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HP MediaSmart Home Server may get some competition from Apple
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
HP this week introduced its MediaSmart home server, which has many services Mac users would love to take advantage of. Centralized iTunes music database for the home, picture sharing, even file sharing over the Internet.
Apple should (have done) do something like this too, right?
We heard in August that Apple had some plans to expand the Time Capsule platform to include a lot of this functionality and more. We aren't sure if this device will be shown at Macworld but here's what we've heard:
The device will tie in MobileMe with ...
Cisco’s not kidding about consumer market
GMSV —
... family room. But for now, Cisco will have its hands fighting both the battle of the brands and consumer wariness about adding yet another box or two to the home network. Speaking of home users, Sonus CEO John MacFarlane sniped, “I don’t think that when they hear the name Cisco, they think of great products in consumer electronics.” In related news, HP has introduced an updated version of its MediaSmart Server , a home network appliance for data distribution and backup, and something similar is rumored to be coming from Apple . Share/Save/Bookmark
Rumors abound, Apple working on media server?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Rumors, Mac OS X ServerJust when we thought we were done with rumors for the day, another one pops up. 9to5 Mac is reporting that Apple could be working on a media server that might rival HP's MediaSmart Server. They suggest the server will be similar to a Time Capsule, only with more functionality. According to 9to5, the new product will include a Dynamic DNS system to tie in with MobileMe; this will provide username.me.com domains for easier access across the Internet. In addition, the device will include AFP filesharing and Time Machine backup stores. The ...
Apple Home Media Server Will Share Music, Movies and Photos Over the Internet [Rumor]
Gizmodo —
We love HP's new Time Machine-compatible MediaSmart Home Server. 9to5Mac reports that Apple is working on something similar, but it'll be tied into MobileMe and will share music, movies and more over the internet. Here's the full list of features 9to5Mac has heard will make it to Apple's SpaceTime Thing: • The device will tie in MobileMe with an Apple built-in Dynamic DNS system. For instance, if your MobileMe account was "9to5mac", your domain name would be "9to5mac.me.com". This is how you'd reach your filesystem throughout the Internet. Your media would also reside here. ...
Apple Home Server Will Share Music, Movies and Photos Over the Internet [Rumor]
Gizmodo —
We love HP's new Time Machine-compatible MediaSmart Home Server. 9to5Mac reports that Apple is working on something similar, but it'll be tied into MobileMe and will share music, movies and more over the internet. Here's the full list of features 9to5Mac has heard will make it to Apple's SpaceTime Thing: • The device will tie in MobileMe with an Apple built-in Dynamic DNS system. For instance, if your MobileMe account was "9to5mac", your domain name would be "9to5mac.me.com". This is how you'd reach your filesystem throughout the Internet. Your media would also reside here. ...
HP upgrading Home Server lineup, Apple may follow suit
Webware.com —
HP MediaSmart Server(Credit: HP)
Hewlett-Packard announced Monday that it is upgrading its MediaSmart server lineup with new, more powerful hardware and, more importantly, with software support for Macs and improved over-the-Net streaming of users' media files. (A software update will allow ...
Macworld is Next Tuesday, and I Don’t Care
Mac Soda —
December 2007: MacWorld was coming up right around the corner, and the Apple blogosphere was buzzing. From a new Sub-notebook, to iTunes Movie Rentals, stories were being posted daily about some new thing Apple was going to introduce right around the corner.
December 2008: If last year was New York City, this year is ...
HP’s Digital Media Server Edges into Apple’s Territory
Technologizer —
... and connects to social Web services. And its launch has revived rumors that Apple could be improving its Time Capsule network storage device to perform many of the same functions.. Surprisingly, much of the praise centers on HP’s successful integration of its middleware on top of Windows Home Server. (Anyone with a memory as short as a matchstick can recall lousy software being preloaded onto HP machines in the past.) Two other variations of the server that have lower storage capacities are available; the product family’s shared specs are as follows: · HP Media Collector: ...
Daily Apple: Thumbs, Cart Before Horse, Jobs Props, More Space, Cheaper, Served Up
TheAppleBlog —
We Invented The Thumbnail - Apple, along with Google and Microsoft, are facing another patent holder in yet another legal battle. This time, a Michigan-based company is claiming to have a patent pending on image previews for files and programs, aka thumbnails, which are used in Apple’s Finder and Cover Flow technologies.
Real (Fake) iPhone Nanos! - Rumor has it Apple will be introducing a new, smaller, cheaper version of the iPhone, which has already been dubbed the iPhone Nano by many. It remains to be seen whether or not the leaked cases and dubious looking photos ...
Apple Working on Home Media Server for Sharing Music, Movies and Photos
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... 9to5mac explains that Apple is working on a new media home server that will compliment the need to share music, movies, photos and more via an internet connection. Additionally, they explain files could be accessed remotely through the web as well. ...
Gadget Rumor: Apple Home Server
GadgetReview —
What kind of Macworld 2009 would it be with out the prebuzz rumors circling the Net. Today, 9to5Mac - which mind you have managed to nab some pretty significant scoops - reported today that they’ve ‘heard’ that Apple is set to release an updated TimeMachine platform. It’ll be more along the lines of a NAS or home server that will allow you to access your homes files (music, movies and more) from just about any where there’s Internet access. What’s really interesting is that it might all be tied into Mobile Me, which costs $100 a year. This certainly would position Mobile ...
Linkpost | 12.30.2008
TechBlog —
... - C'mon, you know what No. 1 is . . . • HP MediaSmart Home Server may get some competition from Apple - Another Macworld rumor, this time about an expansion of the Time Capsule into a media server. Also ...
Apple rumored to be planning new home server device
Infinite Loop —
[image] Based on what we've heard so far, it's looking like we'll see new iMacs and perhaps Mac minis at the upcoming Macworld Expo. Aside from those two items, it's unclear what else is on deck, though. According to 9to5Mac, however, Apple may have at least one other product to introduce at the show. Specifically, the company may introduce some type of home server device ...
Outside chance of new consumer device at Macworld - analyst
AppleInsider —
By Slash Lane Published: 12:00 PM EST While acknowledging that expectations for next week's Macworld Expo are running relatively low, one Wall Street analyst believes there's an outside chance Apple will surprise show-goers with a new consumer oriented device. Speaking to clients in a research note, Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu said his latest round of supply chain checks lead him to believe Apple's announcements at the conference will center around new Macs and "potentially a sneak preview of Mac OS X 10.6 Leopard." However, the analyst also cited "sources" as he echoed a pair of speculative reports ( 1 , ...
What’s Macworld without its “living legend”?
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 —
If it was Steve Jobs’ intention to take the wind out of Macworld’s sails, he’s done a pretty good job.
“Expectations are low,” wrote Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster in a note to clients early Tuesday, one week before the first Macworld Expo keynote since 1997 that won’t be ...
The many rumors of Apple’s final Macworld
VentureBeat —
The Macworld Expo, formerly the most anticipated Apple event of the year (before Apple kicked out its legs by pulling Steve Jobs and announcing it was pulling out entirely next year), starts on Monday. Not surprisingly, rumors of what we can expect from Apple at the event are all over the map. Apple’s senior vice president of product marketing, Phil Schiller, will be giving the keynote address in place of Jobs and he certainly will have some things to announce, but what?
The rumors:
New Mac minis –It’s been a long time since Apple last refreshed its small ...
Rumor: Apple to Introduce Media Server
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
timemachine According to 9to5Mac, there is a rumor that Apple is creating a media oriented server based on Apple's Time Capsule platform. According to 9to5Mac: - The device will tie in MobileMe with an Apple built-in Dynamic DNS system. For instance, if your MobileMe account was "9to5mac", your domain name would be "9to5mac.me.com". This is how you'd reach your filesystem throughout the Internet. Your media would also reside here. - Built in AFP filesharing for Time Machine backups and centralized file stores. Technically, you could even do backups on the road. - iTunes shared library database for not just music, but ...
New Mac Mini, the Woz expected at low-key Macworld
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
[image] Written off last year, the Mac Mini is likely to make a comeback at Macworld next week, and at least one of Apple's co-founders—Steve Wozniak—is set to attend the show. Otherwise, expectations for the (probably) Job-less Macworld are pretty modest. The Macworld 2009 keynote is slated for 9 a.m. PST Tuesday (just a couple of days before CES 2009 kicks off in Vegas) at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, with senior Apple VP Phil Schiller subbing for an absent Steve Jobs . Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will also be attending the show —but he'll be representing third-party hardware maker Axiotron, known ...
Oh, One More Thing … C’mon Out Steve
Digital Daily —
With just days to go before 25th Macworld Conference & Expo in San Francisco kicks Tuesday morning, speculation about what Apple (AAPL) may or may not unveil during senior vice president Philip Schiller’s keynote address is mounting. Among the rumored possibilities:
A preview of Snow Leopard,, the next iteration of Mac OS X
A long-overdue update to the Mac Mini
New iMacs
A Time Capsule home media server
Beyond that, there are rumors of an Apple tablet circulating once again. And there’s been some chatter about an iPhone Nano, ...
Time Capsule update coming...Software Updates
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
We've had two sources corroborate that Apple isn't putting together a home server just yet but instead is going to update Time Machine at some point in the very near future (Macworld?). The update is relatively minor and the biggest feature is that it will allow the Time Machine to cache software updates for all Macs on the network. This functionality exists in Leopard Server and is nice to have in a home device - especially as updates get bigger and bigger.
Current users should be able to take advantage of this, you guessed it - with a software update. ...
What You Should Expect From Apple Over the Next Few Months
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... Media Server
Perhaps most interesting may be some rumors of a brand new home media-server type device, something similar to HP’s MediaSmart Server. This would appeal to families or homes with a number of devices that all need to access the same media. For example, three notebooks and an Apple TV in the same home could access the same media from the home server seamlessly.
As we’ve explained in the past, and 9to5mac reiterates, Apple’s infrastructure and ventures into could computing have not been ...
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