The Digital Lifestyle Show #355–The Recovery Starts Here!

All three us are back for this weeks show and we talk over the weeks news. We discus the very lengthy blog posts from Microsoft talking about the boot processes in Windows 8 and the flattened UI, we talk about Android 4.0 (ICS) running on my Samsung Galaxy Note, new Sonos Subwoofer, My Movies updates, [...]

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Microsoft explain the new boot process in Windows 8

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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 [...]

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The Digital Lifestyle Show #354–Yang Pi

Back in the UK for this weeks show. Andrew was away at keep fit so Jason Coombes joins Garry and I to talk over the weeks news including my thoughts on China and HP, Windows Media Center in Windows 8, family safety in Windows 8, building Media Center extenders, DTS audio, My Movies and we talk [...]

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Windows 8 to have enhanced multiple monitor support

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In another very long post on the Building Windows 8 Blog  (which now seems to have disappeared) Microsoft talk about the enhanced multi-monitor. I have been using multi-monitors for years and would not like to go back to a single screen. In Windows 8 Microsoft are improving the edges detection with dual monitors,  Windows 8 [...]

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Microsoft talk about family safety in Windows 8

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As parent I do like to keep my eye on what my kids get up to online, most of the time this involves having a quick look at what they are doing but it would be nice to get a report from the system. In the latest post on the Building Windows 8 blog Microsoft [...]

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Q&A with Stacey Wolff , Vice President of Design at HP

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This week while in Shanghai I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Stacy Wolff, Vice President of Design at HP about the design aspects of the new range of machines from HP, I got to ask about Tablets PCs, Ultrabooks and Stacey also talked about HP’s approach to Windows 8. My first [...]

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Microsoft post FAQ about DVD playback in Windows 8 and Media Center

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Microsoft must have had a lot of feedback about their post about removing DVD playback in Windows 8 and moving Windows Media Center to a cost extra for Windows 8 Pro as they have published a FAQ detailing how its going to work and why.  For Windows Media Center enthusiast its worth reading the whole [...]

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Microsoft details obtaining Windows Media Center in Windows 8

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Following the announcement that the Windows 8 Release Preview coming the first week of June in which Microsoft detailed how “Windows Media Center will be available as an economical “media pack” add-on to Windows 8 Pro” they have today revealed more details about the reasons behind that decision. In a post entitled Making Windows Media Center [...]

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Microsoft kill off Windows Live brand

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The Windows Live brand has been around since 2005 and has been Microsoft’s brand for various internet connected apps and services but today Microsoft have announced plans to ditch the Windows Live brand. Most of the apps will be renamed and be part of Windows 8, for example Windows Live Photo gallery is going to [...]

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The Digital Lifestyle Show #351–Glass Half Full

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This week Garry and Andrew were busy so Jason Coombes joins me to look over the weeks news. We talk about Microsoft’s decision to make Windows Media Center an optional component of the Pro edition of Windows 8 and the impact it will have on Media Center users. We also talk SkyDrive, Google Drive and [...]

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