August 2009 - Simon's Digital Lifestyle Blog - The Digital Lifestyle.com

Xbox 360 price drop

Love it or hate it Microsoft have lots of hope pinned on the Xbox360 as a device for entertainment in your living room. Right now it's also the best extender available as it remains to be seen if new ones will be announced at CEDIA. It is then quite nice...

Published Thu, Aug 27 2009 12:20 PM by simonster

Nokia announces their first netbook…with Windows 7

It was bound to happen and Nokia have jumped feet first into the netbook market today with this prime specimen, which appears to be the first to market netbook with Windows 7 starter on it. They’ve released a nice video on YouTube, embedded in this...

Published Mon, Aug 24 2009 5:10 PM by simonster

Order the full version of Windows 7 in UK for upgrade prices

In addition to announcing the availability of upgrades in the UK and the Family pack, Microsoft also announced that Windows 7 pricing will kick over to upgrade or full from September 1….so… If you want the full version of Windows 7 for the price of an...

Published Mon, Aug 24 2009 4:55 PM by simonster

Filed under: Windows 7

Family pack and upgrades GO! at launch for Windows 7 in UK

Well this is some excellent news for anyone in the UK. Thanks to the ballot screen approach to browser choice in Europe, Microsoft is now able to offer both the Upgrade version of Windows 7 and the Family Pack (which is 3 Windows 7 licenses for...

Published Mon, Aug 24 2009 2:40 PM by simonster

Windows Live Moviemaker updated

One of the gems of Windows Live Essentials (which are explored quite thoroughly in my book) is Movie Maker which provides dead simple movie editing. The best analogy is one I heard today “Movie Maker is the notepad of video editing tools” (not sure...

Published Thu, Aug 20 2009 5:43 PM by simonster

Filed under: Live

ZuneHD available for UK pre-order

This is hot news for anyone UK based that wants a ZuneHD, you can have one. ZuneThings have opened their online ordering for the UK and ok it’s not an official channel, but you probably don’t care about that. You might though if you’re worried...

Published Thu, Aug 20 2009 5:31 PM by simonster

Filed under: zune

Wow! Zune HD looks super sexy on a big screen

It looks like Ian’s wishes for the Zune HD being an offline extender might be only slightly short of the mark. Here’s a lovely video of the device in action on a big screen, and boy does it look nice! [I think this might have been posted by engaged...

Published Thu, Aug 20 2009 5:21 PM by simonster

Filed under: zune

The ZuneHD looks awesome!

Microsoft's new music player looks awesome, no seriously it does. It’s got some great technical specs, like an NVidia chip that gives it fantastic graphics, an OLED screen that looks super crisp and HD radio. Some of the leaks around the device...

Published Tue, Aug 11 2009 7:00 PM by simonster

DLNA gaining ground with TV makers FAST!

I think it’s fair to say that all Windows Media Center enthusiasts are pinning their hopes on DLNA standards giving us a superb media experience all around the home given the current lack of support between vendors for Microsoft's own Media Center Extenders...

Published Sat, Aug 08 2009 11:16 AM by simonster

How to tell if your new hardware is Windows 7 compatible

The Windows Blog has some interesting information about the Windows 7 logo scheme. For those who don’t know about it, which is probably most people, the logo scheme helps to clearly identify devices that give the best experience with Windows...

Published Thu, Aug 06 2009 6:06 PM by simonster

How to Save $200 and get your whole family on Windows 7

Microsoft have announced that they are going to be producing a “Family Pack” of Windows 7 Home Premium (which is the version most people are going to want, and has all the media features you’ll need) and the pricing has been confirmed at $149 US. ...

Published Sun, Aug 02 2009 6:21 PM by simonster

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