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New Windows Media Center Extender: HP MediaSmart Connect

sarahintampa — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:18:00 GMT

This summer there’s going to be a new Windows Media Center Extender from HP called the HP MediaSmart Connect. With this new extender, you can wirelessly stream multimedia like TV, music, videos, and photos all around your house either over your wired network or over Wi-Fi. If you’re interested in learning more about this new extender, the Windows Vista Team blog recently pointed me to some webinars that are being put on by both Microsoft and HP to introduce and demonstrate the capabilities of this new extenders. HP’s Director of Marketing for their Connected Entertainment Group, Brian Burch, will be hosting, but it’s the guests that will be making these webinars worth the watch. Like Patrick Norton, for example. I’m a huge fan of Tekzilla myself, so I can’t wait to see what Patrick has to say about the MediaSmart Connect. Other guests include Ed Bott (ZDNet), Ian Dixon (The Digital Lifestyle), and Mike Garcen (Missing Remote).

Here’s the schedule for the webinars:

Tuesday, June 24th - 10:00 am PST with Ed Bott, http://www.zdnet.com/
Thursday, June 26th - 1:00 pm PST with Ian Dixon, http://www.thedigitallifestyle.com/
Tuesday, July 8th - 10:00 am PST with Patrick Norton, http://www.tekzilla.com/
Thursday, July 10th - 1:00 pm PST with Mike Garcen, http://www.missingremote.com/

Click here to register.

HP's Upline

sarahintampa — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:57:00 GMT

HP has just announced that they are launching a new online storage service called Upline. The service provides unlimited storage for all your documents, photos, music, videos, and anything else you have on your Windows PC. The interface makes Upline easy to use, which is important, and once installed, the service checks for new files every 15 minutes (by default) and then uploads them in the background to HP's servers.

A free version lets you store 1 GB of data for one year, but if you're really going to back up your computer, you'll need to go with one of the paid plans. For $59/year, a "Home" plan is available, which gives you unlimited storage and allows up to three PCs to connect. That's quite a bargain when you think about it. (But is it really unlimited?)

For businesses, the unlimited storage option can range up to $299 per year, depending on how many users and PCs you have.

While you're traveling, you can access your stored files from a web-based interface from which you can also email the files or publish them for public access.

If desired, you can specify the program to back up to a second hard drive, server, or PC on your local network, too.

There are, however, a couple of problems you should be aware of: Upline doesn't back up email archives or system restore files, but that may change in the future.

In the meantime, you can check out what Upline has to offer from the HP homepage for the service here.

HP - Mobile Geräte und Tablet PC

lorigros — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:08:00 GMT

Wenn man an HP denkt, dann denkt man normalerweiser an Drucker oder Taschenrechner. Aber heutzutage hat HP viele andere Produkte. Auf dem HP-Stand in dem Partnerausstellung-Bereich auf dem Launch in Frankfurt habe ich viele kleine Gadgets gesehen. Am Anfang war ich überrascht aber ich dachte, ich mich mehr darüber informieren. Ich habe mit Stefan Esser über die HP mobile Geräte und Tablet PC geredet. Er hat mir die Gadgets gezeigt und mir mehr über die besondere Features von den erzählt. Mehr Info über HP Produkte wie z.B. Tablet PC oder mobile Geräte findet Ihr auf der HP Webseite unter… http://www.hp.com/de

BlackBird HP Gaming System....sexy and sweet

Laura — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:52:00 GMT

The first true collaboration between HP and Voodoo PC has arrived: the HP Blackbird gaming system. This system—named after the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance plane—gives HP the weapon it needed in the fight against rivals such as Alienware, Falcon Northwest, Overdrive PC, and Dell (with its XPS line). Little touches and consolidated improvements from both HP and Voodoo make the Blackbird the most compelling gaming system I've seen. This is a system I would show off if I had one. (hint, hint)

A Paperless Hospital Information System for less than $1 Million? What we can learn from Spain

bcrounse — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:28:00 GMT

Earlier this week I was in Barcelona, Spain, presenting at a Microsoft customer event called the Health Industry Leaders Innovation Forum. Healthcare executives from across the EMEA region came together to share information on how they are using information technology in healthcare and to exchange ideas on how to drive even greater innovation in the industry. We listened to presentations on progress being made in the provision of e-health services at the National Health Service in the UK including some exciting portal work in Wales. Members from our UK team discussed progress to date on the NHS Common-User-Interface initiative. A physician leader from Spain talked about healthcare industry trends and opportunities for venture-funded projects in his country, and IT executives from Egypt shared ideas on clinical transformation opportunities there. A complete review of the Forum proceedings is beyond the scope of my Blog, but I did want to share information on one of the presentations that particularly caught my attention. It caught my attention because it illustrates so well something I've been writing about on this Blog and elsewhere; how commodity software is being used to build very robust healthcare industry solutions quickly and inexpensively.

The customer in this case is a new hospital in the Valencia region of Spain. Torrevieja Salud is a 250 bed, privately managed, public facility that recently began serving patients. It has 11 operating theaters, 22 surgical beds and a full service ER with a 50 bed observation unit. From the very beginning, project designers planned for a facility that would be completely paperless when it opened its doors. The commodity building blocks they used included SQL Server 2005, Exchange, Terminal Server, Windows Server, MS Dynamics NAV, BizTalk 2006-HL7 Adapter, SharePoint, and the .Net Framework. Over a 2-year period, a development team of just 22 people built a fully functional healthcare information solution they call Florence. It handles all clinical and administrative functions for the entire facility. It even provides a rich balanced scorecard view of key performance indicators. Partners included Microsoft, HP, Drager Medical, Palex, B Braun, and Servicom 2000. I asked how much money they thought they had spent developing their HIS? The answer was approximately €600,000 (around $800,000). Compare that to the tens, or hundreds of millions of dollars being spent for equivalent functionality in an American hospital of equal size and you're left scratching your head. In fact, even in those American hospitals spending that kind of money I've rarely seen a true "paperless" environment.

To be honest, I didn't have an opportunity to visit Torrevieja Salud and see it with my own eyes. But even if their HIS built on commodity software did half of what is being claimed or cost 10 times as much, it would still be a bargain. I'm sure the folks at Torrevieja would be delighted to show off their new facility to anyone who might be interested. American Hospitals take note. I think there is a lesson here!

Bill Crounse, MD Healthcare Industry Director Microsoft

HP Crossfire brings Vista to the kitchen

Jesse — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:37:00 GMT

The HP <dorkname>IQ770</dorkname> Crossfire looks like the first machine in a long while to reinvigorate the 'kitchen computer' category. By wrapping everything (sans sink) with a touchscreen, smart industrial design, and some luscious Vista Premium software, the kids from Palo Alto have cooked themselves a winner.

Engadget provides more Crossfire details.