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More info on Microsoft Internet TV

Microsoft Internet TV
So we were standing in line at the Microsoft booth at Digital Life because we wanted to get a good look at the Internet TV platform coming to Windows Vista Media Center tomorrow. And we overheard someone asking the guy manning the booth a bunch of questions about Media Center and how to get it, and it occurred to us that a lot of people still don't know what Windows Media Center is.

So here you go: It's an interface for interacting with media on your PC from 10 feet away. And it's built into Windows Vista Home Premium and Ultimate. It's also included in Windows XP Media Center Edition.

The reason a lot of people don't know they already have Media Center is because while it's built into the software, they don't have the hardware to connect their PC to a television. Or if they do, they don't have the hardware to watch and record live TV using their PC. For the record, you can perform these tasks with a video-out graphics card, a media center extender, and a TV tuner card. Prices for these different devices range from $30 to $500.

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Filed under: Internet, Video, Microsoft

Microsoft launches Internet TV for Windows Media Center

Microsoft InternetTV
Microsoft is rolling out the public beta of Internet TV for Windows Vista Media Center tomorrow. If you've got a machine running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate, a new option should pop up inside of your media center interface, cleverly titled "Internet TV."

At launch, there will be 100 hours of programming available from MSN Video. The service is free, but ad-supported, meaning you'll have to put up with some 15 and 30 second spots here and there. YuMe is responsible for the ad.

But is there anything you'll want to watch? Here's some of the content available:
  • Full length episodes of TV shows including Arrested Development
  • Full length concerts by artists including Chris Cornell, Snoop Dogg, Elton John, Pink, John Mayer, and the Pussycat Dolls
  • Movie trailers
  • MSNBC news clips
  • FOX Sports clips
Internet TV will be available from Windows Vista machines with Windows Media Center, and from Xbox 360 consoles.

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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