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Windows Media Guide Beta

I think this is new: I opened up Windows Media Player today in Windows 7 and saw the beta guide for the first time.

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-24-2009
WWDC 2009: Time for a reality check

Apple is providing its WWDC 2009 keynote address today, providing some interesting info about its Mac and iPhone platforms. But this is Apple we're talking about. So it's time for a reality check. 75 million Mac OS X users. Apple claimed that the OS X user base magically jumped from 25 million...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-08-2009
Instant 1080p HD on Xbox 360 this fall

Today, during the Xbox keynote at E3 Microsoft announced that " Zune video on Xbox LIVE will feature instant on, smooth streaming content in 1080p HD with 5.1 surround sound . This technology was developed within the Zune team and provides a great experience for accessing on demand video."...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-01-2009
More details about the Zune HD and Zune/Xbox Live integration

I had a talk with Microsoft regarding the Zune HD yesterday, after publishing my Zune HD Preview article. Here's what I learned. Why now? The real purpose of this week's Zune HD and Zune/Xbox Live integration announcement was to prime the gaming world for next week's E3 announcements. These...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-28-2009
Netflix comes to Windows Media Center

I was literally just wondering about this in the course of writing about Media Center for Windows 7 Secrets (and I couldn't get any of the third party Netflix plug-ins to work with the Media Center version in Windows 7). From Microsoft: As part of ongoing efforts to make Windows Media Center the...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-20-2009
Napster finally offers a reasonable subscription service

So this one look interesting. From Napster , via email: New Offer: Download 5 Songs + Play 7 Million More = $5 Per Month Dear Valued Customer, Play all the music you want from Napster's huge library, from any Internet-connected computer—millions of tracks covering all kinds of music. Then use your...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-19-2009
$30,000 to fill an iPod

So Microsoft's latest Apple Tax ad actually goes after the iPod and promotes the Zune, which is interesting on a number of levels. The argument? That filling a 120 GB iPod with songs from the iTunes Store would cost about $30,000. Or you could just get a Zune and subscribe to a Zune Pass for $15...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-12-2009
Windows 7 WMP Internet Streaming Adapts to Connection Speed

More excellent info from Barb Bowman about the new Windows 7 Internet media streaming feature: The more I use WMP secure Internet streaming, the more impressed I become. The empowering technology is obviously very slick and smart. I discovered that the bit rate for streaming is adaptive and adjusts to...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-06-2009
Windows 7 RC Secure WMP Internet Streaming is Impressive

Barb chimes in on one of the coolest new features in the Windows 7 RC : Internet-based digital media streaming. I was just writing about this for Windows 7 Secrets and I have to say, it's one of those spontaneous-smile features. It's just cool. None of the info I'd seen on the web mentioned...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-30-2009
Modding the WDTV

Apparently, there's quite a community growing up around Western Digital's excellent WDTV set-top box. I got an email today from Christopher C., who told me about two sites dedicated to modding the thing (and providing links to updated versions of the legit firmware, both release and beta versions...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 04-14-2009

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