Archive for October, 2009
Pre-Order Windows 7 And Get It Tomorrow
There is still time to pre-order Windows 7 and receive it tomorrow. Not a bad deal if you have been putting off ordering it. Right now it says 4 hours remaining to take advantage of that. My guess is they have trucks throughout the country with Windows 7 DVDs in them just waiting for you [...]
DVPRemote Updated For Better Roku Control
I posted about DVPRemote before, which allows you to control your Roku box with your iPhone or iPod Touch. There is a new version that has some major improvements. The graphics has been redone to look like the Roku remote. It auto-discovers the Roku boxes now vs. typing in IP addresses like before. It can [...]
Live Mesh Updated for Snow Leopard
Microsoft updated Live Mesh to work with Snow Leopard. There are no new features so Leopard users don’t have to do anything. I still use Live Mesh occasionally and it’s nice to have the updated client. To upgrade to this new release, you will need to reinstall Live Mesh for Mac. To do so, please [...]
Hulu Integration in Windows 7 Media Center
Hulu Desktop Integration does actually what it sounds like it does. It adds Hulu to the Windows Media Center menu. You have to have Hulu Desktop installed then you run the Hulu Desktop integration. It doesn’t work with extenders but it’s still nice to have Hulu in Media Center. Hulu is also easy to navigate [...]
Firefox 3.6 Works with Accelerometer
The video above is Firefox 3.6 repositioning web pages using the laptops accelerometer. I’m having a hard time thinking of the benefits to this but it looks really cool. The accelerometer is built into laptops to protect hard drives from falls or if you decide to shake it. I’m sure there will be some games [...]
Family Guy Being Sponsored by Windows 7
I don’t watch a lot of Family Guy but I’ll probably watch the November 8th episode. The show will be commercial free and sponsored by Windows 7. The clip above is a little preview of the show. I’ll watch just to see how much Windows 7 talk will be in there. I think it would [...]
