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Windows Live Essentials Beta Available
Microsoft released the beta of Windows Live Essentials. Lifehacker has a look at all the new social features built into the new version. It works with Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Gmail, WordPress and more. It’s nice that Microsoft is making it easy to get your creative work out to the world.
WD TV Live HD Gets “Play To” Support
Looks like I missed the updated in March for the WD TV Live HD. The new firmware is ready for Windows 7 and it’s “Play To” feature. It will allow you to push media from Windows Media Player to the WD box over the network. Not too bad of an update. I can’t believe WD [...]
Google Buys BumpTop
BumpTop, which is a 3D desktop environment for Windows and Mac, has been sold to Google. I always thought BumpTop was cool to play around with but I couldn’t image it making me more productive. I’m still not sure what Google has planned for the software. The video below shows it in action. If you [...]
Use RemoteX for iPhone to Control 12 Windows Media Players
RemoteX is a iPhone/iPod Touch app that allows you to control 12 different Windows media players. Programs like XBMC, VLC, Windows Media Player and iTunes. The lite version of the app is free while the full app is 99 cents. The video below gives a little demo of it and they used the lite version. [...]
Video: Create Custom Web Apps in Windows 7 Media Center
The video below is a pretty cool how-to on running web apps in Windows 7 Media Center. They used Google Reader as an example but there are a lot of other services you could add to Windows Media Center. It’s not too complicated to follow. (via TheDigitalLifestyle)
Get Mac-Like Scrolling and Gestures on a Windows Laptop
Lifehacker has a great post on getting Mac scrolling on gestures on a Windows laptop. One thing that really bothers me when using Windows is navigating around. I’m so use to the Macs two, three and even four finger gestures that Windows feels like it’s living in the 90s. While there are a few different [...]
