4 posts and columns on Hillcrest Labs

Kylo and Loop Advance Viewing Web Video on TV

in Personal Technology on April 14, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT

Hillcrest Lab’s Kylo browser and Loop control make it easier to watch Web content on TV, but the two are still works in progress.

Flip Flips to Cisco for $590 Million in Stock (Plus the Press Release)

in News on March 19, 2009 at 6:15 am PT

Pure Digital, the maker of the popular Flip digital video cameras, has sold itself to Cisco (CSCO) for $590 million in stock. The deal, which had been rumored last week, was announced this morning by Cisco. The simplicity of Pure Digital’s line of relatively inexpensive cameras has made it a huge consumer success, which is no easy task in the devices arena. And Cisco has been trying to turbocharge its consumer-focused business and the move is a clear step in that direction.
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Family Snapshots in the Splendor of HD

in The Digital Solution on November 25, 2008 at 5:28 pm PT

This Thanksgiving, families across the country will gather around the television just as quickly as they gather around the turkey. And with good reason: Many people will be staring at beautiful high-definition TV sets.

A Mouse in the House

in News on April 30, 2007 at 3:05 pm PT

Today, the folks from Hillcrest Labs visited me at my home to show off their latest version of what they call an “operating system for the television,” which they had first shown off as a demo at the D3 in May 2005. The Rockville, Md.-based company is one of many trying to reinvent the television [...]