QNAP intros 1080p-capable NMP-1000P network multimedia player

QNAP intros 1080p-capable NMP-1000P network multimedia player
It’s a minor refresh, but a refresh nonetheless. If you’ll recall, we saw the original NMP-1000 break cover at CeBIT 2009 , and now that we’re 1.5 years in the future, the QNAP NMP-1000P is making its debut for those who crave 1080p. Judging from the exterior, little has changed from then until now, but the revamped innards may be of interest — there’s a Sigma Designs SMP8643 SoC, a 667MHz CPU …
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HD media player speeds up
Qnap Systems announced a new version of its NAS-like, 1080p-ready IP set-top box and media player.
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Strata Week: Behind LinkedIn Signal – Life-size visualizations, how Hadoop is used, SciDB has its first release
In this edition of Strata Week: the open source technology behind LinkedIn Signal; Julia Grace on visualization; Hadoop usage survey results, and the first release of the SciDB project.
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