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It's been five long years, but the devs behind MediaPortal have decided their Windows Media Center / SageTV / BeyondTV competitor is worthy of exiting beta, finally reaching version 1.0. A long way from its roots as a Xbox Media Center port for Windows, it promises easy access to music, movies and more from a full screen display, along with support for watching and recording live TV. DownloadSquad mentions MediaPortal 2 is now on the way, with the open source project looking to add media streaming to / from various devices to the mix. Certainly seems worth a look if waiting on a boxee invite isn't your cup of tea.

[Via Download Squad]

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XBMC spinoff Media Portal reaches version 1.0, five year countdown to MediaPortal 2 begins originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>hdmedia centermedia portalMediaCenterMediaPortalopen sourceOpenSourcewindowsxbmcSat, 27 Dec 2008 15:05:00 EST<![CDATA[Maxtor teams up with Fabrik on personal server]]>http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/01/maxtor-teams-up-with-fabrik-on-personal-server/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/01/maxtor-teams-up-with-fabrik-on-personal-server/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/01/maxtor-teams-up-with-fabrik-on-personal-server/#commentsMaxtor OneTouch IISo Maxtor and Valley startup Fabrik are up to something together, which they're calling Project Fusion. It sounds very cloak and dagger and whatnot, but it's actually pretty transparent and literal: they're building a personal server (i.e. a big external hard drive) that connects up to the Internet with Fabrik's service and allows you to access your data with a web-accessible frontend. There's even a new buzzword to describe the package: "personal media portal." Ok then. According to Maxtor the device could go for as much as $799 for a 500GB, which leaves a bit of a bad taste in our mouths (especially when there's, you know, about ten thousand companies out there trying to get your files online for you), but Om likes Fabrik, and you can't really argue with Om.

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Maxtor teams up with Fabrik on personal server originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 20:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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