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Windows 7 Media Center – Preview

After all the announcements at PDC this year, the most surprising for me was seeing a new version of Media Center in the wild.

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Building the Ultimate Media Center (Part 4 - Living With Windows Media Center)

It’s been a month or so now since I finished the articles on building my Ultimate Media Center, so how is it going?

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Video Library - Media Center Plug-in Review

The Video Library plug-in is fast becoming one of my favourite additions to my Media Center experience. So what exactly does it do?

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Add-in Review: MyMovies For Windows Home Server

James Quintin takes a look at the latest add-in for Windows Home Server, MyMovies. Will it be good enough to replace MyMovies for Windows Media Center at the Quintin household?

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Building the Ultimate Media Center (Part 3 - Software)

So now the hardware is all in place, it’s time to get on with the software. It’s the software on this machine that will turn it (for me at least) into the Ultimate Media Center!

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Building the Ultimate Media Center (Part 2 - Hardware)

So now I know what I want this new PC to do, and I’ve decided on what hardware I want, it’s time to put the beast together. I’ve been building my own PC’s on and off for the past 10 years or there about, so it’s not too much of a daunting challenge.

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Building the Ultimate Media Center (Part 1)

I love TV. I love PC’s. What could be better for me than to combine the two together? Media Center has to be one of the best things I discovered after upgrading to Vista.

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MyMovies Media Center Plug-in

There are a lot of plug-ins for MC out in the wild, but very few of them are actually useful on a day to day basis. MyMovies is one of the useful ones. James Quintin tells you why.

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iPhone 2.0 and Windows Home Server

After battling with the 02 website last Monday I managed to secure myself the brand new iPhone 2.0! Obviously after playing around with it for a while I wanted to know how the built in web browser would work with WHS.

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Power Saving Tips For Your Windows Home Server

With the current ‘Credit Crunch’ and the threat of global warming, having your server on 24/7 is probably not the best thing for your pocket and the environment. So what can be done?

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