Tuesday, April 13, 2004
NewsGator for Media Center Edition Computers: RSS on the Big Screen
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 11:30 AM
"NewsGator Technologies launched NewsGator Media Center Edition today, which allows users to read syndicated content feeds on their TV with Windows XP Media Center Edition. Both text and multimedia content is supported, with an interface designed to be used with a remote control from across the room. NewsGator Media Center Edition shows information that has not already been viewed on another device by synchronizing user subscriptions with NewsGator Online Services.
Audio and video content is only one click away. Users see visual cues when a feed contains multimedia content; they can then instantly view this content using the remote control. There are a number of featured feeds for the launch, including a video feed from Microsoft.
This is the latest step in the "any time, any place, any device" strategy that distinguishes the NewsGator product line. Users typically use more than one device throughout the day, such as Microsoft Outlook at work, a mobile phone on the road, a web browser in their home office, and a TV in their living room. NewsGator Online Services allows users to read one set of content from any of these devices, without any duplication. The combined power of NewsGator Media Center Edition and Online Services offers customers a productive and fun way to access their personalized subscriptions and information from any device, whenever they need it."
RSS on the big screen would be quite cool, although if the feed contained only a partial story, you'd need to launch your browser and go to the site - and as far as I know, Microsoft hasn't done any work with Internet Explorer to give it a friendly "ten foot view". Sure, you can bump up the font size, but that's not exactly an elegant solution. ;-) This press release also mentions multimedia content in the RSS feed, which would be very cool - I haven't seen that implemented yet on any of the feeds I watch. Have you?
Audio and video content is only one click away. Users see visual cues when a feed contains multimedia content; they can then instantly view this content using the remote control. There are a number of featured feeds for the launch, including a video feed from Microsoft.
This is the latest step in the "any time, any place, any device" strategy that distinguishes the NewsGator product line. Users typically use more than one device throughout the day, such as Microsoft Outlook at work, a mobile phone on the road, a web browser in their home office, and a TV in their living room. NewsGator Online Services allows users to read one set of content from any of these devices, without any duplication. The combined power of NewsGator Media Center Edition and Online Services offers customers a productive and fun way to access their personalized subscriptions and information from any device, whenever they need it."
RSS on the big screen would be quite cool, although if the feed contained only a partial story, you'd need to launch your browser and go to the site - and as far as I know, Microsoft hasn't done any work with Internet Explorer to give it a friendly "ten foot view". Sure, you can bump up the font size, but that's not exactly an elegant solution. ;-) This press release also mentions multimedia content in the RSS feed, which would be very cool - I haven't seen that implemented yet on any of the feeds I watch. Have you?
