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Now that Windows Home Server finally gets it's demons laid to rest with the data corruption bug fixed in Power Pack 1, Windows Home Server can continue growing as a platform and hopefully it will get further integrated into Microsoft's Digital Lifestyle...
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Windows Home Server users have been busy for the last couple of days. PP1 was released on Monday, July 21st, and after the celebration WHS owners got busy. Downloading and installing PP1 was the easy part but each PC on your network had to be updated...
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Nial's blog has been quiet for a while but he is back with an update on the Big Screen applications. He has updated the installer to support future versions of Windows Media Center. Check out Niall's blog for more details In preparation for future Vista...
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While there has been a lot of talk about forthcoming TV features for Windows Media Center (I find it frustrating that some of the testers are breaking NDAs and giving out incorrect information while the rest of us wait for the NDAs to be lifted) and Charlie...
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In conjunction with the Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 update HP have announced that the HP MediaSmart Server update is live. This software update provides enhanced media streaming through PacketVideo PVConnect and server side anti-virus protection...
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Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 has been in beta for what seems a very long time and I have been running it on my MediaSmart server with no issues. The biggest part of the update is that it fixes the data corruption bug as well as adding x64 support...
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Charlie Owen now back blogging has gone for a less controversial post and posted a handy tip on how to get rid of the pesky games that install themselfs in the Program Library in Windows Media Center I'll admit it somewhat irks me we shipped games inside...
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There has been no official information from Microsoft but according to Engadget HD Windows Media Center TV Pack was released yesterday. I wish I could say more about it but I can’t! Wow, we didn't see this coming, at least not this fast -- just a week...
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I just found a good video from Channel 10. It shows a good example of using Silverlight on a Windows Mobile device. This is simple example, but a very good proof of concept. It is good that Microsoft has some businesses willing to be on the bleeding edge...
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Amazon are launching a video streaming service that once again cries out for a Media Center UI. The service can stream content via a browser or if you have a Sony Bravia with Bravia Video Link will steam directly to the TV. So add that to the list of...
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I am planning guests for future shows and I thought I would take the opportunity to find out the community opinions. So what kind of shows would you like to see? More developer shows? More interviews with OEMs and Microsoft? Or features looking at related...
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Hello everyone. I have been playing around with an application for a Windows Mobile device. It is an idea that others have had, but I have not been happy with any of the previous solutions. I am a golfer at heart, and none of the previous Windows Mobile...
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Charlie Owen is back blogging and seems to have gone straight for a controversial post! He has posted this thoughts on why DVD streaming is not a feature of Media Center (and properly never will be). So far it’s been left to the community to come up with...
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Listen Here This week I am talking to old friend of the show Ted Singh from Embedded Automation . Ted will be talking about mPanel a new wall-mountable touch screen that you can play music from and control the home, Ted will also be updating us on mControl...
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Remember TweakMCE for XP Media Center? Wondered where the Vista equivalent is? Wonder no more as Microsoft have released TweakMC for Vista Media Center (what took you so long guys!) The new application is available on MSDN is also available in source...
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Listen Here This week I am talking to old friend of the show Ted Singh from Embedded Automation . Ted will be talking about mPanel a new wall-mountable touch screen that you can play music from and control the home, Ted will also be updating us on mControl...
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Videogiants and Musicgiants are offering HD video and audio content for Windows Media Center viand I will be interviewing CEO Scott Bahneman on a future show to find out how we get the content. Today Videogiants won Electronic House 2008 product of the...
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CE Pro have details of a interesting new product from Vidabox. The PicoPC is a tiny little box with no moving parts and Windows XP, so you can browse the web, listen to music and watch pictures all from the 13 ounces device. It has USB and R232 designed...
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Don’t forget today/tonight at 8pm UK/ 12pm PST I will be chatting with Kevin Tofel about Cloud computing. You can watch live on Yahoo Live and ask questions in the chat room. See you later!...
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Damian Meher the developer behind BeebMC has created two screencast on how to create Media Center applications. Part 1 looks at the tools used for Media Center development and starting a new project and part 2 looks at using a template to create a BeebMC...
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The Consumer Electronic's blog has with part 2 of Todd Rutherford's presentation (part 5 of the Media Center University series) looking at integrating Windows Media Center into a whole home solution Download: iPod | MP3 | WMA | WMV | WMV (high) | Zune...
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Looks like the rumours where true, Microsoft are enabling Netflix streaming straight in to the Xbox 360. It would be nice to see an smiler official solution for Media Center users. Details from Engadget : After months of speculation and rumors , Microsoft...
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I really liked the HP Touchsmart PC I saw in Berlin (see this video ) and for US consumers it's available in stores now. If you get chance to have a play with the Touchsmart I would recommend taking a look at as the UI is very nice. I asked about UK availability...
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As more companies offer us web based services that reduce the dependency of client based applications (think Gmail, Google Documents, Live Mesh) we are storing more of our data in the cloud. So does that mean we can leave desktop app behind or are there...
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As more companies offer us web based services that reduce the dependency of client based applications (think Gmail, Google Documents, Live Mesh) we are storing more of our data in the cloud. So does that mean we can leave desktop app behind or are there...
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