Crowds at Microsoft Windows 8 demo CES 2012 has been a bit of a strange show for Microsoft. Its the last time they are going to exhibit here and Steve Balmer did his last keynote on Monday but what I did get a sense of is that 2012 show has been about waiting for [...]
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Just a few hours ago, Steve Ballmer took the stage at CES 2012 to present Microsoft’s keynote for the last time; at least for the foreseeable future. So what did Ballmer have in store for the farewell presentation? Unfortunately, not much more than he did last year. Things started off on a bit of a sentimental note [...]
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Remember Drive Extender in Windows Home Server v1? Well its sort of back in Windows 8, Microsoft have talked about the new drive technology in in the new OS. Windows 8 introduces Storage Spaces that enables pooling of disk and the use of virtual disks. It does sound like Drive Extender but Microsoft say “Storage [...]
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Even on the best systems every now and then something can go wrong with Windows, a virus or a bad driver can cause problems and the best way is to reset the system either with a clean install, OEM recovery options or restoring a backup. With Windows 8 Microsoft have a new push button reset [...]
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The BBC have switched from Flash to HTML5 on its mobile sites. Previously it wasn’t possible to play embedded videos on a device like the iPad but now you can watch the videos. As well as the BBC News site the BBC iPlayer service will now work on the with HTML5, I tried it on [...]
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I have to admit I haven’t used Laplink many years, I used to use it to move files between DOS machines via a serial cable. Laplink are still going and will release a free version of their software for transferring files, settings and user accounts from Windows 7 to Windows 8. The software will be [...]
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Unfortunately Andrew couldn’t join us this week (find out why in the show) so Garry and I talk over the weeks news including the new version of DVBLink, Windows 8 Store, Xbox 360 WTV playback, TV apps updated for the iPad and we talk about my installation of Sky and how a Sky box compares [...]
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In the Developer Preview of Windows 8 there are very few media features other than the old Windows Media Player but I expect to see Metro styled media player in the beta out in February. This week some screenshots from Windows 8 have been leaked showing the new built in music. It looks like a [...]
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Welcome to show 98! We are back, (slightly later in the week than normal), rounding up the weeks news, and this week we have special guest Ian Dixon joining us to discuss whats new in the mobile world. This week we take a look at our first impressions of the new Xbox dashboard and how [...]
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Each week I am going to collect together some of the tech rumours that caught my eye over the last 7 days. The stories of a TV being developed by Apple don’t seem to be going away, even if they don’t make much sense. CultofMac say that the TV will be 55″ and that could [...]
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