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HP Windows-based Media Center wins Macworld award

This might be a first (and a last).   HP’s MediaSmart Server EX485 has walked away with one of Macworld Magazine’s coveted best of show awards.  The Windows Home Server based product (!) does offer a lot of services for the Mac platform.  You can do Time Machine backups to the device.  You can store your iTunes online on a central server.   You can also share files/folders with anyone in your house or small office.  With some extra SATA drives, you can have this thing up to 9TB.  Competition for this device includes DLink’s DNS-323 line, Linksys‘s NAS, the Drobo line and (our fav) Netgear’s ReadyNAS.  The others run Linux but the HP runs Windows.

The Apple Competitor?  None for quite awhile.  We’ve heard the only functionality to be added to Time Capsule in the near future is Software Update caching.  If you want to pick one of these HP’s up, head over to Amazon and save over $100 off of retail for the 750GB version.

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Thoughts on Wireless Access – part 2

Apple Statement – Steve Jobs -February 6, 2007 9to5Mac Revised Apple Statment for use with iPhones
With the stunning global success of Apple’s iPod music player and iTunes online music store, some have called for Apple to “open” the digital rights management (DRM) system that Apple uses to protect its music against theft, so that music purchased from iTunes can be played on digital devices purchased from other companies, and protected music purchased from other online music stores can play on iPods. Let’s examine the current situation and how we got here, then look at three possible alternatives for the future. With the stunning success of Apple’s iPhone and AT&T wireless data service, some have called for Apple to “open” the SIM Lock system that Apple uses to protect its iPhone from obtaining data purchased from other online wireless data providors so that it can be used on iPhones. Let’s examine the current situation and how we got here, then look at three possible alternatives for the future.