Comeback Thanks to this Little Printer and Your iPhone
I never thought that I could possibly get excited about using a printer, but the design team at BERG has made that a reality thanks to their newest invention. If you’re like me, then one of the first things you do in the morning...Ecoute 3.0 Brings New UI, Queue, Lion Features
Back in January I reviewed Ecoute 2.0, a major update to a standalone iTunes music player that was made quite popular by its support for “themes” to be used in a desktop music controller. Today, developers PixiApps have released Ecoute 3.0, which represents a big shift in terms of user interface and underlying engine, but...
Audio Technica’s ATH-M50 is Killer for Bass [Review]
The quality of Audio-Technica’s products is legendary, and their ATH-M50 headphones ($200) are no exception. Mids are smooth, highs are clear — and the bass rocks my ears. In fact, these guys are the cans for rock. What’s Hot: The first thing I noticed...Stale Mac Pro lineup has pro users concerned
Apple's top-of-the-line workstation, the Mac Pro, hasn't been updated in well over a year, waiting on Intel's delayed (and delayed again) Sandy Bridge-E based Xeon processors. The previous upgrade cycle was equally as long,...
Plex 2.0 for iOS Brings Revamped Remote Access, New Home Screen – Plex 0.9.5 “Laika” Released
Back in April I wrote about Plex 1.1, a new iOS version of the popular media manager for Mac and Windows (as well as other connected devices such as Roku) that brought a new design, better streaming of movies and TV shows with Direct Play and Direct Streaming, and many changes from the original application...
