In case you haven’t visited our forums lately, you may have noticed quite a significant change…there’s only 5 forums now! In an effort to assist all our readers, both super techy and absolute rookies, we felt that a more consolodiated approach to our forums would help everyone worry more about just asking their questions or posting their topics without having […]
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Disclaimer: This is a fairly worthless utility Update: Ceton has informed me that the reason the current InfiniTV4 driver sets their network interface to Public is due to a potential tuner discovery issue. Ceton is looking into how to safely change it to private. I’m going to keep the tool available to allow users to reset the InfiniTV4 interface back […]
Read moreEd Bott’s blog on How to update Intel drivers automatically reminded me that I’ve been meaning to write a blog on Intel Management Engine Interface (MEI) and why you should install it. I’ll keep it short and simple. If you are using an Intel 5 Series Chipset (H55\H57) paired with a compatible Intel Core i3 or i5 for onboard graphics […]
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THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED, THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING! ENTER TO WIN: AMD PHENOM 615E ATHLON II X4 2.5GHz CPU We hope everyone is having a safe and wonderful end to 2010. In celebration of not only this, but also continuing with the celebration of our new MissingRemote.com website (which continues to evolve), we have another fantastic giveaway for the […]
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THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING, THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED!!!!! GOOD LUCK TO ALL!! WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON! ENTER TO WIN: QNAP NMP-1000P Media Player Continuing our MissingRemote.com re-launch contest, we have a really special prize for the special holiday weekend. Courtesy of our friends at QNAP, we have up for grabs the awesomely powerful QNAP NMP-1000P Media Player. Valued at […]
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THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED! THANKS TO ALL FOR PARTICIPATING ENTER TO WIN: 2 x Western Digital AV-GP 500GB Hard Drives Courtesy of our friends at HD-Stor and Western Digital, we have up for grabs 2 x 500GB hard drives from Western Digital, their AV-GP line of optimized devices. If this sounds familiar, it’s because Josh recently looked […]
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This is neither new news (it was released last week) nor HTPC news but I thought it was worth mentioning nonetheless that “Microsoft Security Essentials v2” is available for download. Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) v1 was my preferred anti-virus application and v2 makes significant improvements without adding bloat. I know many HTPC enthusiasts prefer to ignore anti-virus protection on their […]
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We had a lot of fun putting our Holiday Wish List for 2009 together, so we figured we should try doing it again. I bugged all our staff writers and asked them what is tops on their wish lists for this year. Aaron Ledger (aka Swoon) If I had a wish from last year, it was a new 58″ Panasonic […]
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Hey folks, both Michael Welter and I will be attending the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this (well, next) year which kicks off January 6th. We’ll be there on the 7th and 8th and try to update you on anything interesting we find out as it happens. If there’s a particular subject or vendor you would like us to […]
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THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED, THANK YOU TO ALL FOR PARTICIPATING! ENTER TO WIN: WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE COMMEMORATIVE EDITION Courtesy of our friends at Microsoft, we have a very rare Commemorative version of Windows 7 Ultimate Edition! This was a very limited edition that was given exclusively to people who were special beta testers for Windows 7; including 32 and 64-bit […]
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