Month: May 2005

The Engadget & Joystiq Interview: Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft

Polish Emerald for 2006 | Joe Wilcox over at Microsoft Monitor says “Emerald” should be Windows XP Media Center Edition 2006.

Mountain Dew and Microsoft to Give Away an Xbox 360 System Every 10 Minutes This Fall

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and Xbox 360 to Provide Unprecedented Digital Entertainment Experience Throughout the Home

Designed for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Logo Partner List | Not exactly sure what’s been added off the top of my head, but the list was updated today.

Newsgator acquires Bradbury Software – Nick Bradbury’s Blog | This is kind of interesting, Scoble just posted that NewsGator has acquired Bradbury Software.  Bradbury Software makes FeedDemon, my RSS Reader of choice.  NewsGator has an online services and also has an RSS Reader for Media Center that can be accessed through the Online Spotlight.  Hmm…  Wonder will this will all lead?   Also, Pirillo interviews Greg Reinacker (NewsGator) and Nick Bradbury (FeedDemon/Bradbury Soft)

The Media Center Show #8 – Michael Sprague| 16th May 2005 (40min) – MP3 – 14.3MB   This week I (Ian Dixon) talked to Michael Sprague President and COO of Wavepress makers of TVTonic an Online Spotlight application for Windows Media Center. We talked about TVTonic and the broadcast of TV over broadband.  I also read out some email from John Hoole about RegMechanic, Christopher Addicott and Shaun Adams.   Vote for The Media Center show on Podcast Alley | Do you enjoy Ian’s work that he has done providing an MCE podcast for the community?  Then you should vote for his … Continue reading The Media Center Show #8

Here Come the Xbox 360 Games: Industry Giant Square Enix Pledges Commitment

Update for Windows XP (KB896626) | An issue has been identified with your Windows-based system that may cause problems when a DirectShow TV tuner program is tuned to receive a Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) video stream on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2.   Quick InfoFile Name: WindowsXP-KB896626-v2-x86-ENU.exeDownload Size: 595 KBDate Published: 5/13/2005Version: 896626   OverviewAn issue has been identified with your Windows-based system that may cause problems when a DirectShow TV tuner program is tuned to receive a Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) video stream on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack … Continue reading Windows XP TV Tuner Program Stops Responding or Displays Corrupted Video