Windows Media Center
10 Cool Windows 7 MC Features
A few days ago, Wilson Rothman from Gizmodo showed us the new touch interface for Media Center PCs running Windows 7, and though he had to pull the video, he promised a walkthrough of proposed Windows 7 Media Center features. Like everything else about Windows 7, this is all alpha and subject to change, however...
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New MythTV Interface Preview
One of the biggest new features of the next version of MythTV (version .22) will be its new user interface. This new interface will offer many new features to MythTV, including animation, better interactivity, and faster and easier development for themers and developers alike. MythTV is an open-source DVR that...
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Windows 7 - DirectX 10 Via CPU
Windows 7’s new WARP system can run Direct3D 10 and 10.1 on the CPU, doing away with the need for a hardware 3D accelerator in some circumstances It turns out that Intel isn’t the only company that’s looking at performing Direct3D in software; Microsoft has just announced that it’s also planning to introduce a...
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85,000 PlayTV Units Shipped In UK
Released only last week in the UK, PlayTV has already shipped 85,000 units. That’s quite a good number considering that only around 9,000 pre-orders for the device were placed before its release. If things go well for Sony, PlayTV could eventually land a big footprint on media hub history. And while the...
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WHS as a Free Email Server
Setting up your Windows Home Server as an Email Server is fast, easy, and best of all; it is totally FREE! The best part about is that you can use your Microsoft given WHS hostname as your email address (yourname@xxxx.homeserver.com). There are many commercial packages out there that can accomplish this task...
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Android Netbooks By 2010?
Google’s mobile phone operating system Android has been compiled to work on an Asus Eee netbook. Staff at VentureBeat have managed to tweak Google’s software to run on the mini laptop, an 1000H model, suggesting that “there is a big technology push to let Android run on netbooks under way”. Do...
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Be A Media Center Beta Tester
The Windows Media Center team periodically posts a hardware survey to Microsoft Connect...
Vista Service Pack 2 Beta
Microsoft, via Mike Nash, have provided us with a quick snapshot of the improvements...
Vista SP2 Before Windows 7
Will Microsoft’s new service pack reinvigorate Vista sales on the eve of Windows...
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PureVideo For Linux
Over the course of the past few months we have been saying that the NVIDIA 180 Linux...
DIRECTV Scores With Linux
Unlike NBC’s coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games, DIRECTV customers who have...
Cross Platform XBMC Beta
The open source XBMC project has released their ‘Atlantis” media center beta. The...
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MediaPortal 1.0 Released
MedialPortal 1.0, a GPL licensed Media Centre alternative that has been five years in development, has been released for Windows XP, MCE2005 or Vista. The final release has ironed out a number of bugs in the earlier release candidates, but functionally,...
Nuclear Subs Using Windows XP
The Royal Navy and BAE Systems have announced their implementation of ‘Windows for Submarines’ is complete ahead of schedule. Windows boxes on Ethernet LANs are now in control of the UK’s nuclear-propelled and nuclear-armed warship fleet. The...
Windows 7 - DirectX 10 Via CPU
Windows 7’s new WARP system can run Direct3D 10 and 10.1 on the CPU, doing away with the need for a hardware 3D accelerator in some circumstances It turns out that Intel isn’t the only company that’s looking at performing Direct3D in software; Microsoft...
Windows 7: Wi-Fi & 3G
Windows 7 makes it easier to connect, plain and simple. When you click the network icon in the taskbar, you don’t get the unhelpful Vista message that there are wireless networks available. Instead, you get a list of networks and when you click...
Microsoft Kills Off OneCare To Offer Freebie
Microsoft has abandoned its attempt to make money from selling anti-virus software to consumers, two years after entering the cut-throat market. The Windows Live OneCare consumer security service will be discontinued from the end of June next year in...
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