Yesterday was an exciting day for the Zune Team. Their new Zune devices - the Zune 4, Zune 8, and Zune 80 - hit store shelves and they launched a brand new version of Zune.net now with your very own Social Profile (your Zune Card). The Zune Team also Read More......(
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Yesterday was an
exciting day for the Zune Team. Their new Zune devices - the Zune 4, Zune 8, and Zune 80 - hit store shelves and they launched a brand new version of Zune.net now with your very own Social Profile (your Zune Card). The Zune Team also launched a new version of the Zune software - completely re-done and much improved. There is quite a bit of reviews on both the new devices and Zune software all over the web today. I'd like to call out the reviews by Featured Community member
Jason Dunn over at
Zune Thoughts. He's got some fantastic videos up on the new devices and software worth checking out.
I'd like to share a few things myself on the Zune software, the Zune 8, and the Zune Social web service.
First off, yesterday I created a video demo of the Zune software designed to give you a quick overview of what the Zune software offers. I shot the video yesterday hoping to get it up yesterday so when I say "today" I really mean yesterday. Take a look at the video:
Video: Demo: Zune 2 Software Overview
That was just a quick overview. The Zune software is about you and your collection of music, videos, and photos. The new software also now supports the ability to subscribe to podcasts as well. For folks who record TV shows with Windows Media Center on Windows Vista (such as myself), the Zune software is able to take those videos and put them on your Zune device. One thing I'd like to stress is that even if you don't own a Zune device, you can still download the Zune software to use with your music collection. You really need to check out the Now Playing screen ;-)
In conjunction with the release of the new software, I went out and bought myself a Zune 8. The Zune 8 is the 8GB flash memory model. I was originally intending to buy a Zune 80 (the 80GB harddrive model) but I already own a brown Zune 30 and really wanted to try a smaller flash device.
I was amazed at how small the device is. And the new Zune Pad makes a huge different in navigating the device - by the touch of my finger. And the new glass screen makes watching videos and looking at pictures crystal clear on the device. Yes - the Zune 8 supports video (including my recorded Windows Media Center TV shows!).
To go with my Zune 8, I also picked up the Zune Dock. The new Zune Dock supports the new Zune devices (the Zune 4, 8, and 80) as well as the Zune 30. It comes with interchangeable "seats" for the devices. The Zune Dock also has video out capabilities.
It also comes with a power adapter. If my Zune 8 is plugged in to the wall to charge - if I've set up wireless syncing, my Zune 8 will automatically sync to my PC as I add music throughout the day.
The next thing I'd like to talk about is the new Zune Social features on Zune.net. When you login to Zune.net with your Windows Live ID that is your Zune/Xbox account - you now have a Zune Profile on Zune.net. This Zune Profile consists of your played music as well as your Friends List (same Friends you have from Xbox Live). You can also browse the Zune music catalog via Zune.net and send songs to your friends which will then show up under the "social" of the Zune software. This is becoming one of my most favorite features of the new Zune releases as not only can I share my music tastes with my friends, I can also see what my friends are listening. Because of this - I've discovered many new artists I've never heard before as well as rediscovered a few I've not heard in ages.
Feel free to check out my Zune Profile and my Zune Card here.
Music is very important to me and being able to play my music and mange my digital media in such a unique way, sync to a really cool device and then share my music listening habits with friends makes for an incredible experience.
Photos of the Zune and Zune Dock uploaded to Flickr using Windows Live Photo Gallery.
Written by Brandon LeBlanc on November 14th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Yesterday was an
exciting day for the Zune Team. Their new Zune devices - the Zune 4, Zune 8, and Zune 80 - hit store shelves and they launched a brand new version of Zune.net now with your very own Social Profile (your Zune Card). The Zune Team also launched a new version of the Zune software - completely re-done and much improved. There is quite a bit of reviews on both the new devices and Zune software all over the web today. I'd like to call out the reviews by Featured Community member
Jason Dunn over at
Zune Thoughts. He's got some fantastic videos up on the new devices and software worth checking out.
I'd like to share a few things myself on the Zune software, the Zune 8, and the Zune Social web service.
First off, yesterday I created a video demo of the Zune software designed to give you a quick overview of what the Zune software offers. I shot the video yesterday hoping to get it up yesterday so when I say "today" I really mean yesterday. Take a look at the video:
Video: Demo: Zune 2 Software Overview
That was just a quick overview. The Zune software is about you and your collection of music, videos, and photos. The new software also now supports the ability to subscribe to podcasts as well. For folks who record TV shows with Windows Media Center on Windows Vista (such as myself), the Zune software is able to take those videos and put them on your Zune device. One thing I'd like to stress is that even if you don't own a Zune device, you can still download the Zune software to use with your music collection. You really need to check out the Now Playing screen ;-)
In conjunction with the release of the new software, I went out and bought myself a Zune 8. The Zune 8 is the 8GB flash memory model. I was originally intending to buy a Zune 80 (the 80GB harddrive model) but I already own a brown Zune 30 and really wanted to try a smaller flash device.
I was amazed at how small the device is. And the new Zune Pad makes a huge different in navigating the device - by the touch of my finger. And the new glass screen makes watching videos and looking at pictures crystal clear on the device. Yes - the Zune 8 supports video (including my recorded Windows Media Center TV shows!).
To go with my Zune 8, I also picked up the Zune Dock. The new Zune Dock supports the new Zune devices (the Zune 4, 8, and 80) as well as the Zune 30. It comes with interchangeable "seats" for the devices. The Zune Dock also has video out capabilities.
It also comes with a power adapter. If my Zune 8 is plugged in to the wall to charge - if I've set up wireless syncing, my Zune 8 will automatically sync to my PC as I add music throughout the day.
The next thing I'd like to talk about is the new Zune Social features on Zune.net. When you login to Zune.net with your Windows Live ID that is your Zune/Xbox account - you now have a Zune Profile on Zune.net. This Zune Profile consists of your played music as well as your Friends List (same Friends you have from Xbox Live). You can also browse the Zune music catalog via Zune.net and send songs to your friends which will then show up under the "social" of the Zune software. This is becoming one of my most favorite features of the new Zune releases as not only can I share my music tastes with my friends, I can also see what my friends are listening. Because of this - I've discovered many new artists I've never heard before as well as rediscovered a few I've not heard in ages.
Feel free to check out my Zune Profile and my Zune Card here.
Music is very important to me and being able to play my music and mange my digital media in such a unique way, sync to a really cool device and then share my music listening habits with friends makes for an incredible experience.
Photos of the Zune and Zune Dock uploaded to Flickr using Windows Live Photo Gallery.
Written by Brandon LeBlanc on November 14th, 2007 with comments disabled.
Read more articles on Featured Community and Featured News and Music and Windows Media Center and Windows Vista and Zune and Zune Card and Zune Dock and Zune Software.
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12,000 for the last release, 15,000 for this one which is designated the SP1 Release Candidate Preview. No final release date announced yet.
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Lots of talk about Windows 7 lately. Here’s some comparison between Vista and Windows 7.
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A brief examination of performance changes with Vista SP1 beta installed.
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The network-wide readiness assessment tool will add Server 2008 elements as well as Microsoft Integrated Virtualizatioon elements and change it’s name to Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Solution Accelerator.
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A white paper says Vista can only be activated 5 times, but a Microsoft rep confirms that this isn’t the case. Ed provides some useful activation tips as well as describing the contents of the recently released paper.
Written by Joe on November 14th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Super fast user switching is a powertoy which makes it easy to switch the active user. But you must be a member of the administrator group to see other users! Quite useless for normal users, but this is done on purpose. I contacted Lou, the programmer of fast.exe, and he said (quote):
“It actually has to do with permissions. As a regular user, you don’t have access to the (InteractiveLogon) service. This is because I didn’t want to open another hole in Windows. This is unavoidable.”
The solution opens a hole, but makes super fast user switching usable. (more…)
administrator password,
cmd file,
computer,
c documents,
documents and settings,
menu programs,
msconfig,
powertoy,
production systems,
registry entry,
run registry,
service properties,
shortcut,
switching,
Windows,
windows system32
Written by Jason on November 14th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Super fast user switching is a powertoy which makes it easy to switch the active user. But you must be a member of the administrator group to see other users! Quite useless for normal users, but this is done on purpose. I contacted Lou, the programmer of fast.exe, and he said (quote):
“It actually has to do with permissions. As a regular user, you don’t have access to the (InteractiveLogon) service. This is because I didn’t want to open another hole in Windows. This is unavoidable.”
The solution opens a hole, but makes super fast user switching usable. (more…)
administrator password,
cmd file,
computer,
c documents,
documents and settings,
menu programs,
msconfig,
powertoy,
production systems,
registry entry,
run registry,
service properties,
shortcut,
switching,
Windows,
windows system32
Written by Jason on November 14th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Hi all! It's been a little bit over 2 months since my last blog on the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.1 (WVHA) release back in August. You may wonder what our dev team is up to. Well, aside from getting the much needed rest, we have been busy working Read More......(
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Written by Windows Vista Team Blog on November 14th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
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Written by admin on November 14th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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If the Zune ever makes it on to a TV commercial, this definitely has to be the ad. This promotional video for the 2nd-generation Zune is one of the preloaded videos that comes with the new 4/8GB or 80GB Zunes, which explains why it is in portrait aspect ratio. Simply said, it is a very cool stylized animation that not only looks cool but also shows off all of the Zune’s features in an artistic manner.
Written by Long Zheng on November 14th, 2007 with comments disabled.
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StartCom Ltd has announced the 5.0.1 update release of their popular StartCom Enterprise Linux two days ago and it brings the latest technologies for any mission-critical server deployments. If you want to try this distribution and don’t know how to install it, here is a step-by-step guide on how to achieve that.
I always recommend having an empty hard drive for a Linux installation (that means no other operating system on it, no Windows) and you must have a minimum of 10 GB free space for the StartCom EL installation. Great, now let’s begin. (more…)
distribution,
Enterprise Linux,
Installation Guide,
Linux,
linux installation,
operating system,
StartCom
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