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Hewlett-Packard To Offer Linux-based Media Hub

Posted by timothy on from the it-should-have-an-iPod-dock dept.

Sammy at Palm Addict writes "According to the New York Times, Hewlett-Packard is to offer a new digital media hub based on Linux," excerpting "Hewlett-Packard will introduce a new device this fall meant to record and play back television as well as organize digital media, including photos, music and video, the company said yesterday. Hewlett already offers similar devices based on Microsoft's Windows Media Center Edition. The device, called the HP Media Hub, will be based on the Linux operating system." Since HP also sells self-branded iPods, it would be great if they'd make such a box iPod friendly.

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  1. Re:Pretty sparse article by brokencomputer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Which new evil HP? Did HP used to be good? Has HP always been evil? What makes HP evil now? I might be out of the loop...

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  2. Re:Pretty sparse article by Bloater · · Score: 4, Funny

    It is a different HP, the old godly HP is a brown spicey sauce that British members of parliament enjoy in their bacon and egg sarnies.

  3. Re:HP = BAD? by orthogonal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hewlett-Packard To Offer Linux-based Media Hub

    Don't we hate HP? I thought that we did...

    But not if that Media Hub is designed around Carly Fiorina's head on a stick!

    You just tweak her nose to adjust the volume.

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  4. B-B-But they hire lots of MBAs these days! by jerryasher · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're way wrong, no way that HP can have taken so many disastrous steps.

    They are way improved over just five years ago. What used to be a company dominated by silly, market-ignorant, idealistic engineers and the HP way has now become the market driven, best practices, outsourcing MBA laden HP we know and the markets love