Archive for January, 2010
Microsoft kicks off CES, watch the keynote live at 9:30 EST
Posted by Dave in Uncategorized on January 6, 2010
Today marks the kick off of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, and what a better way to start it off than a live stream of Microsoft’s keynote event. Topics include Windows 7, Office, Windows Mobile and others. Hopefully some exciting news about Windows Media Center and the Zune Marketplace will be announced, but we’ll just have to wait and see. For the full press release follow the read link below.
Elk hosts webinar to introduce ElkRP2 security panel programming software
Posted by Dave in Announcements, Programming, Security, Software on January 6, 2010
For those familiar with the installation of a Elk M1 security panel, you have surely used ElkRP to set up both basic and advanced features. The software is much faster than doing it the old fashioned way of programming through the keypad. Well it appears Elk is making the program even better with the introduction of ElkRP2. The latest version available only to dealers is the first release candidate, but Elk warns it should only be used for evaluation purposes. The webinar will cover installation and use of RP2, generic control of Russound, Nuvo, and Proficient distributed audio systems, and finally methods to have both RP and RP2 coexist on the same machine. Two sessions will be held on January 22. The first is 9:00am – 10:00 and an afternoon class from 4:00-5:00. Keep in mind this webinar is only for dealers and space is limited so be sure to sign up early. Click below for the 4:00-5:00 class registration.
Silicondust hints that a CableCARD HDHomeRun is in the works
Posted by Dave in Announcements, Hardware on January 5, 2010
This is my favorite time of the year. Christmas presents, New Year’s hangovers, and hints of new products at CES. Well this one may be at the top of my list. Earlier this week Silicondust hinted on their forums that a CableCARD version of their very popular HDHomeRun network tuner is in the works. The HDHomeRun is one of the core pieces of my setup, accounting for 4 of my 9 tuners in my Windows 7 box. Details are very limited, no price or pictures, in fact the only picture we have is the screenshot featured above. Hopefully more details will follow soon! Click the read link to check out the forum post.
Cinemar says Happy New Year, makes WeatherLobby a free product
Posted by Dave in Uncategorized on January 2, 2010
Cinemar’s first press release of the year brings great news to all of its users. WeatherLobby version 3.90 is now free to all new and existing users. Those of you who have followed the product may have remembered that the recent changes to the Weather.com web services limited applications to only 5 days of forecast information. To restore the previously available 10 days, as well as provide new hour by hour data and some other new features, Cinemar has switched to a new provider offering a more robust product. For full details on the new product, click the link below.