Archive for November, 2008

Orb: A Review

Orb is a free (but not open source) program that allows a user to place-shift any video or music present on his computer.  Access to the video and music is available through any device that can access the internet (including the iPhone – but you have to buy an iTunes App for live tv streaming). [...]


So, You Want a Free Media Suite? Well You Can — Kinda.

Roxio and Nero both make media suites available that can manipulate, manage, edit and create a broad array of media. However, those suites can cost. On Amazon.com Nero’s suite is $60 and Roxio $75. Admittedly, once you buy the suite you have everything you need. Sometimes, a user just doesn’t want to pay for EVERYTHING [...]


Four Scene Preview of New Star Trek

Forget the trailer.  Its out, but doesn’t give info about the movie to know if it is good or bad. Film School Rejects has a great article about four scenes JJ Abrams presented to select journalists.  Undoubtedly this is a marketing move to begin to generate positive buzz about a movie that should (must?) remain [...]