You might have always wondered why Microsoft doesn’t provide native support of contacts and file transfer from and to mobile phones in Windows. Although, Microsoft did indeed release a Windows Mobile Device Center for Vista, it only works with Windows Mobile Phones.
9/9/08 has been an exciting day full of releases. After the Zunes and iPods were announced with the later getting all the media attention, Microsoft stepped in and unveiled some seriously sexy looking hardware which includes mice, a Wireless Desktop with Aero Glass and the new LifeCam.
If you think that only iTunes can provide you with three-dimensional interface to visually browse through your digital movies library then you are wrong. Comes in Movie Browser that does a Cover Flow right into your Windows Media Center environment. Its an open source project and is still in its infancy stage but provides by far the most visually stunning interface for any app in Windows Media Center.
Microsoft Update Catalog. Made for corporate environments, this service lets you download updates that can distributed over corporate networks and so on. These updates include software updates, drivers and hotfixes ( no Ultimate Extras though! ). The setup files of any individual selected update is downloaded which can then be installed manually.
I came across a higher quality version of this very same at the Microsoft Windows website. Based on Silverlight, with the elegant curves, it makes me want to watch Bill Gates buy those shoes (and hear Seinfeld’s not-so-funny dialogues again) just one more time.
Do you have Windows Home Server installed in your Home? and if its not the one by HP then you might want to use this sexy MediaSmart Server icon to access files on your Home Server.
Not many of you would know that you could actually create or map a drive directly to your FTP site from within Windows Vista without having to install any third party software. This trick comes in handy when you run or manage a website,and are required to upload or download files frequently using your site’s [...]
Well folks, it looks like the browsers war of 90’s is back! and this time its Google which joins the party of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and the likes.
After backing Firefox for a few years, Google today revealed their own web browser named "Google Chrome" to combat with both Microsoft’s Windows Internet Explorer and [...]
Mike has this very useful guide on how to share Recorded TV with other Media Center based networked computers in your house. However it only applies for those computers which are running Windows Vista Ultimate which means that it does not apply to Media Centers which are recording tv shows using Windows Vista Home Premium. [...]
Just fired up Windows Live Writer Technology Preview and I was greeted with this message:
"30 days remaining: This version of Windows Live Writer will expire on 10/1/2008. Please download and install a newer version."
