Connected Home with Jason Bovberg
Jason Bovberg is a senior editor for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Pro. He has more than 20 years of experience as a writer and editor in magazine, book, and special-interest publishing. He is the author of the nostalgic noir The Naked Dame and the apocalyptic horror novel Under the Skin. You can find more information about Jason Bovberg at his website www.jasonbovberg.com.
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The TV of the Future Won’t Be a TV at All By Jason Bovberg It’s interesting to fathom how far TV has come in the decades since its inception circa 1940.... |
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Cutting Cable By Jason Bovberg Had enough of cable (or dish) and just want to sever it from your life? ... |
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Taking My First Steps into the Cloud By Jason Bovberg One of the indispensable engines of Surface Pro is Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage solution.... |
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5 Things to Love about the Microsoft Surface Pro and 3 Frustrations By Jason Bovberg I’ve been playing with Surface Pro for a couple days, and I’ve come away with some strong initial impressions. ... |
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Can Microsoft Surface Pro, the Xbox 360, and Xbox Music Reinvent Music Enjoyment in the Connected Home? By Jason Bovberg Has Microsoft redefined itself enough over the past year to take advantage of what I see as a significant opening in digital home entertainment? ... |
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The Hobbit, 48fps, and the Pernicious Broadening of the Soap Opera Effect By Jason Bovberg For many home-theater cinephiles, 48fps can produce an image that looks fake.... |
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The Ultimate Connected Home with Windows 8, Microsoft Surface, and Windows Phone 8 By Jason Bovberg A look at the company's new Surface tablet.... |
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Enjoying 3D at Home Is Still a Maddening Prospect By Jason Bovberg Do you have 3D TV capability in your home theater or living room? ... |
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The Apple iPhone has Lost Its Mojo By Jason Bovberg Did you tune in to the Apple iPhone 5 event last week? ... |
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Why Are We Scared of the Cloud? By Jason Bovberg A lot of people are troubled by the cloud.... |
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3 Ways to Stream Whole-house Audio from the Cloud By Jason Bovberg I’ve been searching for a way to implement a whole-house audio solution that’s simple and easy to use. ... |
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Getting a Feel for Windows 8 on the Tablet and the Desktop By Jason Bovberg I just got back from the Microsoft TechEd 2012 show, and I was most interested in the new Windows 8 operating system.... |
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The End of Everything By Jason Bovberg The fast paced life of tech innovations and formats.... |
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Are Tablets the Future of Magazines? By Jason Bovberg I know a certain magazine staff that is going through the somewhat painful process of transitioning from print to digital. ... |
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5 Ways to Protect Your Smartphone By Jason Bovberg Common-sense advice for protecting your smartphone.... |
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Coax Higher-fidelity Music from Your iPod with the NuForce Icon iDo By Jason Bovberg In our eternal quest for convenience, we’ve largely abandoned the concept of high definition in our music. The NuForce Icon iDo device addresses that.... |
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Considering a Universal Remote? Use Your iPhone! Reviewer: Jason Bovberg Universal remote control accessories for smartphones are quite numerous in the market. ... |
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How to Avoid the “Soap Opera Effect” on Your HDTV … Or Do You Want to Avoid It? by Jason Bovberg Have you heard of the “soap opera effect” of modern TVs? You’ve probably seen it in action.... |
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Is Yours an Apple iPad Home or an Amazon Kindle Home? Neither? By Jason Bovberg I remember the first time I toyed around with a tablet PC, about 8 years ago. I was at a Microsoft conference, checking out one of the first Rugged Tablets from Motion Computing.... |
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Got an Apple iPad at Home? Get Ready for Windows 8! by Jason Bovberg Surprising innovation from Microsoft changes the tablet-computing market... |
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Does Netflix Want Out of the Disc Business? Say It Ain't So! by Jason Bovberg Netflix is banking on the gradual obsolescence of disc and on the inevitable rise of streaming technology.... |
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Kicking and Screaming into a Tiny Future By Jason Bovberg I feel like I was born at the wrong time. A larger time. ... |
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Is Video Streaming Killing Blu-ray? By Jason Bovberg Will online streaming be the death of physical media?... |
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Will Blu-ray be the Last Physical Medium in Home Theater? By Jason Bovberg For my entire adult life, physical media has ruled the home-entertainment realm.... |
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Netflix: To Stream or Not to Stream—That Is the HD Dilemma by Jason Bovberg For these reasons, over the past 10 years, I’ve become more of a movie buyer than a movie renter. ... |
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