According to a press release sent out today by PlanetOut, Inc., it looks as though the company continues to face a doubtful future that might include getting the boot from NASDAQ: PlanetOut Inc. (Nasdaq: LGBT), a leading media and entertainment company exclusively focused on the gay and lesbian mark...

Behold the MEGAREMOTE! Actually, roll onto it, because you can't hold it: It's made with two flexible Dance Dance Revolution mats for the PlayStation 2, hacked to control Windows Media Center with......

The kids got a new computer for Christmas. Before that, Ryan was using a really old laptop that I had sitting around. It wasn’t good for much other than some flash games on the web. So, for Christmas Lori’s sister got them a computer. The first thing that Ryan wanted to do with his recen...

As I play around with my install of the Windows 7 Beta I will probably do a few more of these snapshot type posts as I come across things that are different from previous versions of Windows. This first post is about Windows Media Player; or at least the music part of it, as I think that people migh...

Condensed explanation: Digital rights management is a corporate pain in the ass that stops you from doing whatever you want with music and movies in the name of fighting piracy. But there's more to......

Filed under: Reviews, DVRs, Media PCs, Media streamers, Samsung One of the reasons why Microsoft's Media Center is so attractive is because of the extender functionality. It allows you to enjoy just about all the same content in every room of your house, without the need to buy more than one HTPC. B...

I was recently chatting with Jyle Dupuis who blogs over at Xboxxer.com about how he’s using the Media Center Extender on his Xbox 360 to stream music and movies right out to his living room. This is something I’ve been wanting to do, but just haven’t had the energy or enough desire...

The Digital Lifestyle blog recently pointed us to a post that explained how you could sync recorded TV on your DVR with your Windows Mobile device. This is something that no other smartphones are capable of doing, notes Adam Lein of pocketnow.com. Instead of buying expensive videos and TV programs, ...

If you are attending the 2008 Professional Developers Conference you received a pre-beta Windows 7 build today (6801) which contains many features the Windows Media Center team has been developing over the past year. It’s my pleasure to take a few minutes to outline some of these new features for ...

Today, NetFlix announced that they have begun deployment of their new player to their customers, incorporating dynamic streaming for DVD-style fast-forward and rewind over the Web. This is a big shot in the arm for Silverlight 2, and hot on the heels of the overwhelmingly successful NBC Olympics cov...