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Silver PAC Evolution 5500 Remote Would Have Been Great 3 Years Ago

Remember SideShow? That technology designed for Vista that allows you to display gadgets on an external device? Silver PAC is digging it up for their Evolution 550 universal remote set for release this February. More »

12/14/09

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By Sean Fallon

#homeautomation

Crestron Home Automation Adds Windows Sideshow Support

Crestron, the company that makes crazy high-end home automation equipment that lets you turn off your lights by just breathing loudly, just announced Windows Sideshow support. You remember Windows Sideshow, right? The Windows Vista feature that lets you feed Vista's Gadgets onto an external device. Crestron's including this on all Crestron touchpanels and 2-way devices that support dynamic text. Not only does it read data, you can even send control information back to Windows to change a song or turn off your BitTorrent downloads because you're about to play some Xbox Live. More »

04/16/08

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By Jason Chen

#usbgadget

USB Gadget Display is Like Vista Sideshow, but Supports Windows XP

03/19/08

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#gadgets

Hands-On With Ricavision's VAVE Universal Vista Sideshow Remote

01/08/08

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#appleiphone

Windows Sideshow for Vista Comes to iPhone

12/21/07

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#peripherals

Ricavision VAVE100, Universal SideShow Remote

12/02/07

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#itsalive

ControlThink's Vista SideShow and Z-Wave Home Theater/Automation Remote

The Vista feature you pretty much forgot about is back: ControlThink's got a new remote control platform for Windows Media Center and other devices called ThinkRemote that leverages Vista's oft-touted-but-rarely used SideShow. That's right, you can get SideShow information and gadgets anywhere in your house since the platform uses the Z-Wave flavor of wireless for communication for home automation tricks like turning lightbulbs on and off. Logitech's big remote was supposed to do this last year, but it failed to, um, work as promised. So is this the first? Maybe. More »

09/11/07

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By Matt Buchanan

#thisisactuallycool

Word is, Windows SideShow devices will start at a reasonable 80 bucks.

06/16/07

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#sideshowframe

i-mate Shows New SideShow-enabled Portable Display

05/18/07

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#gadgets

Optimus Mini 3 SideShow Driver Alpha Version

04/05/07

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#gadgets

Ricavision Vista Remote with Sideshow

03/21/07

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#laptops

Asus W5fe: Not Quite Ready for Prime Time

03/09/07

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#gadgets

A Closer Look at Asus's Sideshow-Capable Motherboards

02/09/07

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#gadgets

Nvidia's Preface Adds Video and Music Support to SideShow

01/30/07

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#microsoft

Everything You Wanted to Know About Vista's SideShow

One of Vista's features that has caught our attention is SideShow. Think of SideShow as Vista's sidekick. With the help of these mini apps that MS calls "gadgets," SideShow can let you perform small tasks like read e-mail, check on weather, look through photos, or flip through your list of contacts regardless of whether your PC is on, off, or in sleep mode. All you need is a SideShow-enabled device—be it an external screen on your notebook or a screen on your Media Center remote. So for instance you could.... More »