Geek Brief TV #284

John Biggs is right [1]. 2007 was a dead year for gadgets. My Top 10
Gadget List for 2007 [2] has some of my lifetime favorite innovations,
but it would be a major challenge for me to create a list for '07 that
extends much further beyond 10. At any rate, my top 10 is pretty
predictable for regular GBTV viewers because it's stuff I talked about
over and over throughout the year.

Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 Media Edition [3] (I had to take a
coffee break after typing that), includes an application called
Expression Media (formerly iView). It's an application that visually
catalogs over 120 file formats and keeps up with where media assets
are stored, even if those assets are offline, say on a DVD. I'm really
excited to learn more about Expression. It's already available for XP
and Vista users, so I'd like to hear from anyone who is using it.

The GeekBrief.TV MediaSmart Server [4]HP giveaway is still
underway. All you have to do to enter is send an email with a reason
you want one to hp [at] geekbrief.com. One winner will be chosen and
announced in February. The complete rules are here [5].

Liquid Image didn't wait for CES to announce their digital camera
mask [6] for shooting fixed-focus photos underwater. The DriveWire
universal Hard Drive Adapter [7] from Apricorn looks like a must-have
for any PC toolbox.

Brief 284 wraps up with my take on hulu. Here's a link [8] where a
few hulu beta invites are still available.

Links:
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[1]
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/01/01/cg-greats-the-things-we-couldnt-live-wit...
[2] http://icali.tv/my-top-10-gadget-list-for-2007
[3]
http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/overview.aspx?key=media
[4] http://www.hp.com/united-states/psg/mediasmart/2007/index.html
[5] http://www.geekbrief.tv/hp
[6] http://www.liquidimageco.com/home/specs.html
[7]
http://www.apricorn.com/product_detail.php?&other_info=overview&id=39...
[8] http://www.hulu.com/beta/dvice

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