I love my Raspberry Pi but like I said in my first review the board feels a little vulnerable and so when I saw a case design at the Blackpool Linux User Group I had to get one. The case is made in Telford here in the UK by the Shropshire Linux User Group and [...]
A couple of years ago I started using Simple.tv a service for Media Center that would automatically convert recorded TV shows to a format I could use on other devices like the iPad, it worked very well but I haven’t used it for some time. Today I got an email from them explaining that they [...]
In the latest post on the Building Windows 8 Blog Microsoft have talked about the fast boot process in Windows 8 and with the use of UEFI firmware you don’t have to desperately press F8 to try and get in to the boot loader. It looks like things like booting from a USB stick are [...]
Samsung promised Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) for the Galaxy Note and it looks like it’s finally here (at least for UK owners). I had given up checking for the update each day but today my phone prompted me to download the 318mb download. Once downloaded the Note rebooted, installed the update and after about [...]
When we recorded last weeks TDL Show Brian Binnerup of My Movies joined us in the chat room and told us that a new version of My Movies was on the way. Today the update is live in the app store and it includes support for Retina display on the new iPad and a new [...]
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ActiveMania and DVBLogic announced a embedded CE device with built in DVBLink client. The IPTV box uses DVBLink on top of Windows Media Center Embedded to bring TV features to the box. The device will be available for BBN IPTV subscribers (BBN is a ISP in Beirut/Lebanon) from March. Full press release: ActiveMania and DVBLogic [...]
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Nokia have an update for Lumia 800 which should fix battery issues that have been affecting users. Build 1600.2487.8107.12070 brings “significant improvements in battery performance and power management” and will be delivered via the Zune desktop software. As usual mobile operators can get in the way of the update and so Nokia have a table [...]
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When the new iPad came out it broke the Sky+ application making scheduling impossible with a 3rd gen iPad. Today Sky issues a new version of the app that supports the new iPad and having tried it I can confirm it works fine on my new iPad. Other than that there are no other changes, [...]
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It’s show 347 and Garry is back to join Andrew and I to talk over the weeks new. Andrew talks about his trip to the Beeb@30 event, we talk Raspberry Pi, Windows Media Center and windows 8 FAQ, running Android apps on Windows, Guardian Google TV app, Windows Phone SDK update, Lumia 900, Play To [...]
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Plex have released a new beta of the Plex Media Server which includes DLNA support and supports Windows Phone 7. The Media Server includes transcoding which makes it great for playing content on DLNA devices and supports Silverlight Smooth Streaming which Windows Phone users. So you can play bookmarked web content on any DNLA enabled [...]
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Microsoft are really focusing on touch with Windows 8 and with the latest post on the building Windows 8 blog Microsoft go into details about the touch experience in Windows 8 and the hardware requirements. One of the interesting things in the post is that Windows 8 touch screens should be designed to work beyond [...]
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RS Components and element14/Premier Farnell the two companies distributing the Raspberry Pi have put orders of the boards on hold until the Raspberry Pi receives a CE mark. Raspberry Pi’s view is that it doesn’t need testing as its not a finished product but the distributers don’t agree and it could delay the sale of [...]
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When I switched to Android I started using doubleTwist to sync music from iTunes and to use as a music player on the device, yesterday there was an update to the app bringing it to version 1.7.3. The update adds support for Google Music, improves downloading of album art and fixed an issue with AirPlay [...]
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Google have updated the Android version of Google Maps, the update includes an option to change the transit type on navigation, I am seeing report of Android maps being able to use public transport routes but on my Galaxy Note it only gives you the option of car or walking. What’s New What’s in [...]
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