Multimedia-PCs

www.xoopit.com
I have been playing around with Xoopit for gmail. Xoopit is a firefox plug-in to index your gmail messages for photos, videos and files. It takes awhile to index, I have 5000 emails, but what it has listed so far seems very helpful. There are things in my email that I completely [...]

I posted about Lifextender back in January. Since that release in January there has been two updates this month with lots of bug fixes and some new features. Below is what was fixed.
0.9.4.6 - 3/5/2008
* Fixed issue a queuing when ‘Remove duplicate shows’ is enabled
* Fixed issue with shortcut in Programs menu
0.9.4.5 - [...]

Sound and Vision has a post about the number of people that don’t hook up their surround (rear) speakers. 50% of people don’t hook up their surround sound speakers.
But when asked what other reasons motivated them to buy, the top-ranked responses (aside from brand) were “all-in-one convenience” (cited by 50% of respondents), “less clutter” [...]

We Got Served talked to HP MediaSmart team regarding the data corruption bug on Windows Home Server.
HP has been in close communication with Microsoft on the Windows Home Server data corruption issue. There are two points to remember: we are only aware of a small percentage of customers with confirmed instances [...]

Chris Lanier is reporting that some Green Button members are receiving their invitations through connect.  I registered in April to test it out and I haven’t heard anything.  This is supposed to be a big update to Windows Media Center.  I’m waiting for my invitation Microsoft.  I really want the DirecTV support everyone thinks is [...]

The HP Media Vault is a Linux based NAS that has a lot of options. Gizmodo already has their hands on one and posted a review tonight.  It comes with a 500GB hard drive and one removable slot, unlike the Windows Home server that starts with 500GB and has 3 removable drives.  One of [...]

D-Link has finally released it’s Media Center extender. Remember the nice thing about this extender is that it works with MCE 2005. So if you haven’t upgraded to Vista you can still use this, and when you do upgrade it will still work. You can find more information about this from my [...]

There is now another Netflix plug-in for Windows Media Center called vmcNetflix. The feature list below:

View your queue, history, and recommendations.
Add, remove, move movies in your queue.
Browse DVD and WatchNow movies by genres.
Search for movies by keyword.
Stream WatchNow movies directly to the Media Center player.
Download WatchNow movies to a “Delay Viewing” gallery for playback later.

Now this is [...]

Mojo is available for Mac and it is in beta for Windows. It allows you to share your iTunes music with other Mojo users on the internet. You have to setup a user account and add your friends just like a buddy list. You browse their music and download what you want. [...]

I have talked about Orb a few times here on the site. We Got Served has a wiki entry that tells you how to install Orb on your Windows Home Server. Why wouldn’t you want Orb right there were your digital media is at. I haven’t installed Orb yet on my Windows [...]