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Multi-screen TV is top of the agenda for Espial when the cable industry gathers in Cologne next week. Visitors to ANGA Cable 2012 can find out how the Espial Media Service Platform can help them simplify the introduction of TV Everywhere services. This headend system enables the delivery and management of a wide range of video services from the cloud. The capabilities include system administration, unified authentication and authorization across devices, supports multiple business models and provides an application toolkit. The platform also supports set-top box and gateway-based services. The Espial Media Service Platform interacts with ecosystem components via Web service APIs and integration adapters, allowing rapid deployment and expansion as needs evolve. The platform is field proven to meet the demanding scalability and system management requirements of service providers.

The company is also displaying the Espial MediaBase on-demand video platform, which supports live TV streaming, time-shift TV services, remote storage DVR services and VOD across multiple devices. With its recently introduced HTTP-adaptive streaming capabilities, Espial MediaBase is now available in several new configurations including origin servers, Internet servers, and unified servers. Its content delivery networking (CDN) engine, configurable using the Espial MediaBase Manager, allows operators to optimize system design to improve utilization of their network resources. With best-in-class performance on COTS hardware, operators can achieve the lowest total cost of ownership for TV Everywhere services.

Espial will also demonstrate the Espial TV Browser, which is based on WebKit and HTML5 and is designed to support the demanding browsing requirements of current and future Connected TVs, set-top boxes and Internet devices. The Espial TV Browser accelerates the deployment of TV Web browsing, over-the-top Web video, immersive gaming Web content, and interactive TV content including social media. The browser is easily ported across devices and offers the latest W3C Web standards available today, supporting HbbTV, Adobe Flash, and full HTML5 video support for YouTube, BBC iPlayer, and other Web-based media aggregators. The powerful system comes complete with remote control navigation, a TV-optimized user interface and a virtual keyboard.

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Toshiba's ApriPetit portable robotic interface solves household problems, melts your heart

Remember ApriPoco? It's okay, we'll forgive you if not, but we can't say the same about a similar question asked about that fellow above here in a few years. With a heart and soul as warm as that found in Wall-E, Toshiba's newly-unveiled ApriPetit is around half as large as the aforesaid predecessor, standing just 5.9-inches tall and sporting a pair of eyes capable of staring straight through your being. It's described as a "portable robotic interface," able to understand and act on voice commands using a combination of speech recognition and text-to-speech software. The eyes themselves are said to double as "stereo cameras, which can find and recognize faces and determine how close they are." As of now, there doesn't seem to be any hard-and-fast plans for use, but it's clear that home health and service is an area of interest. Of course, we'd buy one just to converse with -- Malkovich has Siri; we'll take this cutey.

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The Theory uses tiny MicroVision projector to concoct even tinier police chase (video)

Looking like the ghost of Hot Wheels fantasies past, a new video short has beamed out of the minds at The Theory -- a production team that just happens to have a MicroVision pico projector. Called "Speed of Light", the mixed media film was made by projecting shots onto walls, floors and objects like laptops and then filming it with "no CGI trickery" added later, according to the team. Featuring a miniature Ford GT chased by a police car, helicopters, missiles and explosions, the pursuit was filmed with a Canon 5D MkII and HD MiniCam. To see if the little crook gets away with it, peel out to the video after the break.

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In Cairo, cheers and fears over Mubarak sentencing

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Aly Mahmoud Abdel Hakim, a carpenter from Faymoum, clasps his hands anxiously as he joins others at the Wadi al Nil cafe in Tahrir Square to watch Hosni Mubarak's sentencing.

By Charlene Gubash, NBC News

CAIRO, Egypt -- The waiters at Wadi al Nil caf?, overlooking Tahrir Square, carefully skirted around cameramen jostling for position and patrons who filled the cramped coffee shop to capacity. All eyes were on the TV waiting for the judge to read out the sentence on the man who had ruled as president for 31 years, Mohamed Hosni Mubarak.

For many, he was the only president they had ever known, and they waited with hands clasped as if in prayer, biting their lips and with eyes upturned to the TV screen as the judge read the verdict for failing to stop the killing of Egyptian protesters.

And it came: Twenty five years, which qualifies as a life sentence in Egypt, and a term that would mean that Mubarak, 84, would almost certainly die in prison.

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A cheer rose up, people pumped their fists in the air and jumped up and down and clapped. Drivers careening around Tahrir Square honked their horns in joy.

For educator Ezzat Said, the trial sent a clear-cut message to future Egyptian leaders, especially at a time when presidential elections are imminent. "The verdict today calmed the hearts of all Egyptians. It gave the impression the Egyptian judiciary system is fair and just. ... No matter how powerful and oppressive the pharaoh is, there is a moment where he will be brought down by the will of the people.

"This verdict delivers a message for the upcoming candidates that any president who oppresses or disdains his people, the people will bring him down," he continued. "The era of oppression and fear has ended in Egypt."

Hisham Sohour, a retired army officer, said he believed the verdict will help bring stability at a time of uncertainty and discontent.

"In my personal opinion, the sentence is a just one," he said. "It brings justice to the dead protesters. It appeases the Egyptian people, and it fits with the level of crime that was committed in Egypt's name. ... This makes our country stable and we want a new president and strong president."

Aly Mahmoud Abdel Hakim, a 20-year-old carpenter from Faymoum, was angered by the acquittal of six Ministry of Interior officials and Mubarak's sons Gamal and Alaa. "They shouldn't have given ? those people an innocent sentence because those people were with him and committed all the crimes that happened. And every one of them was behind the corruption in the country. Why did he say they were innocent?"

Abdel Hakim was among demonstrators chanting against the sentence in Tahrir Square, among them Sabri Selim.

"We had a revolution in 18 days. Eighteen days will not remove the regime. The regime has been corrupt for 30 years, how can the court rule when they are part of the corrupt system?" Selim asked.

Another in Tahrir Square, Ahmed Mohamed, hoped the sentence would restore calm, not provoke more demonstrations. "The people should not question the transparency of the court and should have confidence in the courts so the country moves on," he said. "We have to be careful about these things, so that we progress forward. ? We won't know better than the judges. They're the ones who saw the evidence."

Despite Mohamed?s desire, and that of many others to move on, chanting crowds began building in Tahrir as the powerful Muslim Brotherhood asked their members to fill squares across the country in protest. Chants were clearly audible as protesters marched past the NBC bureau on their way to Egypt TV, a symbol of the old regime.

Msnbc.com's news report on the verdict

Another Tahrir Square marcher, Ahmed Mohamadain, felt that Mubarak's jail term was more punitive than the death sentence many had hoped for. "I am happy about the president's verdict because the time he will serve in prison is going to be a punishment for him. If they hang him or shoot him they are showing him mercy."

Mohamadain may be right. Press reports quoted security who said Mubarak cried when he arrived at the court and begged to be returned to the military hospital where he had been awaiting trial. Egyptian TV simply said that medical sources say the former president was being treated for a health crisis in the helicopter. He reportedly entered the prison after two hours of negotiations.

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