I've been a Comcast customer for almost 18 months and I've generally been happy with the service. I know that DSL is cheaper, but as I don't have a land line it's not really an option. I've heard that many people have gotten deals from Comcast by calling...

In another example of companies using the same stock photos for their websites, Dell and Gateway are both using the same girl to promote their back to school deals.

My officemate and I were talking about this this morning. We'd like to be able to use a PC to measure the temperature outside. Ideally this would be a serial connected device with a probe that could easily be placed outside. Google found us some, but...

There's a story that's light on details from Reuters that suggests that limited DVD copying will be ok in the future. Microsoft, Disney, IBM, Intel, Matsushita and Time Warner have agreed in principle to make legal backup copies of next-generation video...

LoadPod will do it for you! (Assuming you have an iPod and at least 50 CDs and are willing to pay $1.50 a CD and live in an area they service - which now includes Seattle). I can certainly see the appeal, ripping a lot of CDs takes a long time. I've...

Completely frozen solid! More photos here

I'm going to have to create a “Portable Media Center” category for all these posts :) I missed this on Friday, but Microsoft and MLB.com have announced that MLB.com content will be available to play on Portable Media Centers later this...

Amazon.com have got a Portable Media Centers page up with lots of info. Plus you can now preorder two models. First, the Samsung YH-299 20GB Portable Media Center - 20GB, 3.5” LCD and USB 2.0 And secondly the Creative Labs 20GB Zen Portable...

There's a sneak preview of Samsung's Portable Media Center over at Sorobangeeks.com . It's in French, but the specs seem to be 20GB hard drive, 3.5” screen for 500Euros. Pretty nice looking! You can preorder the Samsung and Creative Labs Portable...

Walt Mossberg likes the new HP Media Center PC it seems. This is the same PC I mentioned yesterday . “In my tests, the Personal Media Drive worked well.“ “I also tested the Media Center features of the H-P m1000 and found them...

I was just having a discussion with a PM on this, what's the verb you use when you store a TV show using Media Center? Is it “recorded” - I recorded a show? Is it “taped” - I taped a show? It's not tivo'd - I Tivo'd a...

PC Magazine have a review up of HP's newest Media Center PC, the m1000 series. The cool thing about this new model is not that it comes with a 3.6GHz CPU, but that the PC has a slot in the front of the case to insert a removable drive - a 160GB removable...