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Defy Hackers with Routers with Captcha
D-Link has once again one-upped the wannabe hacker community by adding a feature that will make it a whole lot harder for the script kiddies to break into your router programmatically. The current...
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Windows 7, Play To, and a Samsung DLNA enabled TV
This is a love story. Sometimes diving off the technology cliff means you follow your heart and take a chance on emerging/converging standards. When my nine year old once upon a time bleeding edge...
View Article802.11n Now Officially Ratified – No longer a Draft!
“Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 11:01 AM To: STDS-802-11-TGN@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: [STDS-802-11-TGN] Standards Board Decisions today- 11w and 11n approved All, 802.11 had two items under...
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Looks like Netflix MCE HD is Rolling Out
Fired up a machine that never had Netflix installed previously (W7 x64 Ultimate) and installed Netflix. I’m streaming Stargate Continuum in HD 3800/3800 (screen shot below) over 802.11n 5GHz wireless...
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iPad + WHS (Vail) + Air Video + Recorded TV = Internet Streaming
Air Video (Free) for the iPad just made my non DRM’d MCE Recorded TV mobile. A few simple hoops to jump through and a couple of gotcha’s, but for me, well worth the effort. I’m streaming recorded TV...
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Eye-Fi & iPad
If someone knows where I can buy the Apple iPad Camera Connector, PLEASE let me know. I just grabbed another brass ring off the iPad carousel. Eye-Fi on its own is cool enough. Send digital photos from...
View ArticleIntel WiDi – Wirelessly view your PC screen on your TV
There is a lot of interest in this technology and naturally, accompanying confusion as to what this is and how to get it. Some of this has been driven by a recent Windows 7 was My Idea commercial. That...
View ArticleStupid Toshiba Advocates Lagging Edge Standard for SD Cards
June 22 press release from Toshiba announces an effort to “ promote a new SD card that integrates Wi-Fi wireless communication with data storage capabilities. The forum, the "Standard Promotion Forum...
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WiDi and Push2TV–Get the Updates and Install Them
I’ve been blogging about the WiDi Home Theater experience off and on. Last night, I was checking something for a friend and and realized that the Netgear Push to TV site pointed to updates for both the...
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Intel WiDi, Push2TV and Remote Desktop
Here’s one I did not expect to work but did. I’ve been able to use Windows Media Center to display non DRM’d High Def content over WiDi (since the TV HD is at best 720p, it will work.. higher 1080p is...
View ArticleBlackberry Desktop, Office 2010, August Support, but not x64
I can’t imagine why Microsoft didn’t work harder to get RIM to offer timely support for Office 2010. (And I hate the iPhone+Apple+ATT monopoly that locks me out of getting an iPhone because AT&T...
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Netflix Coming to Canada, Eh?
Some of my Canadian friends might be pleased to hear that Netflix intends to cross the border officially later this year. You can pre-register now if you are interested at http://www.netflix.ca....
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Stream Movies, Audio from iDisk to Your iPxxx
I’d forgotten that I’d converted many Battlestar Galactica Recorded TV files recorded using Windows Media Center to mp4 files and stashed them away on a NAS drive. I just had one of those A HA moments...
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Sonos S5 Music Players, Connected, Converged, Fantastic
I’m not easily impressed, but my jaw is hanging open today after installing two Sonos S5 Music Players to cover my home with end to end music. I’ve used computers, Media Center Extenders and all kinds...
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Connecting an IP Camera to WMC, iPhones and iPads
Motivated by the upcoming yearly Halloween onslaught of youngsters and the not so young about to come through my condo complex, I started thinking about how to integrate an Internet capable...
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Connecting Multiple IP Cameras to Windows Media Center
After publishing a piece on how to connect an Internet enabled camera to WMC, iPhones and iPads yesterday, I received a couple of emails basically saying, “great, but I want to monitor more than one...
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HP ePrint is disappointing
When my older low end downstairs printer needed all ink cartridges replaced at the same time, I realized that buying a new printer would actually be cheaper. HP has been trumpeting its latest crop of...
View ArticleIs that router you want for the holidays ready for IPv6?
Some of you might be saying, “huh?” and wondering what I’m talking about. If you are a geek, you probably know that the IPv4 universe of addresses is shrinking and latest estimates are that the...
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WD TV Live Hub – A Home Entertainment-DLNA Love Story
I’ve never had a CE device that exceeded my expectations. Until now. My Connected Home includes devices that enable me to stream media between devices on my network, but which also provoked...
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World IPv6 Day June 8, 2011–I’m Ready!
Looks like I’m completely ready, how about you? I’m currently using Comcast’s 6to4 gateway. http://www.worldipv6day.org/ http://test-ipv6.com/ipv6day.html
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