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I’m A Zune. I’m An iPod.

Friday, December 15, 2006

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The guys at ZuneBoards made a parody of Apple’s Get A Mac ads. One click to share a song? Nah…I prefer the iPod way. But instead of visiting iTunes Store, I would search for “alternative sources”. Ya know what I mean. And geez, brown color. Nope, thank you.

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Official Windows Vista Wallpapers

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

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Take a peek at the Windows Vista wallpapers you can expect when you get your very own copy next year. Maybe even download them for use on your Windows XP(ired) now. Lots of greens and flowers, and 92 of them in total. But, the largest resolution seems to be only 1280 x 960. Come on, give [...]

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Using Your Zune As An External Hard Drive

Friday, November 24, 2006

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Don’t you hate it when manufacturers deliberately disable features that your new toy is obviously capable of? Yeah, maybe to prevent some over-ambitious dudes from messing things up. But hey, they could simply give us an option with warning of some sort! So, you got your new Microsoft Zune. But, it doesn’t allow you to use [...]

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Move IE7’s Menubar Back To The Top

Thursday, November 16, 2006

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Using IE7? Hate that Menubar that is sticking out below your location bar and you can’t seem to move it? Well…switch to Firefox! Ha…or simply apply this IE7 registry hack: If IE is opened, close it before doing anything Start your registry editor (Start -> Run, type regedit in the run field and press OK) Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software [...]

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Getting Xbox 360’s HD-DVD Drive To Work On PC

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

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Surprise surprise, who knew that Xbox 360’s HD-DVD drive could be used with a PC. Thanks to Dan from UNEASYsilence for discovering this little secret. The steps to getting it work involve plugging in the drive via USB (doh!), installing these drivers, and getting hold of a special version of Intervideos WinDVD 8 that is able [...]

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Microsoft Lifts Vista’s Licensing Restriction

Friday, November 3, 2006

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Ahhh…how nice of them. As most of you might know, the previous terms was that each copy of Vista will only be allowed to be activated twice. This makes it impossible to change your computer twice without rendering your copy of Vista useless. Today, to the delight of everyone, Microsoft has decided to lift the restriction. [...]

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Windows Vista Gets Official Release Date

Thursday, November 2, 2006

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November 30, 2006 for business customers. January 30, 2007 for the rest of us consumers. After five long years, we are finally closing in on Microsoft’ next big OS update. Will it be as big deal as they made it up to be? Or will it be nothing but fancy eye candy versus Windows XP? Time [...]

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Windows Vista RC2 Available to Everyone Now

Sunday, October 8, 2006

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This will be the final downloadable build before the final shipping release of Windows Vista. So if you are wondering if Vista suits you, download a copy to give it a run. If you don’t want it to mess up your precious data, put it on a separate hard drive. After all, it’s still beta [...]

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List of Zune accessories. Because taking your $249 for that Zune isn’t enough.

Thursday, October 5, 2006

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Zune has been officially priced at $249, which is fairly competitive against iPods. Surely, Microsoft wouldn’t let go the chance of sucking more moolah out from you with a slew of shiny accessories. Zune AV Output Cable: $19.99 Zune AC Adapter: $29.99 Zune Sync Cable: $19.99 (Connects to your PC or AC Adapter) Zune Car Charger: $24.99 (Works with [...]

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Zune Pics! Zune Vids! Zune Specs!

Monday, September 18, 2006

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Microsoft Zune is finally officially announced! Will it really become the iPod-killer that some have wished for? Well, let’s take a look at the features it offers. Wireless Zune-to-Zune file-sharing (the star feature!) 30GB of storage 3-inch display Built-in FM Music, video and photo playback Audio supported: MP3, AAC and WMA Video supported: h.264, MPEG-4, WMV Photo supported: JPEG 12 hours of [...]

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