Archive for November, 2006
Digital Media: Who has the lead?
For some time now Apple has been the leader in providing digital media. That’s because of their iPod lineup. The iPod has continued to get better with battery life, size, and styles. You can find an iPod that fits any type of person. But now the big company, Microsoft, is stepping into the game where [...]
Google pack including Skype
pack.google.com If you use Google pack then you might have noticed today that they included Skype as an available piece of software. Well this could probably mean that Google is not going to add VoIP to Google Talk. My guess is that Skype is probably the next piece of software bought by the search giant. [...]
FCC and VoIP charges
I got an email from Vonage just a few days ago stating that the FCC is taxing VoIP. From the email, “The FCC recently mandated that VoIP providers, including Vonage, are required to contribute to the Federal Universal Service Fund (USF). Vonage is committed to complying with this mandate from the FCC. Accordingly, a 5.31% [...]
Get 6,720 songs in 14 days
This article is not about how to steal music, because that is against the law, but more of a proof of concept. People have been stealing music for years now. It was Napster back in the day and has moved on to P2P now. Has it decreased? Well I really don’t know, and I’m sure [...]
Xbox Live Video
http://www.betanews.com/article/Xbox_Live_Gets_TV_Movie_Downloads/1162891784 Microsoft is releasing video downloads for Xbox Live on November 22nd, 1 year anniversary of the Xbox 360. This should be an interesting piece of new software in the Microsoft line. Movies and TV shows will be in HD. There is suppose to be a new 100GB external drive coming out to store all [...]
8 must have media center plugins
http://www.lifehacker.com/software/media-center/8-killer-windows-media-center-plugins-212345.php www.lifehacker.com has a list of 8 programs for MCE machine. I have actually used most of them. There were a couple on the list that I haven’t tried yet. If your new to MCE read the article and see how you can expand your MCE machine even farther. The best one is MSN Remote [...]
