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Warpia is excited to unveil the newest contribution to their line of wireless connectivity solutions, the StreamHD. StreamHD allows users to view any media from a laptop on a flat screen TV in true 1080P (1920 x 1280) resolution. Content such as streaming video, pictures, movies, presentations, Facebook, Hulu, Joost, Netflix and other applications can be shown on your HDTV without the hassle and clutter of wires.

Simply connect the receiver base to your display via HDMI, then plug the USB adapter in to your computer. The digital content on your PC or laptop will come to life on your HDTV, all within thirty feet line-of-site wireless range. If you have a home theater system with optical inputs, you can enjoy 5.1-channel surround sound and get a truly wireless home cinema experience.  Perfect for multi-taskers or homes that have discontinued cable service, StreamHD’s “extend mode” gives users the flexibility of working with two screens at once.

“Our improved technology gives customers the all-access viewing they’ve come to expect from Warpia, along with stunning HD quality,” says Marc Levaggi, VP of Marketing for Warpia.  “StreamHD makes wireless home entertainment seem effortless.”

StreamHD is available on Amazon.com and Warpia.com for $169.99, which includes a one-year warranty and Warpia’s superior toll-free or online chat tech support.  The box includes a Wireless USB PC Adapter, video base with wireless USB receiver, power supply unit, HDMI cable, SPDIF cable, Quick Start Guide, installation and documentation CD.  For more information and details on minimum system requirements, please visit www.warpia.com.

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Actually, it is more likely to turn computers OFF.

If you’re a Windows XP user and you are presented with an option today to download an update to McAfee (anti-virus software), do yourself a favor – DON’T. A seemingly routine McAfee update has caused computers running Windows XP to shut down. WORLDWIDE. Since many corporate entities operate on Windows XP, this is going to cause quite the problem. Engadget.com has reported that they know that an Intel facility as well as Dish Network call centers have been affected, but that’s only an initial report.

For the nerds among us, Engadget described the issue as being: “DAT update 5958 deletes the svchost.exe file, which then triggers a false-positive in McAfee itself and sets off a chain of uncontrolled restarts and loss of networking functionality”. Basically – the computer thinks that it is infected when it is not. Sort of like a really bad reaction to a vaccine.

Since the incident has occurred McAfee has (obviously) pulled the faulty update from their site and has released a fix for said update. A fix which only works for those who have not been affected by the bug. Yikes! Even with a fix, a McAfee tech needs to personally attend to each machine affected. Looks like we’re going to be hearing about this one for a while. The day the terminators turned on themselves.

As you would imagine, Twitter is all aflutter, as it always is when something BAD happens. Some cursing McAfee to all kinds of high heaven, others thanking G-d that they have a Mac (like me!).

So, anyone here think this might be a deliberate attack? Or some McAfee tester really screwed up (like messed with the world economy kind of screwed up)? Are we all soon doomed to a computer-less existence (at least an XP-less existence)?

(Originally posted on I On T3chnology – Jake’s official tech blog)

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Drobo!!! I am a huge fan of storage. I attribute that mostly to the fact that I don’t delete ANYTHING. Who does? Our digital lives are just a collection of files and folders. The Drobo finally gives us an easy to use solution for home users. How often do you see statements like “Hot-expandability” and “16 TB” in a consumer product? By my count… never.

The folks at Data Robotics Inc. have recognized that users need the same flexibility and usability in a product as the huge corporations out there. They have also done a very good job at wrapping it all up into a very nice little package.

This new unit can be expanded to 16 TB and has Firewire 400 and 800 on board. It also has USB 2.0 for those of you who purchased the new MacBook. The price seems to be around $500.00 everywhere. Since it is Windows and Mac compatible the price may be the only dissuading factor.

Go to http://tinyurl.com/5qmcvz for more details on this product and as always please leave some comments to let us know how we are doing.

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Apple Releases it new led 13.3 inch Led Back-lit Macbook today here is the stats

• Precision aluminum unibody enclosure.

  Machined from a solid piece of aluminum, the new MacBook not only looks stunning, it’s also thinner, lighter, greener, and more powerful than ever.

• LED-backlit display.

  The ultrathin 1280-by-800-pixel LED-backlit display shows off your digital media perfectly. And it’s as easy on the environment as it is on the eyes: The gorgeous glass and aluminum enclosure is arsenic- and mercury-free, and LED technology makes it more power efficient.

• Advanced NVIDIA integrated graphics.

  Experience the most powerful MacBook graphics ever. With a new NVIDIA GeForce 9400M processor, the new MacBook delivers up to 5x more graphics performance, so you can immerse yourself in lifelike 3D games

For more info check out

http://tinyurl.com/5brxms

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