Do You Want a Boxee Dedicated Set-Top Box?

Boxee, makers of fine open-source media center software, apparently couldn't go anywhere at CES without someone asking them to build a set-top-box. Now they're asking you if they should go through with the plan. More »

Boxee Media Center Now Streams Hulu, Comedy Central and CBS to Apple TV

Boxee, the free media center software that you can easily install on your Apple TV via a USB patch stick (as well as any other recent OS X machine), now supports Hulu streaming, as well as CBS and Comedy Central (for South Park and Daily Show/Colbert). It's an alpha release, so you'll need an invitation to download the app (use this special hookup for Giz readers) to get streaming. It will also play videos of myriad codecs stored on networked drives, and lots of other tastiness. A quick try on my Intel Mac yielded a nice stream of the most recent episode of the Office—not bad at all. Ahem, Apple—third parties are now not just walking, but dancing circles around you with these unofficial add-ons. [Boxee]

ASUS Nova P22 Mac Mini Clone Now on Sale

ASUS's P22 Nova is a small (9x7x2 in, under 4 lbs.), attractive PC designed for the living room. Like we've mentioned before, It has a 1.86 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 160 GB HDD, Slot Loading DVD Burner, Bluetooth, 1 GB RAM and 802.11n WLAN. The cool thing is it has built in Hi-Fi Speakers, providing something more than TV speakers if you lack a 5.1 setup. Now it's available in North America for $899. [ASUS] More »