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January 2010 - Simon's Digital Lifestyle Blog

  • Sky are hot out the box with 3D TV

    Wow, I knew we were going to get a 3D offering from Sky but this is something else!  So fast…  Sky are broadcasting the first ever 3D sports match, a football (soccer for you US types) er on Sunday. Yep, a world first, and in the UK the first...
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  • Interesting way to use Aero Snap

    Long’s spotted a great series of advertising by Microsoft in the US that’s got a digital home bent to it so I thought I’d throw it out there.  In Australia Microsoft are sponsoring part of the Open tennis coverage and (very cleverly) using the snap...
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  • Seesmic Look is very cool

    Wow, talk about a cool way of looking at tweets.  This, my friends, is Seesmic Look, the second output from Seesmic since they’ve started developing closely with Microsoft.  I’ve just downloaded it and started to play, and it’s very sexy looking...
  • iTunes in the cloud?

    Techcrunch has an interesting article about Apple moving iTunes into the cloud, it certainly represents and interesting idea.  According to the article the plan is for a fully fledged cloud based iTunes, perhaps removing the need for a local install...
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  • On10 covers every TV option

    Sarah’s written a great and very, very, comprehensive article for On10.net about all the different options for watching TV in Windows Media Center without a TV tuner, she covers: Hulu PlayOn Boxee SecondRunTV TunerFree TubeCore ZeeVee SkyPlayer Wow, it...
  • More tablets…

    I seem to be getting hooked on the tablets. No not little pills but the new wave of gadgets we saw at CES and even more by some of the ones that missed CES. I’ve just spotted this at liliputing.com the HOTT M700 a small tablet (7”) that can...
  • NY Times on TV through Xbox360

    The New York times has an interesting article on how Microsoft are positioning Xbox360 with major content providers, like Disney an ESPN to be a TV device in your living room.  Nothing new there.  Interesting that it’s popped up in the Business...
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  • HP’s Slate, the best PMP ever?

    At the CES keynote yesterday Ballmer unveiled the “beautiful” HP slate and gave it a brief demo using the Amazon kindle application. Cool stuff. One thing worth noting is that it’s running Windows 7 and that naturally (depending on the...
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  • Stream Spotify to your Squeezebox or WMP

    Now that Martin has released the beta of Spotify MCE I thought I’d explain quickly how you can stream Spotify all over your house. I use a Squeezebox for this, which is where the solution comes from, but equally anything that can play a HTTP MP3...
  • Media nirvana, buy once use in any format

    According to the New York Times a group called DECE (Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem) is planning an announcement at CES about their plans to make content (Movies specifically) available in any format you choose once you’ve bought a single license...
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