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June 27, 2008 2:14 PM PDT

Google gadget turns PC into media server

The Google Media Server gadget can send audio and video from a Windows PC to another device.

The Google Media Server gadget can send audio and video from a Windows PC to another device.

(Credit: Google)

Google has released a software module that can turn Windows PCs into devices that streams media files to other devices.

The Google Media Server is a gadget that works on the Google Desktop software. It sends the data to other devices over a Universal Plug-and-Play connection such as a Sony PlayStation 3, according to the Google Desktop blog.

With it, people can play videos and music and view photos on a PC. In addition, it can connect to Web sites including Google's YouTube for video and Google's Picasa for photos.

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by projectpc June 30, 2008 11:33 AM PDT
Windows Vista already does this. You don't need an external app from google to stream any media files. Vista can do the exact same thing and it's already integrated. Thanks for the useless post.
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by Breeze242 June 30, 2008 1:19 PM PDT
Window Media Player 11, which runs on Vista and XP, supports DLNA media receivers.
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by blabtech July 4, 2008 8:15 PM PDT
Maybe this would be more useful to Mac users?

http://blabtech.blogspot.com
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by yud123 July 10, 2008 8:49 PM PDT
google is awesome!

http://www.igadget.asia
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