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HP Announces New HP TouchSmart PCs

Several weeks ago I had blogged about HP’s all-in-one PC with amazing touch capabilities – the HP TouchSmart PC. Specifically, I discussed the IQ500 series HP TouchSmart PC models (the IQ504 and IQ506). The IQ500 series HP TouchSmart PCs were considered the 2nd generation HP TouchSmart PCs. The original HP TouchSmart PC made its debut in January of 2007. Just recently, HP has announced the IQ800 series HP TouchSmart PCs – the IQ804 and IQ816.

So what’s new with the IQ800 series HP TouchSmart PCs? The IQ800 series HP TouchSmart PC is 25 ½” versus the IQ500 series models which were 22”. Just like the IQ500 series HP TouchSmart PCs, the IQ800 series sports ambient lighting that shines on your keyboard. This can be very useful in low lighting. However the IQ800 series allows you to change the color of the ambient lighting. The IQ800 series also comes with a pocket media drive bay for user’s portable media (the HP MediaSmart Connect has a pocket media drive bay so you can take media between the two devices). The IQ800 series (both the IQ804 and IQ816) come with

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Written by Brandon LeBlanc on October 6th, 2008 with no comments.
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Stay on top of the Election with MSNBC News Beta in Windows Media Center

Under the TV + Movies menu in Windows Media Center, you may have noticed a new tile: MSNBC News Beta. The MSNBC News Beta tile will begin appearing in Windows Media Center for users in the United States and Canada running Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate. Users don’t need to download anything to enable MSNBC News Beta in Windows Media Center. MSNBC News Beta gives users quick access to the latest election news, top stories and weather all from one screen.

Directly within Windows Media Center, users can browse Editor Picks and Most Popular videos (which are selected by viewers). I discovered that when I click on a specific video, a “+” icon appears. When this “+” icon is clicked, it gets added to a custom news video playlist. There are quite a few videos to choose from which is nice.

I was able to quickly browser through a bunch of MSNBC’s Decision ’08 videos and add them to a custom news video playlist to watch all at once.

I was also able to browse other categories such as Business, Sports, and Entertainment which all have videos I can either

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Written by Brandon LeBlanc on October 1st, 2008 with no comments.
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Live Fights from the Queensberry Fight Network in Windows Media Center!

Boxing fans listen up! The Queensberry Fight Network (QFN) will be streaming a series of fights from the UK LIVE on Saturday September 6th, 2008 exclusively to Windows Media Center users in the United States. These fights will be streamed to Windows Media Center users in real-time and is free to anyone in interested. You'll be able to watch the following fights:
  • THE WBO SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP- Alex ArthurVS Nicky Cook
  • COMMONWEALTH LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE- Amir KhanVS Breidis Prescott
  • THE ENGLISH SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP- Femi FehintolaVS Stephen Foster Jr

The Queensberry Fight Network is a UK-based free Windows Media Center channel available with quite a bit of content for boxing fans to enjoy - not only with fights but press conferences and interviews as well.

To add QFN to Windows Media Center, browse to Online Media and Explore. Under Showcase, you will find The Queensberry Fight Network listed as a tile.

When you click on the tile - you will be taken to QFN in Windows Media Center where you will be required to download the free application to enable the QFN channel and its content. When you click the "Download" button you will be asked by

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Written by Brandon LeBlanc on September 5th, 2008 with no comments.
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My Experience at the Innoventions Dream Home at Disneyland

Last Monday, HP invited me to visit the Innoventions Dream Home in Disneyland down in Anaheim, California - which opened this summer.

Welcome to Tomorrowland Innoventions!

The Innoventions Dream Home sits inside Disneyland's Tomorrowland and uses Windows Media Center in Windows Vista - along with hardware from HP and others - to combine technology available today with technology we might see in our future.  Other partners such as Life|ware (more about Life|ware below), Honda, Siemens, St. Joseph Hospital, and Taylor Morrison also showcase technology at the Innoventions Dream Home providing a very rich experience to Disneyland visitors. 

Outside the Innoventions Dream Home Exterior of the Innoventions Dream Home House of the Future Banner

When I arrived to the Innoventions Dream Home, I discovered that the building was actually rotating. Yes - rotating. Ok so

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Written by Brandon LeBlanc on August 18th, 2008 with no comments.
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Stay up to date with Olympic Medal wins with the Olympic Medal Count Gadget

Donavon West, Sidebar Gadget-maestro, is at it again! He just released a brand new Windows Sidebar gadget designed to let users keep track of Olympic Medal wins from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Download: 2008 Beijing Olympics Medal Count Gadget

This is a great gadget for people who aren't following the Olympics very closely but want to keep tabs on Olympic Medal wins. I'm not following the Olympics as closely as I'd like due to several things I'm working on so this Gadget is very helpful in at least keeping me "in the loop".

You can also watch encore videos of the Olympics at NBCOlympics.com thanks to a partnership with MSN Video and are presented in Silverlight. Also: don't forget you can also watch Olympic content directly within Windows Media Center on PCs running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate. I posted about NBC Olympics On The Go a few weeks ago here. I hear TVTonic has released a 64-bit version of NBC Olympics On The Go as well.

Written by Brandon LeBlanc on August 13th, 2008 with no comments.
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Watch NBC’s coverage of the Beijing Olympics in Windows Media Center

NBC is further expanding its coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with an Internet-delivered catch-up TV service powered by TVTonic on Windows Media Center on PCs running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate! With NBC Olympics On The Go and Windows Media Center, you will be able to create a customized channel lineup of your favorite events for automatic download to your PC. Download NBC coverage of the Games overnight, and take them with you to watch online or offline in up to HD quality.

 

In Windows Media Center on PCs running either Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate, you'll find a new graphic under "Online Media" called NBC Olympics. Click on "Install Now" to install the NBC Olympics service for Windows Media Center.

 

When I went to install, I was given two options: Easy Install and Full Install. The Easy Install requires no keyboard or mouse and sets everything up for you to begin watching content. However, more advanced users (and users with plenty of bandwidth) can choose to do a more comprehensive Full Install. As you could

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Written by Brandon LeBlanc on July 31st, 2008 with no comments.
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