WHS Add-ins
Below you’ll find a list of published Community Add-ins for Windows Home Server.
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20.7.2007 3D TV
Microsoft to Add AntiSpyware into Windows Vista
Microsoft has confirmed plans to bundle anti-spyware protection into Windows Vista, a move that is sure to raise eyebrows among competitors and possibly antitrust regulators.
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Office 2007 "getting started" add-ins
Contain of Excel 2007 Add-in, PowerPoint 2007 Add-in and Word 2007 Add-in.
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11.2.2007 Google TV Coming soon?
Using Google?s search and advertising technologies to enhance users? Television viewing experience trends that are shaping user behavior when watching Television identify areas where use of Google?s search and advertising technology can enhance this user experience.
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Internet TV to get Silverlight
Maven Networks, which provides hosting services for Internet TV, will announce Wednesday plans to add Microsoft's new Silverlight technology as a video delivery vehicle.
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13.6.2007 XP MCE 2005 Hotmail Add-in Due Soon
According to Sean Alexander (Microsoft Group Product Manager Windows Vista) an add-in for Hotmail functionality in Windows Media Center Edition 2005 is due for release next week.
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Microsoft to Add Wireless Video Sharing to the Zune
Microsoft's portable media player, the Zune, has just been released and already talks have started about future updates to the device.
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14.11.2006 Windows Vista Doesn't Add DRM To Unprotected Content
Robert McLaw: Of all the FUD that's out there about Vista, the false information about Vista's DRM is the FUD that frustrates me the most.
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28.2.2007 Forced Software Upgrades Can Add Up for Vista Users
Windows users contemplating the cost of upgrading to Vista may need a fatter wallet than they thought.
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6.3.2007 Wake-On-LAN Add-in for Windows Home Server
One of the great things about Windows Home Server is it can act as a "proxy server", giving you access to any Remote Desktop capable machine on your LAN.
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3.5.2007 Office 14 to add more online document sharing
Microsoft won’t be turning Office 14 into a completely Web-ified productivity suite, a la Google Docs.
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13.2.2008 Microsoft to add the Genuine Advantage nag to Office
Microsoft is set to begin a pilot of a new Genuine Advantage anti-piracy mechanism for Office that will add a “nag-like” feature, akin to what is now part of Windows Vista, to Office.
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9.4.2008 Microsoft add cheaper server platform to range
According to an article by Techspot, Microsoft has announced a version of Windows designed for small businesses, named Windows Server 2008 Foundation.
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1.4.2009 Watch Movies and TV On Your Xbox
On November 6, Microsoft Corp. announced agreements with CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS Inc.), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), and Warner Bros.
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7.11.2006 Windows Live for TV Beta
Windows Live™ for TV Beta is a rich, graphically-driven interface designed for people who use Windows Live Spaces and Messenger and Live Call on large-screen monitors and TVs.
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3.1.2007 Microsoft Will Add Video Games to Zune by July 2008
Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, will make video games available on its Zune music player within 18 months, said Peter Moore, a vice president in the company's interactive entertainment unit.
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9.1.2007 Vista Ultimate's promised add-ons just broken promises
Microsoft Corp. has failed to deliver on its promise of downloadable extras for the highest-priced version of Windows Vista, critics claim.
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29.6.2007 Skype to launch Web TV service
The founders of Skype are close to launching a global broadband television service promising viewers, content owners and advertisers “the best of the internet with the best of TV”.
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18.12.2006 Satellite circuit for Google TV ads
After months of speculation, Google has officially jumped into the television business.
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4.4.2007 Microsoft airs first Windows 7 TV advert
Microsoft aired its first Windows 7 commercial last night at the 2009 company meeting and across TV stations in the US.
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12.9.2009 Position Changer Add-In updated for Media Center in Windows Vista
Stephen Toub : Back in early 2005, I wrote an article for MSDN on implementing add-ins for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
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5.1.2007 Microsoft Plans to Add Rootkit Detection to Windows Live OneCare
Windows Live OneCare is right on track to getting an anti-rootkit upgrade. Microsoft plans to added rootkit detection capabilities to its line of security products, but not only OneCare will be impacted by the change.
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20.3.2008 Microsoft giving away free graphics and TV cards
Microsoft is giving away free graphics and TV cards to it's Windows Vista Media Center testers during it's beta program. Testers are allowed to keep the cards after testing has been completed!
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TV will be shut in 10 years, says Bill Gates
Riyadh, Nov. 10: Television as we know it today will become obsolete in the next 10 years, said Microsoft founder Bill Gates. He was speaking at the First Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh during his first visit to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
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11.11.2006 Vista testers get unexpected holiday gift: No TV
Media Center, which is included in the Home Premium and Ultimate versions of the Vista operating system, allows remote-control access to a variety of entertainment options, including television, for machines that have a TV tuner.
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5.1.2007 iTunes DVD deal focuses on Apple TV
Apple on Thursday announced that iTunes would get new movie releases from studios the same day as their DVD release, but the larger question is whether this move can give Apple TV more traction.
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1.5.2008 TV Guide to Offer Web Video Search Tool
Gemstar-TV Guide International Incorporated, which has helped viewers navigate through thousands of TV shows for 53 years, now wants to do the same for Internet video.
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25.3.2007 Registry Tweaks to Enhance Your Windows XPerience - Part VIII: Add or Remove Programs
In part eight of the our tweaking series we’ll go through a few Control Panel optimizations for Windows XP power users that may not interest most people using their operating system for basic tasks.
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26.12.2008 Microsoft Office Live Meeting Takes TV Spotlight on 'The Apprentice'
Tonight?s episode of the TV hit challenges competitors to concisely demonstrate the value of Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005, and Microsoft?s Real Time Collaboration Group judges the winning team.
Since earlier this year, the Real Time Collaboration (RTC) Group has been co-op marketing Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2005 through a partnership with the reality TV show ?The Apprentice.? Tonight the group will play its trump card: Linking up with The Donald himself.
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1.12.2005Nintendo DS Gets Opera, TV
Add-ons
Japanese Nintendo DS owners
will soon be able to watch TV
and surf the Web on the
handheld game console thanks
to upcoming add-on cards.
Nintendo has selected Opera to
power the browsing capability,
which utilizes the device's
built-in Wi-Fi connectivity
and touch screen...
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15.02.2006MS Testing Media Center TV
Streaming
Microsoft is currently testing
a Slingbox-like add-on that
would allow Windows Media
Center users to watch
programming on their PCs from
anywhere using mobile devices
and laptops, BetaNews has
learned. The stream would play
through Windows Media Player...
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13.01.2006Add Channel Logos to Windows 7 Media Center
When youre browsing through the TV guide in Windows Media Center, have you ever thought it would be nice to see the logos for the television channels
in addition to their name? Well, theres an add-in application that can do this. The program called My Channel Logos comes bundled with a number of TV
channel logos and provides a simple application that lets you assign them to any channel in your TV listing.
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13.02.2009XP Media Center to Get Hotmail
Add-in
Microsoft's 10-foot Media
Center interface for viewing
video and pictures on the TV
is not just for digital media
anymore. Redmond developers
have created a new add-in for
the special edition of Windows
XP that provides users access
to their Hotmail accounts for
reading e-mail between
television shows...
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19.10.2005TV.com delivers TV content rather than just TV listings
CBS' TV.com, a site formerly providing information about television programming has begun its transition to a video site, and is expected to announce
some critical distribution deals today...
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12.01.2009Internet TV to get Silverlight
Maven Networks, which provides
hosting services for Internet
TV, will announce Wednesday
plans to add Microsoft's new
Silverlight technology as a
video delivery vehicle.
The company is
collaborating with Microsoft
on this endeavor. Through
Silverlight, Maven's customer
base of professional media
companies will be able to
leverage familiar Windows
Media technology as well as
workflow automation,
publishing, and player
creation capabilities of the
Maven Internet TV platform.
A rival to Adobe's
Flash technology, Silverlight
currently is in a beta release
stage. It provides for
cross-platform, broadband
video experiences, Maven said.
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13.06.2007Microsoft: we did not hire Erin McNaught
Contrary to widespread reports
that Microsoft had hired TV
show presenter and former Miss
Australia Erin McNaught as an
IT "poster" girl, Microsoft
has contacted TECH.BLORGE.com
to advise that there is no
financial arrangement of any
description between McNought
and Microsoft.
Microsoft says it has
not hired her, nor does it
plan any advertising campaign
featuring Ms McNaught
According to
Microsoft, Ms McNaught
attended the Start Here, Go
Anywhere event which was
staged by the AIIA, with
Microsoft support, at the Tech
Ed Conference.
"She was a
replacement provided by
Channel 10 when a previous
presenter had backed out,"
Microsoft said. ..
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09.08.2007MS, NVidia Team on Mobile
Graphics
NVidia released a development
kit Wednesday that will allow
handheld manufacturers to add
support for various multimedia
functions, including digital
television and 3D graphics, to
Windows Media 5.0 devices...
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07.06.2006YouTube opens beta of TV-maximized site
Bringing YouTube to the living room television has been a mostly incomplete mission thus far. Series 3 and HD TiVo DVRs
can browse YouTube, and Apple TV has been able to play clips from the site since 2007. Yesterday, YouTube announced
youtube.com/tv, a new sub-site dedicated to bringing its content to connected
devices, namely the PS3 and Wii.
"Very few...devices today contain a Web browser or provide access to YouTube," reads a YouTube Team
blog post yesterday, "Our hope is that this site may help to accelerate an industry evolution towards open television access to Web video. Over
time, we plan to add support for additional TV devices that provide Web browsers."..
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19.01.2009Add Vim to Your
Whether you want extra screen
space, a way to trade content
between iPod and TV, or
permission to take your tunes
for a swim, someone makes it
for your video iPod...
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06.01.2006MS Acquires Onfolio, Refreshes
Toolbar
Microsoft announced late
Tuesday that it had acquired
research and information
company Onfolio, integrating
its technology into the new
Windows Live Toolbar. The
add-in would allow users to
collect and organize
information they find on the
Internet...
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08.03.2006In the digital age, $1 can get you TV Guide...the company
Macrovision sells TV Guide magazine to a VC firm for $1 -- about one-third as much as the $2.99 newsstand price for a single issue -- while holding on
to TV Guide Channel...
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17.10.2008Beyond TV Adds Digital TV Recording Support
Although it is not
CableCARD-like support,
SnapStream Media said Tuesday
that its latest update to
Beyond TV will allow users to
record select digital
television channels through
the software...
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11.04.2007Yahoo's TV widgets to be backed by Intel
What'll be behind the Yahoo TV widgets slated to show up later this week in set top boxes from Sony, Samsung, and other TV makers? A dual software
stack from Intel, officials said, in a demo for Betanews Sunday at CES...
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12.01.2009AT&T will add more HD content to U-verse
AT&T announced today that its U-verse TV package will include eight more high definition channels, bringing the service a total of 40 HD channels...
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18.12.2007YouTube TV site for Wii and PS3 consoles
It is no longer necessary to own Apple TV or TiVo digital video recorder or VUDU box to watch YouTube clips on TV. YouTube is joining MySpace, Yahoo
and others in bringing the web based features to the TV screen. YouTube blog reports that their TV Website offers a dynamic, lean-back, 10-foot
television viewing experience through a streamlined interface that enables users to discover, watch and share YouTube videos on any TV screen with
just a few quick clicks of remote control. Users can browse and play videos from their PS3 or Wii based web browser by visiting YouTube TV site.
Read full story.....
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16.01.2009Another big Gemstar deal brings TV Guide to MobiTV
Long-running company MobiTV announced today that it has entered into a multi-year agreement with Gemstar-TV Guide, promising interactive program
guides for the mobile TV service...
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14.01.2008Firefox 3 Add-ons Manager is almighty too
Firefox Add-ons Manager has finally got extended to feature complete integration with
Mozilla Add-ons (AMO)
site through a new page added to the Add-ons Manager.
The Get Add-ons page features a search box, a browse all add-ons link that
takes you to Mozilla Add-ons, and a list of recommended extensions and themes by default.
Enter a search term, press the search
button and a list of matching themes and extensions compatible with your Firefox version is returned with the add-on name, its icon, a brief
description and current rating. Click on an add-on for a more detailed description, a thumbnail, and a button to install the add-on without leaving
Firefox.
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30.01.2008Fujitsu Unveils Big-Screen TV Phone
In the world of cell phones,
it's the equivalent of a
big-screen TV. Fujitsu Ltd.'s
F904i, which goes on sale in
Japan on Friday, packs a
3.1-inch widescreen display--
the largest yet seen on a
handset with digital TV
reception.
When the
clamshell phone is opened up,
the 16:9 screen sits
vertically but a clever mount
means it can be twisted
horizontally to the left or
right allowing TV shows to be
watched in widescreen with no
letterboxing, which are the
back bars seen above and below
a widescreen image on a
conventional TV. It also makes
Web site browsing much easier
than on a conventional cell
phone screen. The phone also
packs a browser for the PC as
well as mobile Internet.
If an e-mail comes in
while TV is being watched, the
phone displays an alert. Users
can continue watching TV while
reading or sending a reply--
thanks to the widescreen
display...
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30.05.2007iPhone gets CBS shows for free with TV.com app
CBS' TV.com and NBC Universal and News Corp.'s Hulu have been in the tech news foreground this week, revealing their struggle to meaningfully
coexist on the PC screen. Meanwhile, the mobile device screen presents a different set of challenges, which TV.com today has officially addressed.
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