With the new Xbox 360 Metro UI live, it has brought an undocumented change. Support for .WTV files over the network. But don’t get too excited and run out and re-plan your entire Media Center setup. The support is there but it doesn’t read the Meta tags yet, and you can’t skip forward, it just plays. But at least they […]
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How many of you will admit that you do not clean your computers as frequently as they deserve? My hand is up! Mostly, it’s because dust always gets inside and I need to take them outside to blow them off. However, I don’t even clean the fan filters as often as I should. The reason? They’re a pain. I have […]
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VIA Technologies developed the Mini-ITX format 10 years ago and it quickly became the preferred platform for modders the world over. In celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the launch of the platform, VIA has self-published an e-book titled “Small is Beautiful: 10 Years of Mini-ITX” detailing the development of the platform and highlighting some of the best Mini-ITX mods […]
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It’s been two months since Microsoft got official about their plans to bring more television and media services to the Xbox 360 along with a revamped Metro-style user interface. Microsoft has started rolling out the update, the most extensive Xbox 360 makeover since the NXE update in the fall of 2008. The visual appearance of the new UI is striking, though […]
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Canadian iPad owners interested in plumbing the depths of the BBC’s archives have a new option. The BBC global iPlayer app is now available in Canada for folks willing to pay $9 a month or $84.99 a year, though no word on a US release. Although only available on the iPad at the moment, the global iPlayer app is expected […]
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Western Digital recently announced that they are ahead of schedule on restoring production to their factories in Thailand damaged by the recent flooding there. Western Digital’s Thailand factories are responsible for about 60% of the company’s products and the damage done, as well as the damage done to the factories of the other hard drive component manufacturers in the region, […]
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It’s been a long time since DirecTV announced that they were working with Cisco and Samsung on the RVU multi-room viewing DVR system. It may have taken two years, but DirecTV’s first RVU capable DVR, the HR34, looks likely to launch on December 8. The HR34 is set to be a beast with 5 tuners and 1TB of storage. The […]
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Brian Binnerup and his team have released a round of updates for the primary My Movies applications. My Movies for Windows Media Center and My Movies Collection Management have both received a Pre-Release 8 update for version 4.02. Meanwhile, My Movies for Windows Home Server 2011 also gets a Pre-Release 8 boost for version 2.10. None of these updates are […]
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We had the opportunity to spend time with the Dijit Universal Remote Control app when we reviewed the Griffin Beacon Universal Remote Control. Dijit does work with all iOS devices right now, including the iPad, but it doesn’t really take advantage of the tablet. Dijit is updating their app with enhanced support for the iPad. The updated app will take full advantage […]
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