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BoxeeBox is a great media streaming device which allows both access to your own files, and also to streaming content from the internet. Vudu was just added to the Boxee with the newest firmware update, and is available only to the USA. Pandora is another application which offers music streaming …

Engadget is reporting that a Best Buy insider has tipped them off and a leaked memo shows the Motorola Xoom tablet, featuring Android Honeycomb OS could be launched on February 17.  The price shows $699 USD for the 32GB version. This is very exciting news for all Android fans, as …

Boxee by D-Link shipped back in November claiming Netflix support. Here we are in January, 3 firmware updates later, and still no netflix support. Another partner, Vudu, was also promised and users in the USA can finally have Vudu with the latest firmware. Yes, Canadians, yet another site that is blocking …

So we were able to get our Apple TV jailbroken to 4.2.1 (4.1.1) and install XBMC, so here in a nutshell is our findings. 720P/1080P .mkv playback worked with the odd freeze, but definitely exciting to try this out.  It found no problem accessing our SMB shares. And no iTunes! …

Last year, Google saw the value in groupon and tried to grab a piece of the pie with a $5 Billion dollar offer which was rejected.  Speculation now has Groupon valued at a 15 Billion IPO and Google still wants a piece of the pie. Which brings us to our headline …

Users with jailbroken iOS devices can rejoice as XBMC is now available for all iOS jailbroken devices including Apple TV 2nd generation. XBMC plays back videos/pictures/audio files including the popular xvid and mkv files through SMB network sharing. XBMC was first created for the original Xbox but has come along …

As we await our review unit for the iMainGo X, we noticed Portable Sound Laboratories have announced a specific version of iMainGo for the iPad. Although the iMainGo X will work for any device with a 3.5mm audio output, a device specific version would be great as it would act …

Nintendo has announced the Nintendo 3DS will arrive in Canada on March 27th and is available in Aqua Blue and Cosmo Black.  The 3DS will offer a 3D gaming experience without the need for 3D glasses or any additional hardware.  As for pricing, the 3DS has a MSRP of $249.99 …

Bullguard claims 9 in 10 computer users do not backup their data. I would have to agree with these statistics.  Since digital cameras have become normal and almost every Canadian household owns at least one camera, the amounts of digital data on a personal computer has grown. Most desktop computers …