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Microsoft Training For The Connected Home

Friday, August 15, 2008

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Microsoft Training For The Connected Home

The event is called “The Connected Home Day”. It’s a full day training for novice computer users who want to learn how to build and secure a home network, use Microsoft Media Center to it’s full potential and use Windows Home Server to store and backup their important documents and precious Digital Photos and Videos.

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NBC Olympics Coverage on Media Center, Zune and Xbox

Friday, August 15, 2008

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NBC Olympics Coverage on Media Center, Zune and Xbox

You may remember my post regarding the NBC Olympic coverage in Vista Media Center.  I was originally unable to make use of this software because I am running Vista x64.  TVTonic released a 64-bit version, so I simply had to install it so that I could watch all the events I missed.

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Is It Now Official, TV Pack for OEMs Only?

Friday, August 8, 2008

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Is It Now Official, TV Pack for OEMs Only?

Microsoft today released more news on the new version of Windows Media Center, codenamed "Fiji". That's not to say it's good news.

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Charlie Owen and Questions about WMC TV Pack

Thursday, August 7, 2008

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Charlie Owen and Questions about WMC TV Pack

Charlie Owen, PM for Media Center, would like to know what questions you have regarding the upcoming Windows Media Center TV Pack.  He won’t be able to answer them until the official announcement at CEDIA, but at least it will give him some time to formulate and provide the answers immediately after the announcement. So go [...]

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Installation of the Vista Media Center RTM TV Pack

Thursday, August 7, 2008

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Installation of the Vista Media Center RTM TV Pack

Engadget HD got hold of the RTM build of "Fiji" (also known as the Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008) and have a brief review. It's not something we can talk about ourselves though right now ;-)

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NBC Olympics Coverage on Windows Media Center

Friday, August 1, 2008

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NBC Olympics Coverage on Windows Media Center

Watch Internet coverage of the Olympics in your Vista Media Center PC.  This is for U.S. residents only.

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Codecs For Windows Vista

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

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Codecs For Windows Vista

There are many codec packages in the wild to fill the blanks that Microsoft leaves out from WMP and VMC.  If you have Vista and are in "codec hell", try this package out.

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How to: Protect Bare Hot Swappable Hard Drives

Saturday, July 26, 2008

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How to: Protect Bare Hot Swappable Hard Drives

Got some bare hard drives laying around gathering dust?  Here's a simple, yet elegant, storage idea to try out.

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Do You Want Your Next Home Storage Solution to Be an Appliance?

Friday, July 25, 2008

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Do You Want Your Next Home Storage Solution to Be an Appliance?

Comments in a recent aticle at CRN propose that Windows Home Server hardware should be geared more towards embedded, router based devices than the systems we see today. What's your view?

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And Now For Some WMC Comedy Relief

Friday, July 25, 2008

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And Now For Some WMC Comedy Relief

No, It's Not Really a David Letterman Top 10 List, but It could Be.

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