December 2008 - Simon's Digital Lifestyle Blog - The Digital Lifestyle.com

Zune 30gb going a bit funny

It would seem that “a bunch” of Zune 30s are going kaput this morning everywhere, Tech Crunch is reporting. There’s a fix that I’ve read a couple of times that involves reseating a wire going to the battery. If you’re going...

Published Wed, Dec 31 2008 3:22 PM by simonster

Filed under: zune

Digital Cribs

Cisco have got some really interesting videos online about Digital Cribs, some of the ways that people, and one or two celebs have integrated stuff into their digital homes. There’s some pretty interesting videos and loads of videos that have been...

Published Tue, Dec 23 2008 7:03 PM by simonster

Filed under: other

IE Vulnerability to be fixed today at 6pm GMT

You might have seen this on other sites, or possibly even on the news but you'll probably want to run windows update after 6pm tonight if you are in the UK or 1pm E.S.T to get the update to patch the current "big news story" about IE's...

Published Wed, Dec 17 2008 2:15 PM by simonster

Quick...XBox360 for £99

Just in case you don't get Martin's Money Saving expert email , which you should if you like saving money and you Live in the UK. There is a hot tip in there today. Head down to Zavvi on a UK high street immediatley if you want an Xbox360 for...

Published Wed, Dec 17 2008 10:25 AM by simonster

Filed under: bargin

Live “Essentials” Update

The bits of Windows Live that you can install on your PC have just been updated, so that’s updates for Live Mail (which I’ve been using for a while and is actually really nice if you use Hotmail and much lighter than outlook), Live Writer...

Published Mon, Dec 15 2008 8:58 PM by simonster

Filed under: Live

Virgin Media Goes to 50Mbps

Hot off the press is the long predicted move that Virgin are rolling out their 50mbs broadband service in the UK! The press release is very "dawning of a new era" and "seismic change" but basically it means that 12 million UK homes...

Published Mon, Dec 15 2008 11:29 AM by simonster

Filed under: Tip

TunerFree MCE now for 64bit

Martin Millman has just released something people have been after for a while, a 64bit version of his TunerFree MCE software. It’s best explained in Martin’s own words: I've known for some time that people using a 64bit version of Vista...

Published Sun, Dec 14 2008 3:09 PM by simonster

Filed under: add-in, media center

Squeeze Center updates to v7.3

I was messing about with my SqueezeBox duet today (fantastic device by the way) and I decided to go on the hunt for new stuff to put on it. The best place to do that is the Slim Devices forums (Logitech now owns Slim Devices and has done for a while)...

Published Sun, Dec 14 2008 2:44 PM by simonster

Filed under: add-in

Windows 7 looks to be fast, fast, fast

Really interesting article here on ZDnet where the latest build of Windows 7 has been benchmarked. On the kit they tested on Windows 7 (6965) booted in just 20 seconds, which is pretty darn speedy, and actually faster than XP with SP3. From our point...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2008 10:27 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7

Other broadcasters are looking at using iPlayer, Labs - oh and it’s one year old

The Guardian rescently published an article that’s a really interesting development in the IPTV world in the UK. It seems that other broadcasters outside of the Beeb are looking at using the iPlayer to distribute their own programming, Channel 4...

Published Thu, Dec 11 2008 11:41 PM by simonster

Filed under: media center

How about a bit more free online storage

A while ago Microsoft bought a product called Folder Share, we’ll Folder share has now become Live Sync. It works much like Mesh, but focuses much more on synchronising files from one device to the could, rather than keeping multiple devices in...

Published Thu, Dec 11 2008 11:24 PM by simonster

Filed under: Live

Why would you want a home server?

I guess that many of us reading this already know the answer to that question, but what if you need to convince your partner that it's going to be a good purchase in the holiday sales? What if you've got some mates asking you about home servers...

Published Tue, Dec 09 2008 12:05 PM by simonster

Filed under: home server

Sky TV over the internet - the challenge is on, get it into Media Center

I just picked up on this post by our friend Mark McCall over at Automated Home about SKY TV now offering a subscription based service of 9 of it's channels, including SKY Sports over the Internet. Streaming is courtesy of Silverlight, anyone noticed...

Published Tue, Dec 09 2008 12:30 AM by simonster

Filed under: media center

Questions for the Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server UK User Group

Last week we launched the signup for the user group. We’ve had great success and we’ve started to plan the events. We still need to know what people want though, so please have a look at the two polls, Where and When and also give me some...

Published Mon, Dec 08 2008 9:43 PM by simonster

Filed under: media center, user group

New Live, er, live and 25gb free online storage

In case you’ve not noticed the new live services have launched over the past day or so, basically turning Live into a kind of social network, time will tell how good that gets. What did come along with everything else is a major update to the way...

Published Thu, Dec 04 2008 12:25 PM by simonster

Filed under: media center, Tip, Live

REALLY want to understand what’s doing the decoding?

I thought I should draw a little attention to these two related bits of info that popped up on The Digital Lifestyle in the past 24 hours. Kingtone threw this tip off into the forums last night , it’s a tip off for those who missed it about a great...

Published Thu, Dec 04 2008 8:34 AM by simonster

Filed under: add-in, media center, Tip

Cool little monitors

I was scrolling down engadget earlier today and I spotted this cool little device that they just reviewed . It’s a 7-inch display that works as a second monitor on your PC, it’s from Korea and hard to get hold of. Why’s that so cool? ...

Published Tue, Dec 02 2008 10:02 PM by simonster

Filed under: media center

Windows Media Center and Home Server UK User Group - Poll 2, where would you like to meet?

I've just posted the second poll for those who've already signed up to the UK User Group, if you've not joined yet and you're in the UK, pop on over and join up , the more the merrier! Don't forget the first poll - When would you like...

Published Tue, Dec 02 2008 2:00 PM by simonster

Filed under: user group

In the UK? When do you want to get together?

If you’re in the UK and you fancy getting together to talk about Media Center and Home Server just like Ian and I posted earlier, then head on over and join the User Group . I’ve posted the first question in the forum for the group about when we’d like...

Published Tue, Dec 02 2008 12:01 AM by simonster

Filed under: media center, home server, user group

Blockbuster are getting Meshy

Interesting development here along the lines of NetFlix but more cloud powered. It seems that massive entertainment chain Blockbuster have gotten together with Microsoft are going to start offering new Mobile services delivered using Mesh. ...

Published Mon, Dec 01 2008 11:38 PM by simonster

Filed under: live mesh

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Zune 30gb going a bit funny

Digital Cribs

IE Vulnerability to be fixed today at 6pm GMT

Quick...XBox360 for £99

Live “Essentials” Update

Virgin Media Goes to 50Mbps

TunerFree MCE now for 64bit

Squeeze Center updates to v7.3

Windows 7 looks to be fast, fast, fast

Other broadcasters are looking at using iPlayer, Labs - oh and it’s one year old

How about a bit more free online storage

Why would you want a home server?

Sky TV over the internet - the challenge is on, get it into Media Center

Questions for the Windows Media Center and Windows Home Server UK User Group

New Live, er, live and 25gb free online storage

REALLY want to understand what’s doing the decoding?

Cool little monitors

Windows Media Center and Home Server UK User Group - Poll 2, where would you like to meet?

In the UK? When do you want to get together?

Blockbuster are getting Meshy

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