Don’t be put off by the very un-web 2.0-ness of the Orb website – while other companies were busy building the perfect bubbly logo and tagging system, the people at Orb were busy building actual useful technology. Orb is software that manages all the media on your PC and lets you access it remotely while you´re away. This isn’t online storage, though. You don’t have to move files in and out of some “cloud storage space.” Instead, the Orb software gives you a way to stream your media over a wi-fi or broadband connection to any device with a browser. This means you can stream your media to another computer, your phone, your portable game console, or even your Xbox, Wii, or PS3 . The computer running Orb software, of course, must remain on and connected to the internet for Orb to work, but beyond that it’s dead simple. Orb can easily stream your photos, music and videos to you anywhere. You can even stream TV if your computer has a TV tuner card connected to your cable box, antenna, or satellite. It’s like Slingbox without the box. Oh, and did I mention that it’s free? Oh yeah. Orb works on XP, XP Media Center Edition, and Vista. To get started, set up an account and then download the software.
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thx for the shout-out, sarah!
using Orb on the Wii is one of my favorite ways, definitely – to be honest, i originally tried it out just to SEE how it looked, but then i realized that the best speakers in my house are hooked up to my Wii… so finally my PC’s tunes boom back through the house the way they should
anyway. i should also mention for the Winamp users out in your audience that we do a version of Orb called Winamp Remote that’s an option with the killer new Winamp 5.5 installer. Winamp Remote works everywhere Orb does – it’s just limited to the songs and videos on your PC, no online stuff.
thanks again!