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Sites that I found interesting for October 10th 2009 through October 14th 2009:

• Running WHS on Server 2008 Hyper-V Part 1 – Microsoft MVP Philip Churchill discusses running MS Windows Home Server on Hyper-V.
• Windows 7 demo: Search tools – ZDNet's Ed Bott takes a closer look at the search tools in Windows 7 and shows you how you can use them to make your digital life a little more organized.
• RAW Image Support – W7/Media Center 32/64 bit – Barb Bowman explains how to get support for RAW in 7MC
• Use iPodifier to add Windows Media Center TV Recordings to Your iPod – The free app automates transcoding DVR-MS files (and other formats) to MPEG-4 or H264 and then adds them to iTunes and syncs to the device

Sites that I found interesting for September 17th 2009 through September 21st 2009:

• AT&T to Let You Patch the Dead Zone in Your House for $20 per Month – The telco has started offering the 3G MicroCell, a wireless network extender the company claims acts like a mini cellular tower in your home. With it, users can expect enhanced coverage for both voice and data for up to 5,000 square feet, with support for up to four users at any given time
• Batch Converting a Directory Tree of Videos Recursively with Handbrake for Streaming to an Xbox360 – This script takes every *.avi file in the current (.) folder, and all folders underneath it (-R), and for each of this files, creates a new filename with the word "-convert" inside. It then calls the HandBrake command line (yours may be in "C:\Program Files" so you might need to change that. It uses the Xbox360 preset.
• Media Center Studio – Media Center Studio is a free application for Windows Vista and Windows 7 that enables you to customise Windows Media Center. It is the successor of MC Menu Mender, bringing it up to date for Windows 7 and adding support for theme application and editing.

Sites that I found interesting for July 25th 2009 through July 27th 2009:

• Great GTD diagram – via @jayrendon on twitter.
• FriendFeed as a social media strategy tool – For folks who aren’t familiar with FriendFeed, it’s a service that makes it easy for friends to share content with each other by aggregating their activities on up to 58 different social media sites. This content is updated automatically without any additional effort from the user. via @FreeRangeMom on Twitter.
• Getting Started with Windows 7 Media Center for First Timers – Just getting started with Windows 7 Media Center and not sure where to start? Hack7MC has a nice primer to get you going.

Sites that I found interesting for June 18th 2009 through June 20th 2009:

• Windows 7 Hits a New Low – Working installation on no less than a Pentium II system. Machine consists of a 266 MHz CPU, a whopping 96 MB of memory, and a next-generation 4 MB graphics card.
• Media Browser Beta 2.1.0.0 – Really excited about the new features of Media Browser 2.1. Jas Manghera has all the details in his latest blog post. Hopefully we should be able to get the code in the next day or so. via @molsonfl on twitter
• The definitive guide to creating an audio library across Windows Media Center, Windows Media Player, ITunes and the iPod. –

Sites that I found interesting for June 14th 2009

• Guide to Building a HD HTPC – Good place to start for choosing Home Theater PC Parts – Page 85 – AVS Forum
• Dell: Twitter Helped Boost Sales for $3 Million –
• Enable Concurrent User Sessions in Windows 7 – If you have Media Center powering your television, this will let you connect to another session on the PC to do maintenance.

Sites that I found interesting for May 13th 2009 through May 17th 2009:

• The Exploding Digital Universe – What are we going to do with all our digital stuff??
• Jump Into The Stream – "This isn’t an inbox we have to empty, or a page we have to get to the bottom of — its a flow of data that we can dip into at will but we can’t attempt to gain an all encompassing view of it." – John Borthwick, betaworks.com
• Windows 7 Media Center Themes – Out of the box, Windows 7 Media Center does not have themes. Theme7MC gets around that and has some stunning themes for you to download. via @isdixon on twitter.

Sites that I found interesting for April 24th 2009 through April 27th 2009:

• Navy plane lost in '44 resurfaces – A World War II naval dive bomber was pulled from the bottom of Lake Michigan today, 65 years after it crashed on a training mission off Waukegan.
• Windows 7 Release Candidate April 30th for MSDN and May 5th for Public – Virtual XP mode? Could be interesting for businesses.
• Hacking Windows 7 Media Center and Extenders – Using small hacks to create a better Media Center experience

Sites that I found interesting for March 6th 2009

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• Media Center Health Monitor Beta – Ian Dixon has updated his Media Center Health Monitor software. Works on Vista and Windows 7. Also 64-bit.
• Uh Oh, White House Seeks Economic Advice From Twitter –
• Graphic tracking this Bear market against others – four-bears-large.gif (GIF Image, 912×662 pixels)