According to a study at MediaPost DVR users actually watch more ads. "Most importantly, the research concludes that DVRs "recapture" TV commercial exposures that otherwise would have been "zapped" by non-DVR viewers. The study estimated that 51...

This is me blogging about Bruce Sterling blogging about him being here at Microsoft today . I just got back from seeing him talk, mostly about how to secure his parties but also anything else on his mind. I got a copy of his latest book The Zenith Angle...

British students have set a record for the most naked people on a roller coaster... Read the story @ BBC News .

I've always had good experiences with Canon printers so I was excited earlier this year to hear they would be releasing a new wide format bubblejet printer - the i9900 . I'd been thinking of buying a wide format printer for a while, but was waiting for...

TVTonic have made available a Media Center version of their application. Installing it lets you watch four channels they stream over the web - News, MoviePick, Cartoon Cow and Rawdio. Once installed it's available in More Programs inside Media Center...

I've spotted pictures of some new Media Center machines... First from Sony, the new Vaio Desktop R Series Looks like a very nice machine to me, although it's still looks like a PC. Next, Alienware are back in the Media Center market with their DHS series...

I haven't actually tried this yet, but it's a really cool idea - a version of NewsGator for Media Center, set up which feeds you want to read and NewsGator will display them on your Media Center so you can read them from the comfort of your sofa. Read...

As I mentioned in my last post, I recently got back from a two week holiday in China (there's a long article coming on that once I have time to write it). I took a minimum of tech toys with me - a phone (Sony Ericsson T68i, but not the charger, which...

I'm back from a couple of weeks holiday in China (actually I've been back for almost two weeks, but I've been really busy ;) ), which eventually I'll post an article about - including some photos taken with my Canon 10D and the Hitachi 4GB Microdrive...