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More Media Center: Dual Hauppauge 4000 DVB-S2 Cards

maholmes — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:26:21 GMT

In the latest - and hopefully final - part of the Media Center saga, I've also pushed a second Hauppauge WinTV-HVR4000 card into the machine so I get the multi-channel recording from the satellite channels I can receive (a la Sky+).

Phew - just in time for Sky Player to become available in Media Center. What? Gah...

Asus EEE 1101HA

maholmes — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:25:08 GMT

I bought a replacement netbook recently: my old MSI Wind didn't really have the battery life I wanted but it worked fine otherwise.

Picking a netbook should be fairly straightforward as the specs are all the same but I was particularly attracted to the EEE 1101HA because of the advertised battery life and 1366x768 (11.6") resolution. The resolution makes Outlook (and some other apps) that bit more usable.

So I picked one up. Nice machine - and it indeed has a great battery life. The 'seashell' design means it's perfect for carrying around. But it runs a Z series Atom processor so it's a bit underpowered and sluggish at times.

I read somewhere (can't find it since) that the Z series can only recognise 1GB of RAM so I was a bit peeved, but turns out it can take 2GB.

So, happy to report that this piece of Crucial RAM has saved the day, and turned the 1101HA into a lovely little machine.

Multi-Touch Surface with Physics Engine

maholmes — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:14:58 GMT

Fresh up on the YouTube Channel is this awesome piece of work from the guys in the Microsoft Technology Centre . I’ve talked about the value the MTC for a business before . This particular work was by Dave and Andy who are some of the smartest guys I...(read more)

Unboxing RoundTable

maholmes — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:48:37 GMT

I came across this great set of photos from Rich showing the “unboxing of a RoundTable device” whilst I was surfing about today. Excellent stuff. RoundTable is not quite as portable as a web cam, but you’ve seen nothing until you’ve unboxed a Surface...(read more)

Smart Free Apps for Windows Mobile

maholmes — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:59:00 GMT

Nice to see a list of free apps for Windows Mobile on Mashable . A few new ones in there for me. Although my Twitter app of choice is TinyTwitter . As James points out: Incidentally I’m told that the launch sales of Samsung’s Omnia phone were better than...(read more)

All I Want For Christmas

maholmes — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:12:22 GMT

Talking of @Stevecla , he’s pointed out some cool bits of tech that – for anyone who is listening and has reserved “Christmas Budget for Marc” – I would love to get my hands on. A Pico Pocket Projector from Optoma These handy cable tidys from Proporta...(read more)

Gears of War Zune

maholmes — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:02:27 GMT

I’m loving GOW2 and am hoping to add this to the very small list of “games I actually finished” which (in recent years) amounts to er, GOW and Fable2 (there must be others… surely). Anyway, for the Zune and GOW afficionado, there’s this :...(read more)