Category Archives: News

Controlling XBMC from Windows 8 and Windows RT

Many HTPC enthusiast are using XBMC as a Media Center system and as XBMC has remote control features I thought it would be good to control my XBMC system (running…

XBMC Raspberry Pi AmbiLight project

We have talked about TV ambient lighting in the past on the podcast, it’s a technology designed to project ambient lighting behind the TV based on current picture. The demos…

VideoLAN VLC reaches version 2.0.6

Videolan have just released an update to the desktop version of VLC Player. Version 2.0.6 introduces support for Metroska v4 files, has important fixes for MKV,Ogg,AVI,WMV formats, uses a new…

Samsung announce Galaxy Mega 5.8 and 6.3 Android phones

I must admit I do like my phones on the large side, for a long time I use a Samsung Galaxy Note as main phone and really like the screen…

The Digital Lifestyle Show Podcast

The Digital Lifestyle Show #398 – No Surface Pro Here

Welcome to this week’s podcast. We are on show 398 and this week Jason and I talk about the Microsoft consumer focus at last week’s Gadget Show, Windows Blue or…

Xbox SmartGlass for Android now supports 7 inch and larger tablets

Microsoft have updated the Android version of the SmartGlass app to version 1.5. The update adds support for 7″ and larger Android tablets, so now you can get the app…

Chrome for iPad/iPhone updated

Google have updated the iOS version of the Chrome app for iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch. The latest version has a full screen mode for the iPhone and iPod Touch and…

XBMC 12.2 pre testing build

The XBMC team are looking for testers to help XBMC 12.2. The team are mainly looking for crash reports so they can analyse the debug logs and then use the…

April Patch Tuesday brings more Surface RT firmware updates

Despite many firmware updates from Microsoft there is still an issue with the Surface RT and WiFi connectivity. Each month Microsoft releases a firmware update but I still get the…

Google Play gets a new look

It’s just over a year since Google rebranded the Android Market as Google Play and included music and video content to the store. Today Google has started rolling out an…

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