LastPass, Good For Now

October 13th on Security Now Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte had Joe Siegrist of LastPass to talk about the acquisition of LastPass by LogMeIn. Looks like for now Joe will remain at LastPass to run things. Joe said that LogMeIn had no plans to change things, at least for now. I gather from this conversation that…

Chromecast Streaming Player

Chromecast is a  media streaming device that plugs into the HDMI port on your TV. Simply use an Android phone, tablet, iPhone®, iPad®, Mac® or Windows® laptop, or Chromebook to cast your favorite entertainment and apps right to the big screen.

Kodi

Kodi (formally known as XBMC) is an award-winning free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub that can be installed on Linux, OSX, Windows, iOS, and Android, featuring a 10-foot user interface for use with televisions and remote controls.

Extend Your Home Network On The Cheap

Do you have trouble getting the Internet in your home to where you need it? Did the cable guy put your modem in the basement where it is hard to get wireless and you don’t think you would be able to or don’t want to run ethernet cable to the other parts of your house….

Roku Streaming Video Player

The Roku Streaming Player (or simply Roku) is a series of digital media player set-top boxes manufactured by Roku, Inc. Roku partners provide over-the-top content in the form of channels. A Roku streaming device gets data (the video stream) via a wired or Wi-Fi connection to an Internet router. The data is output via an…

Other Streaming Players

Amazon Fire TV is a digital media player and microconsole developed by Amazon.com. It is a small network appliance and entertainment device designed to stream digital audio/video content to a high-definition television. The device also allows users to play video games with the included remote, via a mobile app, or with an optional game controller….

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Instant Video is the streaming-video component of Amazon Prime. Like Netflix and Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime offers unlimited streaming of tens of thousands of movies and TV shows. The user interface on the web and on the apps are quite horrible! Something else that is horrible is the amount of buffering on the apps. On…

AVG Goes Rogue

AVG the worlds 3rd most popular anti-virus announce that they will sell your browsing data to third parties as an additional income stream  beginning of October.

Sling TV, Replace Your Cable

Sling TV is an American over-the-top internet protocol television service that is owned by the Sling TV LLC subsidiary of Dish Network. Unveiled on January 5, 2015, at the Consumer Electronics Show, the service aims to complement subscription video on demand services for cord cutters, offering a selection of major cable channels that can be…

Pluto TV, All Internet Video In One Place

Pluto TV is a free online television service broadcasting over 100 live channels full of the TV shows, movies and Internet videos you love, all on one dial. The lineup is hand-picked by people who know and love entertainment for viewers’ moods and tastes – blending traditional with digital in a leanback television experience. No…