The latest Home Server from Tranquil
I last looked at Tranquil’s Windows Home Server last year and was very impressed with the quality of their device and today Tranquil have announced the SQA-5H , their 2nd generation Windows Home Server. A couple of weeks ago I visited Tranquil to chat…
Video: A quick look at the Gyration Air Mouse
Gyration’s new Air Mouse is a compact mouse that features MotionSense so you can pick up the mouse and control the pointer in the air.One nice feature is has is the ability to control specific Media Center functions with gestures. The mouse is small and…
The Media Center Show #177 – GridSearch
Listen Here (mp3) This week I am talking to Jonathan Bowes about GridSearch , Gridsearch is a new visual way to search through video files that will make finding any scene in a movie very simple and just a few button presses. Have a look at the video…
EventPhone – Control Media Center from an iPhone and EventGhost
EventPhone is an EventGhost Client for the iPhone/iPod Touch, it’s a native iPhone application that allows you to control Windows Media Center and other Windows applications like Windows Media Player and iTunes. The application is by Melloware the developers…
Details of the Media Center updates
I mentioned the two updates for Windows Media Center that were put out on Windows Updates this week and Microsoft have released details of the update. On my test system the TV Pack update was installed and then cumulative update has been offered as a…
Add-In Update: KeepVault for Windows Home Server releases new version
KeepVault for Windows Home Server has released a new version of its online backup service. Version 2.30 is available immediately . The new version adds the ability to see exactly how much space you are using and the ability to delete files from your online…
Video: How to get rip a CD with Windows Media Center
This is my 3rd “How to” video and it looks at how easy it is to rip a CD in Windows Media Center and how simple it is to browse your music collection from the Media Center UI. The video is aimed at new users of Windows Media Center as anybody that has…
Asus launches touchscreen Eee desktop
Asus are launching a new all in one touchscreen PC that could have some interesting uses around the home. It’s not quite up to the spec of HP’s TouchSmart , its more like the spec of a EEE PC but with a 15.6 inch screen it would make a nice device for…
HP confirms Nvidia flaw hits desktops
HP’s Slimline Desktop PCs make good Media Center system so some of you could be effected by the Nvidia fault that has been hitting some laptops. The problem manifests it’s self by the PC either not booting or displaying video and HP are offering to replace…
Windows 7 to be called Windows 7!
I was speculating about the name of Windows 7 last week and today Microsoft surprised me by announcing the final name as Windows 7 (interesting seeing as the version is actually 6.1). Mike Nash over on the Windows Vista blog says : The decision to use…
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