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Boxee Remote Widget
The Boxee remote widget is a widget to control Boxee from your laptop. Simple idea but it’s a great one. I am generally on my laptop while I watch TV. Instead of grabbing for a remote it would be great to just use the widget to control. Th...
Handbrake Updated for 64-bit Support
Handbrake, the popular video transcoder, has been updated for 64-bit support. They claim 10% increase in performance. I’m seeing a little over that on my MacBook Pro (early 2008). I still haven’t tried it on my Mac Pro but I think it w...
Orb For Mac Now Available
Orb for Mac is now available for download. There are lots of people that have been waiting for this especially since they released the iPhone app. “The free Orb application and service enable the streaming of any media type from computers running ...
Use iTunes 9 Home Sharing Across the Internet
When I first read about Home Sharing in iTunes 9 I thought that I would have the ability to stream from home. It wasn’t like that but it’s still a good feature. Mac OSX Hints has a how to on streaming music over the Internet with Home S...
Hulu Desktop for Linux Released
Hulu released a Linux version of it’s desktop software. It works with Fedora and Ubuntu. I’m surprised to see a Linux version showing up by Hulu but I’m glad it’s available. The video below shows the Linux version in action...
doubleTwist Provides Alternative to the iTunes Store
doubleTwist offers up a very nice alternative to iTunes. The new version allows you to purchase music through the Amazon MP3 Store. Browsing and buying music has a very basic and clean look. The best part about the doubleTwist software is that it ...
How-To: Install Zune Software 4.0 on Windows Home Server
I posted about installing iTunes 9 on your Windows Home Server a few days back. I didn’t want to leave the new Zune HD fans out of the picture so I wanted to get a link up about installing Zune Software 4.0 on your Windows Home Server. The i...
Blackberry Desktop Manager for Mac
Blackberry users that use Mac have been waiting a long time for Desktop Manager to become available. It’s not official available but there are leaked versions of the program available. I usually don’t post about leaked software but I am...
PlayOn Streams to the Wii
PlayOn has a new beta that works with the Wii. It will allow you to stream Hulu, Netflix, CBS, CNN, ESPN, Amazon VOD, YouTube and more. I haven’t talked about it before but PlayOn now has a plug-ins section that will allow you to add many mor...
Windows 7 Hidden Startup Switches for Media Center
Using the hidden Media Center switches in Windows 7 will allow you to customize the way Media Center starts up. Some of the switches don’t seem that useful but there are a few that many will use. The list of switches is below. You can find o...
VideoLan 1.0 is Available
VideoLan has hit 1.0 finally. VideoLan is the popular player that will play anything you throw at it. It’s free and open source so it’s a must have app. Some of the features are below. * Free, Open Source and cross-platform ...
GeekTonic Interviews Jeff Kardatzke of SageTV
I always turn to GeekTonic for my SageTV news and he doesn’t disappoint with a huge interview with Jeff Kardatzke of SageTV. This is just part 1 of 2 and there is a ton of good information in there. Even if your not a SageTV user it’s g...
Windows 7 Guided Tours
Microsoft has released some Apple Style guided tours for Windows 7. It’s a great way for consumers to see the new features in action. Not everyone downloads the betas or searches the Internet for the new features. (via istartedsomething) Rel...
Windows 7 up for Pre-Order
Amazon has Microsoft Windows 7 for pre-order. It’s a great price of only $49.99. The ship date is October 22nd so it will be some time before you get it but at that price you might want to plan ahead. Related Posts: Add Logos and Color Codin...
Boxee for Windows and New Features
Boxee has released a version for Windows. The biggest news is probably their partnership with MLB.TV. You can now stream MLB.TV content through Boxee. You have to have the subscription but it will put a really nice interface to the online content....
Hulu Launches Labs with Desktop Client
Hulu labs has launched with some new offerings. The one of note is a desktop client for Windows and Mac. They call it the lean-back experience. It has a media center feel and you can use the Windows Media Center remote or Apple remote to control i...
Netflix Comes to Windows Media Center
There have been many plug-ins to get Netflix in Windows Media Center. Now there is a built-in program to watch Netflix. It’s always best to have the features built-in. It doesn’t work on extenders which isn’t surprising since mos...
Windows Home Server Console on Mac
I use Remote Desktop on my Mac to connect to my Windows Home Server. The directions on the Windows Home Server Team Blog take it a step farther by using Remote Desktop but only launching one app. I’m not sure why I didn’t think to even ...
Plex Update Adds Netflix Plug-in
Plex has added Netflix plug-in to it’s app store. Plex is a media center application based on XBMC. There were a lot of other updates and fixes in the new release. A couple fixes were big ones. I would definitely upgrade to the newest versi...
Boxee Adds APIs and New Browser
Boxee tonight at the NYC meet-up announced a new version of Boxee. Some new things include Pandora, PBS app, APIs and a new browser based on the XUL framework, which Firefox is based off of. Pandora is really cool and I’m sure people can get ...
Media Center Health Monitor for Windows Home Server Beta
I just posted about Health Monitor for Windows Media Center. Now Ian Dixon has released Media Center Health Monitor for Windows Home Server. It’s only a beta but it looks pretty slick. All media centers report to the Windows Home Server. It...
March Madness Goes Live on Windows Media Center
March Madness is now available through Windows Media Center. Since the games haven’t started yet it’s mostly previews. Starting on Thursday you will be able to get the games, brackets and other things. This will be a nice addition for ...
Windows Media Center Health Monitor
Windows Media Center health monitor is an application that does exactly what it sounds like, it monitors your media center. The cool thing about it is that it can inform you of problems to a twitter account. You can also be notified via email if yo...
Boxee iPhone App Approved
Boxee finally had their iPhone app approved. It does look basic, which they admit, but it’s a good start to a product that keeps getting better. * the boxee remote app has two modes: Gesture and Buttons * in the Gesture mode you nee...
Windows Media Center VS SageTV Podcast
It’s always nice to have a friendly debate on which media center application is best. I haven’t listened to the entire podcast yet but they provided lots of information without attacking each other. You can find the links over at the Ge...
Look at CableCard Diagnostics Tool for Windows Media Center
CableCard hasn’t always been the easiest thing to setup in Windows Media Center. The new CableCard diagnostics tool is supposed to help. Julie Jacobson has a first look at the new tool. It looks cool allowing for channel pairing and to view ...
New Sports Channel for Windows Media Center
Microsoft has released a new sports channel for Windows Media Center. This is good timing being right before March Madness starts. The channel will pull from CBS Sports, Fox Sports and MSNBC. You don’t get full games going on. It’s mo...
PlayOn Adds Amazon VOD and Revision3
PlayOn has add Amazon VOD and Revision3 content to it’s streaming capabilities. This is in addition to Hulu, CBS, ESPN, CNN, YouTube, and Netflix. There are also talks of adding ABC content and streaming to the Wii. Even though the Wii strea...
Add Logos and Color Coding in Windows Media Center 7
Windows 7 is making some nice improvements to Windows Media Center. Adding color coding is very easy to do. You just go to the Settings>TV>Guide Page Options. The channel logos is possible through a program called My Channel Logos. The program is...
Hulu Blocks MyMediaPlayer
Hulu seems to be out to shut down the third-party programs streaming their content. They have now blocked MyMediaPlayer from accessing their content. I’m thinking other media center apps like Windows Media Center and SageTV won’t be inc...
