Archive for February, 2008
I’m not up to speed on the copyright laws associated with most YouTube videos, but if you want to save non-copyrighted material for playback in a format other than FLV (e.g., for playback on a WM phone), here’s what you can do. Here’s what you need: Get Firefox Get Video Download extension Get Super Get [...]
One of the best WM browsers out there is also the cheapest – it’s free! Opera Mini runs in a JVM, so you will have to install one. I used Cloudyfa’s Esmertec Jbed. Once you have Jbed installed, install the High Memory version of Opera Mini 4. However, by default there is no one-click shortcut. [...]
There are lots of programs to let you write to PDF, but until now I hadn’t seen one that will save a PDF as a Word document. http://www.hellopdf.com/
IF YOUR ZUNE 30GB FROZE ON DECEMBER 31, 2008, read this post. The information in the comments is all pretty much the same – everyone’s froze at 12:00a PST. Apparently this is a Leap Year issue that will resolve itself on 1/1/2009. Of course, a firmware patch will be required for those few Zunes that [...]
Looking through the paper today, I see that Microsoft has dropped the price on the Zune 8gb by $20, down to $179. Personally, I think this is a brilliant move by MS – right now, at a high level, the Zune has failed to distinguish itself from the iPod. Yes, there are feature-by-feature differences, but [...]
I’ve used a HTPC for about 6 years now, and I’ve run ‘em all – SageTV, Beyond, Myth, GB-PVR, and, of course, Vista Media Center (formerly known as Windows Media Center). I’ve settled on VMC, because it allows me to record ATSC and NTSC, stream live TV from either to an extender, and, thanks to [...]