Used along with a Slingbox, Boxee’s new SlingPlayer app lets you play content from your cable box, satellite receiver, DVR, or DVD player using a Boxee Box located anywhere in the world.
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Our second “Win a Boxee Box” contest was won by Jim Sims, whose name was randomly selected from among all those who registered and voted for top Boxee Box tips prior to midnight, July 31, 2011. Jim informs us that he’s been a Boxee user for some time now, using the Windows version of Boxee. In fact, he recently completed a project to restore an antique radio, replacing the antique electronics with a small LCD and a laptop running Boxee.
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In a post last March, DeviceGuru foresaw the emergence of “NetPads,” a new class of “sub-$500″ consumer devices that would be a cross between NetBooks and MIDs. Additionally, we suggested that a rumored upcoming Apple NetBook would most likely be a NetPad, predicting “iPad” as its name. How well did our crystal ball perform?
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