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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 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)

Sites that I found interesting for December 7th 2008 through December 8th 2008:

• London from above, at night – Very cool pictures.
• Five Best Media Center Applications –
• Apple Shuts Down iPod Interoperability Effort – Apple is invoking the DMCA in an effort to block people from using iPods with Linux.

Sites that I found interesting for December 2nd 2008 through December 4th 2008:

• QR-Code Generator –
• XP Service Pack 3 blocks .NET security patches – Installing SP3 on Windows XP eliminates the operating system's ability to install important security patches for Microsoft's .NET technology and possibly other software.
• Understanding Merit to Optimize Playback – If you have ever installed a new application on your Media Center PC and audio and or video started getting out of whack, this article is for you. Book mark it, you will need it. Oh, and stay away from codec packs.

Sites that I found interesting for October 23rd 2008 through October 24th 2008:

• CSRF Protector – Firefox Add-ons – Very nice add-on, as recommended by Steve Gibson on Episode #166 of the Security Now podcast.
• Videos from 3D Basecamp 2008 – SketchUp Basecamp was in June. Google has posted here all the videos of the event.
  Google SketchUp is software that you can use to create, modify and share 3D models. It's easier to learn than other 3D modeling programs, which is why so many people are already using it.
• How to get the Windows Media Center Sideshow Gadgets to install on TV Pack – Nice reg hacking tips for getting this to work.

Sites that I found interesting for September 22nd 2008 through September 29th 2008:

• TIVO new User Interface in testing, features Picture in Guide – Tivo is cooking up a user interface with a complete new look- Featuring Picture in Guide (PIG) with ability to display picture while peruse user guide.
• TV Pack 2008 and Beta MSDTVVDEC.DLL – The Beta of Windows Vista TV Pack was able to play h.264 HD channels. This is needed in Europe and other places that encode HD in that MPEG4 format. US uses Mpeg2. The problem is, Microsoft took out h.264 support when they released the TV Pack (Actually, only OEMs can get the TV Pack but there are downloads floating around). Anyway, some guys over at The Green Button have hacked the DLL needed to get h.264 working again by working around the time bomb that was put in the beta DLL.
• Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices – Wired reports that Comcast finally provided information on its network management practices late Friday. In a report to the FCC (PDF), the cable company admitted to targeting P2P protocols Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FasTrack, and Gnutella.

Sites that I found interesting for September 15th 2008 through September 17th 2008:

• Microsoft and Cray to unveil $25,000 Windows-based supercomputer – Microsoft and Cray are set to unveil on September 16 the Cray CX1, a compact supercomputer running Windows HPC Server 2008
• Kick ass web tools to help launch your next web business into success – What do you think are the best web tools to use for a web project? Sure you can do it on your own, but there are thousands of online tools to use for planning, development, testing and beyond.
• Vista Media Center – TV Pack tip: Do you want to know what tuner your using ? – If you want to know about details of tuner and other info while your watching tv, grab your remote and hit 411 then info.

Sites that I found interesting for August 8th 2008

• MOO.com | LinkedIn – Get a FREE 50 pack of Business Cards with this limited offer. (The delivery is free too!)
• Music Plug-in Allows for Folder Based Browsing – The simple plug-in allows for folder based navigation of your music, ditching the need to have the Artist and/or Album Artist tagged correctly in all of your files.