ASUS O!Play HDP-R1 media player gets the hands-on treatment

Our amigos over at Engadget Spanish have managed to get their hands on ASUS’ O!Play HDP-R1 media player and they’ve taken it for a spin. The player, which supports a HD video playback in a multitude of codecs, including MPEG1/2/4, H.264, VC-1, and RM/RMVB in a multitude of packages including .mp4, .mov, .avi, .divx, and [...]
Google Reader Watcher Adds RSS Notifications to Firefox [Downloads]

Firefox only (Win/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension Google Reader Watcher adds notifications for unread items right in your web browser, complete with a quick-access menu that takes you directly to the feed.
Once you’ve installed the extension, you’ll need to take a trip to the add-on options panel to enter your Google account information, where you can also [...]
TwInbox Adds Twitter to Microsoft Outlook [Downloads]

Windows only: Microsoft Outlook add-on TwInbox lets you update, reply, search, and archive your Twitter messages right from your Outlook inbox.
Once you’ve installed the add-on into Outlook, you’ll need to take a trip to the Options panel to enter your Twitter account details, and you’ll probably want to choose a new folder to place incoming [...]
HistoryBlock Keeps Web Sites From Your History [Downloads]

Firefox only (Win/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension HistoryBlock prevents specific web sites from being tracked—like an always-on private browsing mode for certain domains.
Using the extension is really quite simple—just right-click on a page, choose Block This! from the menu, and pages from that domain will no longer be stored in your history. Since there’s no UI to [...]




