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Watch the rest of the episode >>Host Jonathan Rozenblit goes through the monthly developer news segment, introducing TechDays Online and TechDays TV. Plus: Get a peak at Paul Laberge's absolutely awesome and hilarious Start Something commercial.D³: LIVE & INTERACTiVE In case…

I have a real soft sport for Brookstone – whenever I’m in the US, I have to sneak in to see the latest in Slanket technology, and find out what new household objects the company can apply a layer to Tempur to. I go in with a smile, and never fail to come out without buying something. I’m next…

Say what you like about the image quality and immersive experience delivered by 3D TV & Movies, but it’s near impossible to look good whilst wearing 3D glasses. Whilst the engineers at the major consumer electronics companies continue to toil away improving the tech, I wonder who’s improving…

Whilst the experience of wearing 3D glasses certainly feels a little strange to most of us, spare a thought for those who already wear glasses and have to wear the 3D goggles over their existing eyewear. The result? Headaches, pain behind the ears and worst of all, you look pretty silly too.…

Like many countries, the UK is in the midst of a “digital switchover”. Our analogue TV signal is being switched off, region by region, to be replaced by a digital signal which needs a new or re-tuned set top box to decode.The nation’s aerial engineers are out in force, and of course, the big box…

At home, we use a combination of Windows Home Server and Windows Media Center for all of our entertainment. It’s an awesome combination that gets better with each release of both platforms. If you’re yet to try out a server for home entertainment, then let me explain how it works. We store all of…

Here in the UK, Sky used Golf’s Ryder Cup to launch Europe’s first 3D TV channel, unsurprisingly named Sky 3D. The tournament itself was a bit of a wash out (although a gripping end saw the Cup retained by the Europeans) with heavy rain limiting much of the action. Still, goggle-eyed viewers had…

About a year ago, my wife and I sat down to work through our family finances. With a baby on the way,(and the parents amongst you will know how muchthey cost)  it was an opportune time to figure out where we could save a little money each month.Going through the finances line by line was…

One of the must-see plugins for Windows Media Center is Media Browser, a free aggregator application for the platform which takes your collection of TV and Movies and presents it in a stunning UI. It automatically downloads and makes use of relevant TV and Movie posters, DVD and Blu-ray cover art,…

The Windows Team Blog has the scoop on the newly released Ceton InfiniTV 4 digital cable tuner card, which Media Center enthusiasts have been waiting on for some time. Last November, changes to industry policy allowed for the installation of digital cable tuner cards to any Windows PC that…