AirPlay for Windows Media Center does exactly what you’re thinking it does
This isn’t the first time Windows has been invited to the AirPlay party, but Thomas Pleasance’s AirPlay for Windows Media Center addin seems to already be one of the smoother combinations we’ve seen and it’s still in beta. Unsurprisingly, it does what the name says, so after installing Apple’s Bonjour service and the free client on your Media Center PC you should be able to stream video or pictures to it (there’s no support for music yet) from an iPad or iPhone with a simple click. The Digital Lifestyle has already gotten a quick hands-on with the app and got it working seamlessly as seen above, check that out for more details or hit the source link to download the necessary software to make it all work.
AirPlay for Windows Media Center does exactly what you’re thinking it does originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 May 2011 03:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: May 24th, 2011
at 7:58am by Richard Lawler
Topics: Apple, MediaCenter, MediaCenterAdd-in, Streaming, Windows, WindowsMediaCenter, add-in, airplay, iOS, iPhone, ipad, media center, media center add-in, windows media center
Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 Available November 24th [Windows]
Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 will be available worldwide on November 24th. Note that Power Pack 3 will be a free update to anyone already using Windows Home Server through Windows Update. [Windows Home Server Blog]
Posted: November 19th, 2009
at 12:33pm by Mark Wilson
Topics: Microsoft, Windows, windows home server, windows home server power pack 3
Windows 7 receives 7,000 domino salute (video)
If 7,000 dominoes fall in a forest of cheering Microsoft employees, do they make enough noise for us to care? We don’t usually tell Microsoft how to run its promotions, but a domino installation that takes a full three minutes to topple is pretty much an open invitation for “slow boot-up” jokes, and a climactic finale that revolves around a hot air balloon version of your logo crashing against a glass ceiling might also create the wrong impression. Ah well, these guys are engineers and not choreographers, after all — you can see the fruit of their labor after the break.
[Thanks, Colin]
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Windows 7 receives 7,000 domino salute (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Microsoft ditches Family Guy special… for being Family Guy
Face? Meet palm. Microsoft’s decided to pull out of its co-sponsoring of “Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show” after execs attending the taping came to the sudden conclusion that Family Guy-caliber jokes were to be told, tackling such topics as “deaf people, the Holocaust, feminine hygiene and incest.” We’re not sure how 10 years and over 120 episodes of offensive precedence bypassed Redmond’s radars, but man, that’s gotta be some strong personal bubble. A Microsoft representative said of the taping, “it became clear that the content was not a fit with the Windows brand.” The show will still air November 8th, pre-recorded Microsoft references in tow, but with a new as-of-yet unnamed sponsor. All we have of the now-doomed partnership is this brief video from the Windows “741″ student site — it’s after the break.
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Microsoft ditches Family Guy special… for being Family Guy originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 26th, 2009
at 7:46pm by Ross Miller
Topics: Ads, Advertising, FamilyGuy, McFarlane, Microsoft, SethMcfarlane, Windows, Windows7, ad, advertisement, family guy, mc farlane, seth, seth mcfarlane, windows 7
Intel’s SSD Toolbox, firmware update promise boost in performance
We won’t say that we love products leaving the oven before they’re completely done, but we do adore gratis firmware updates that better a product even after you’ve purchased it. That being said, we’re actually stoked that Intel has decided to out its second major firmware update for the second-gen 34nm X25-M SSD, and unlike the first, this one has the potential to put smiles on lots and lots (as opposed to a few) faces. The newfangled SSD Toolbox includes an SSD Optimizer for the aforementioned device, which promises to help users “more effectively monitor and manage the SSD’s health.” It also offers a performance boost to sequential write speeds by delivering up to 100MB/sec on the 160GB model, which represents a rather substantial 40 percent uptick over the existing firmware. The best news of all? Intel’s doing more than just blowing hot air, as the benchmarking gurus over at Hot Hardware found out. Hit the read link for their eye-opening analysis.
Intel’s SSD Toolbox, firmware update promise boost in performance originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 26th, 2009
at 5:06pm by Darren Murph
Topics: 34nm, 34nm ssd, 34nmSsd, Benchmarks, Performance, SolidStateDrive, SsdToolbox, TRIM, Windows, Windows XP, WindowsXp, benchmark, benchmarked, firmware, intel, solid state drive, ssd, ssd toolbox, update, vista, x-25m
