As I’ve reported previously, Back to My Mac hasn’t worked out well for me. Because it shares ports with Windows Home Server (both vie for HTTPS), I haven’t been able to use BTMM. Now, that’s not really a big deal for me. I have LogMeIn on every system, and that does the job nicely (if […]
Today the media was abuzz about how Apple’s market cap has sustained itself beyond Google’s. That didn’t hold for today, but by the end of business yesterday, Apple was number one in Silicon Valley. And what was the reason attributed by many financial analysts? Word of the impending release of a new MacBook Air. It […]
Newegg is offering the KWorld 340U TV Tuner for only $14.99 after a $20 mail-in rebate. This USB stick-style tuner is compatible with Windows Media Center, and can do both cable and over-the-air programming. There aren’t QAM drivers available for Media Center (something that will hopefully be fixed by TV Pack 2008… Microsoft still hasn’t […]
I am moving. But, I haven’t said to where exactly. Well, that’s mostly because I haven’t found a place. Anyone that has moved knows the pain of finding a new place to live. My troubles are much worse. See, one of the killer benefits of the Sacramento Valley versus the Bay Area is a little company […]
Monday, I have a private conference call with the Media Center team at Microsoft. And, there aren’t really any limits on what I can ask… and hopefully, get answered. So, I’ll turn to you. What would you ask the team behind Windows Media Center? Post your questions in the comments, and I’ll try to get […]
Microsoft today formally announced TV Pack 2008 for Windows Media Center, inside of Windows Vista. And, they also said you can’t have it. If you want the benefits, like ClearQAM (that’s unencrypted digital cable), or the ability to add an unlimited amount of tuners (of any combination)… Microsoft appears to be directing you to buy […]
I’ll be at LinuxWorld 2008 most of this week. I’ve just posted the announcement over at the PhoneNews.com Blog. Why am I posting this here? Well, if you’ve got something cool to show off Linux-wise, or if you just want to hear what I think of the pros… and cons… of all-things-Tux, this would probably […]
I’m just wrapping up an all-day restoration of my MacBook Pro… complete with clean install of Leopard. I was at a lunch the day before, talking up how my MacBook Pro has been running without a hitch, while everyone else was complaining about MacBook failures. I was asking for it… and boy did I get […]
First, I want to apologize for being half-away the past week. I’ve been hard at work planning a big move for myself, which will have some big pay-offs for MechaWorks as a whole. I don’t want to touch on those just yet, as the eggs haven’t hatched yet. But, it certainly is exciting… albit it […]
I knew this was going to happen the moment the BIOS notes hit my desk… Long story short, a rumor hit the web that all of the Nvidia GeForce 86M (aka the GeForce Go 8600M) were defective. They would all overheat and die. Now, I knew that wasn’t true, because I’ve put my successive MacBook […]