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If, like us, you like to be on the "bleeding edge" then you've already installed Vista and this little Gadget for WebGuide4 will become really useful to you. You can use it on your home LAN or even have it sitting on your desktop at work or on the road...

This looks like a great free plugin for Windows Media Center that allows playback of DivX and XviD AVIs...

"One great thing with Windows Media Center is the all-in-one concept : you have all your pictures, music, videos and TV shows accessible from one remote control. Still, until the Vista Media Center, the customization was rather limited. For example, it was not possible to do a fast forward for "non-microsoft" encoded videos. And what about Matroska or AVI videos who have multiple audio and subtitle streams ? How to switch between them ? What about external subtitle files ? This is what this plugin brings and more. And of course all these features accessible from the remote control...

This looks very interesting. I have an old Windows 2000 Server box running our house currently that I've been dreading replacing because of all the complex applications setup on it over the years, and all the hours spent working on their configuration and setup. But with the new free beta release of "VMware Converter", it should be easy to turn any real machine, into a virtual one. Imagine having several virtual servers running on one real box. Imagine how easy it would be to get these "servers" back up on a new box in the event of a hardware failure on the physical server...

Paul Thurrott, Editor of winsupersite.com and co-host of the Windows Weekely Podcast has the scoop on the new Windows Home Server announcement from Microsoft at CES last night...

"At the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week (see my special report), Microsoft previewed its long-awaited Windows Home Server (WHS) product, a Windows Server 2003 R2-based server for consumers that dispenses with the complexities of most Windows Server versions and provides the core storage, sharing, and remote access functionality that digital media and home networking enthusiasts require. It's an innovative and exciting product, and I'm happy to finally be able to discuss it. Chances are, if you read this site regularly, you're going to want Windows Home Server...

Ian Dixon has an interesting article on an add-on for Windows Media Center which allows users to access the "Live Spaces" system and its IM and VoIP features...

"Remember my blog post on the Nemo Project? Well its back and now called Windows Live for TV. Here are the features:

Live TV is an additional program for Windows Media Center which will provide access to Spaces, Messenger, and Live Call, all wrapped up in a ten foot interface. Here's the feature list from Ideas:

• Browse millions of Spaces in rich 3D graphics with new Gallery views and full keyword search
• Find out what your friends have been doing and saying on Windows Live Spaces
• Have real-time text and voice conversations*
• Call your friends' mobile or landline telephones by signing up with Verizon Web Calling to make affordable domestic and international calls**
• Easily navigate with your mouse, keyboard or a TV remote (remote navigation requires Microsoft Media Center Remote and IR)
• Make free PC-to-PC calls to other Windows Live Messenger users.