Ed Bott has a ton of expertise when it comes to talking about Media Center and Windows in general. So when an opportunity comes to have a listen to his insight, you take it. Yesterday I had the opportunity to join the live chat with Ian Dixon from The Digital Lifestyle and I must say that while not all of my questions were answered, there was some good information and I wanted to share it here.
The biggest topic was of course the Windows TV Pack 2008 or "Fiji" as it used to be known. I... Read Full Story
I came across an article this morning on how Microsoft is starting an ad campaign for Vista with comedian Jerry Seinfeld to hit back at Apple for their PC vs. Mac ads. Ok, MS needs to advertise Vista and Seinfeld’s HP commercial isn’t too bad, so this could be a good match…
But, Seinfeld being funny, or HP making nice commercials isn’t really the issue here. What I’m wondering is why I keep getting Google alerts telling me that everyone on the planet (apparently) is rolling their PC... Read Full Story
Baby’s first steps. Graduations. Birthday parties. Wedding ceremonies. Today’s topic came from a recent conversation with a friend of mine– “That’s what life is; an accumulation of memories”– and it got me onto to thinking about Deep Things.. and yes, I took a little stroll down my own Memory Lane… But this is, after all, a tech site, and I am a World Renown Tech Journalist, and so I will not get all nostalgic on you, nor ’share’ some of my favorite recollections. No, I won’t. But I will... Read Full Story
While a mouse and keyboard are good for controlling media center if you’re sitting at a desk, it gets a little more difficult from 10 or 12 feet away. Today I decided to show you some options for controlling your Vista Media Center as well as any extenders you might be running.
First up is the media center machine itself. Now, if you’ve installed any sort of decent TV tuner then you should already have a remote. Most come packaged with them so at least to get started, you’ll be all set... Read Full Story
You can run your VMC in one room and feel pretty good about yourself. You have all of your media available to you in one central location, it’s easy to use, and even your wife likes it. But I have to say, the best feature of a Media Center setup is extending it beyond one room and sharing your media through out your house and even over the internet.
Today I’ll be covering the various ways to extend your VMC experience to the rest of the house. None of them are perfect solutions but they... Read Full Story
I found one useful FREE software that could be a good alternative to Partition Magic. This software is call EASEUS Partition Manager. As Partition Magic alternative, EASEUS Partition Manager is an excellent partition management freeware for home users only. It not only provides with convenient user-interface simplifying your tasks but also enables you to configure and manage partitions of hard drive. With the help of EASEUS Partition Manager, you can create, delete, format partitions on your... Read Full Story
Kogan recently presented GPS Watch, a watch equipped with GPS functionality and beyond, a short can be appreciated by those who love trekking or both take long walks. The device is able to use the Google Earth Tracking, functionality that allows you to keep track of the follow-up and view it using the well-known Google service, and also has: contapassi, altimeter, tachometer, and temperature detector alarm, interesting the presence of Bluetooth connectivity that allows you to connect to any... Read Full Story
I wanted to go ahead and post this tonight. I know I’ve reviewed My Movies in a previous post, but I thought I’d share another Entertainment 2.0 short on the use of this great program.
If you’re looking for a way to catalog either your online (HDD) or offline media, this is the way to do it. It’s quick and easy to add titles and this quick demo will show.
If you’re using My Movies, let us know how you like it! If not, you can follow the link above or go to our download page... Read Full Story
Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Fedora 9 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.
I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you! Read Full Story
Again, this blog is for the VMC (Vista Media Center) users who are thinking about it or just starting out. If you’re already a VMC power user then you’ve probably heard of almost everything I’m going to put on this blog…but ya never know, maybe you’ll find a nugget of knowledge you didn’t have before.
Today, I want to concentrate the first of many add-ons that help flesh out VMC and provide an added experience. I’ll only be covering apps that I use, so you’ll know, that while I’m not the... Read Full Story
