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Microsoft Takes Over The Green Button

Today is a big day for the Media Center community, and as speculated upon way too much The Green Button has become an official Microsoft web property! So what does this mean? A few things, starting with increased Microsoft interaction that nearly Read More

posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 5:52 PM by Chris - Moderator | 8 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center, Other

Win an HP HDX Dragon PC at The Green Button

We are taking our turn at The Green Button to give away an HP HDX Dragon PC ($5,000+ value), so everyone should make sure to enter. Entering to win is easy, just tell us (at The Green Button, not here) what our next site upgrade should focus Read More

posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:45 AM by Chris - Moderator | 2 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Other

The Media Center Show Awards 2008

Ian’s yearly Media Center Show Awards podcast has been posted, and while I wasn’t able to attend I want to thank everyone for voting for me for best enthusiast blog. Did I win? Download the show and fast forward to 52:37 to find out.If Read More

posted Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:52 PM by Chris - Moderator | 0 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center, Other

Short Bits: Hulu Invites, Netflix BD, USB Card Reader

I’ve got five (5) Hulu invites that I’m giving out. If you want one, reply to this post saying that you would like an invite and put your e-mail address as your URL. I will randomly select five people tonight and send you an invite. Read More

posted Monday, February 11, 2008 9:57 AM by Chris - Moderator | 9 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center, Other, HD DVD, Blu-ray

You Know a Tech Acquisition Is Big When….

ESPN has their Bottom Line showing “NEWS ALERT: Microsoft makes unsolicited bid to take over Yahoo…..would be the largest acquitision ever in the technology industry” Microsoft Proposes Acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per Share Cross Posted Read More

posted Friday, February 01, 2008 9:33 AM by Chris - Moderator | 1 Comments
Filed Under: Other

Random Vista Thoughts: Part 1

I’ve been using Vista for the past month, my first attempt to move away from Windows XP. I’ve noted a lot of things about Vista in this time, some that I like and some that I don’t. Just some random thoughts... MCML applications make Read More

posted Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:05 PM by Chris - Moderator | 2 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center, Other

Short Bits: Random Stuff Edition

This is one of the best things I’ve read on the Internet in a long time. While it might have involved some illegal activities it is funny to see a company’s attempts to con everyone into uploading/downloading pirating content. Apparently the Read More

posted Friday, September 14, 2007 10:01 PM by Chris - Moderator | 0 Comments
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Joost Winners Posted and E-mailed

Joost invites have been sent out to the following people. Sadly, the Joost software is horrible at actually getting them out the door. I only got five conformations from Joost out of the ten invites I sent. If you are on the list Read More

posted Monday, May 07, 2007 11:10 AM by Chris - Moderator | 0 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Other

Temporary Skin Change

There are some problems with my skin displaying comments in CS 2007, so I've made a temporary change so they are not nested. I hope I will be able to go back soon, but if not I'll try and redesign everything to look right. Cross Posted from Chris Read More

posted Tuesday, May 01, 2007 7:21 PM by Chris - Moderator | 0 Comments
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Update on Stolen Images from WebGuide4 Used In MediaPortal

Should it be any shock they never released this application? Your probably right though, nothing to hide on their part and clearly nothing was stolen in this coverup which resulted in no application being released. Update 3: Before commenting, Read More

posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 5:02 PM by Chris - Moderator | 0 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center, Other

MediaPortal Steals Images from WebGuide4 Developer (Rips Off Program)

posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 10:34 AM by Chris - Moderator | 0 Comments
Filed Under: Digital Media, Media Center, Other

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