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Sony, Control4 to Release Multiroom Entertainment/Control Solution

Sony is about to roll out a ?pre-configured? and ?pre-wired? 12-zone home entertainment and control rack system that includes home control via a Control4 HC-500 and comes in a pre-built Middle Atlantic AXS rack.

Sony, Control4 to Release Multiroom Entertainment/Control Solution

Sony is about to roll out a ?pre-configured? and ?pre-wired? 12-zone home entertainment and control rack system that includes home control via a Control4 HC-500 and comes in a pre-built Middle Atlantic AXS rack.

Some Silverlight Updates

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Microsoft’s cross-platform multimedia engine Silverlight 1.0 has only been shipping since September, yet they’ve gone ahead and announced the v2 beta is on the way:

Hymn Receives Cease & Desist Notice from Apple

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If you’ve ever used the myFairTunes or QTFairTunes programs to strip DRM from Apple’s FairPlay or Windows Media encoding, then you’re probably familiar with the Hymn Project. Last week, they received a cease and desist letter demanding that all download links be removed from the site. From their forum:

Birthday Tech - Mari Gets a Slacker Player!

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I officially entered old age last week (though that might be a slight exaggeration…). But on the bright side I got a lot of great birthday greetings and gadget gifts.

Messages came in over Facebook, via text, voicemail, e-cards, and (my favorite) via a Flip video - from my old office colleagues wishing me a happy birthday, and it was a perfect snapshot of what goes on in that den of iniquity every day.

DivX Shuttering Stage6 This Week

Looks like DivX has given up on Stage6 - it’s just too costly to operate… While they didn’t lay out exactly what those expenses are, in addition to the obvious bandwidth and hosting requirements of video, I assume policing content and the potential lawsuits (or costly licensing deals) were factors.

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