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WindowsMediaCenterExperts Twitter list

In the last few hours Twitter has made a very cool feature available to all, lists. Yep, a list. Why is that cool? Well it makes it really simple to share tweets from people who know something cool about a subject, like er Windows Media...

Published Thu, Oct 29 2009 8:23 AM by simonster

You can watch the Live Windows 7 launch right here

To make it easy for everyone I thought that I’d throw up a post with the stream in it. Enjoy. Silverlight is required.

Published Thu, Oct 22 2009 11:29 AM by simonster

Wired UK on Home Automation

I was travelling back from a meeting yesterday on the train and decided to grab the UK edition of Wired to read to pass the time. In it there was a good, short and to the point article on home automation perfect for anyone looking to understand...

Published Thu, Oct 15 2009 8:17 PM by simonster

Xbox Beta with Facebook, Twitter and Zune, sign-up now!

The Xbox beta program is looking for more participation according to Major Nelson . Requirements etc. are located here , and as always there’s no guarantee that you’ll be accepted to the Beta (Gold Members have a better chance) but there’s some...

Published Thu, Oct 15 2009 2:53 PM by simonster

Channel4 Partner with YouTube

Two internet TV stories in one day, whodathunkit? Channel 4 in the UK have announced that they’re going to start putting all their content on YouTube. That’s got to be some kind of coup for YouTube as Channel 4 is actually a public service...

Published Thu, Oct 15 2009 2:31 PM by simonster

Sky TV coming to those with no dish

Sky have announced today that they’re partnering with FetchTV to launch their SmartBox set top box…their what? I’ve never seen this device before today, but there’s what looks like quite an interesting Freeview + (a DVB-TPVR) that can also connect...

Published Thu, Oct 15 2009 2:20 PM by simonster

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New player in the “cloud backup” space

How you backup your PC is becoming increasingly important, especially for those of us that keep EVERYTHING on there. Thousands of family pictures and memories, not to mention TV series and that massive movie collection are amongst the most important...

Published Tue, Oct 13 2009 7:20 PM by simonster

Another week, a new subscription based music model, but Spotify takes some beating!

Today BSkyB in the UK is launching their new subscription based music model carefully named Sky Songs, but I wonder how long the idea to call it SkyTunes was banded about in the office? The subscription model they are introducing looks quite similar to...

Published Mon, Oct 12 2009 10:24 AM by simonster

England v Ukraine, live online – only!

So folks I’d really like to know what you think about this. As everyone knows, in England, we’re passionate about this game called football (the real one, the one that girls play in the US, what you call “Soccer”) [p.s. I actually couldn’t give...

Published Tue, Oct 06 2009 10:05 PM by simonster

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