Xbox 360 Fall Update: CONFIRMED DETAILS
Friday, 30 November 2007 Posted at 13:09
Xbox 360 Fall Update: Coming December 4th
MORE DOWNLOAD OPTIONS:
Xbox Originals - With this new service, announced on Nov. 13, consumers can download-to-own full original Xbox games that were previously only available at retail. The digital shelves will always be stocked with classic titles, such as "Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex," "Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge," "Halo," "Fable," "Fuzion Frenzy," "Psychonauts," and more as the catalogue grows over time, at 1200 Microsoft Points per game.·
Xbox LIVE Arcade Hits - On Xbox LIVE Arcade, the Arcade Hits program kicks off where some of the best sellers will become available at permanently reduced prices, making it easier than ever for everyone to build a library of downloadable games! The first games to become Arcade Hits will be "Bankshot Billiards 2" and "Lumines LIVE," which will be available for 800 Microsoft Points each, and "Marble Blast Ultra," "Small Arms" and "Zuma Deluxe," which will be available for 400 Microsoft Points each. With free trial downloads for every game and over 100 games to choose from, Xbox LIVE Arcade offers something for every member of the family.
NEW WAYS TO KEEP UP TO DATE AND CONNECTED:
Inside Xbox - A new direct feed brings current news straight from Xbox.com into the Xbox LIVE Dashboard providing members an easy, predictable entry point where they can discover what's new in: game releases, events, and Xbox LIVE Marketplace offers.·
Enhanced online profile - Members interested in sharing a few more details about themselves will have the option to go beyond their motto and further personalize their profile with an expanded bio. The extended bios will be visible to "Friends Only" or the entire Xbox LIVE community. ·
Expanded Friends List access - A quick and easy way for gamers to expand their personal community on Xbox LIVE, members will be able to see the Friends Lists of other Xbox LIVE members, boosting their social networking experience on the service.
ENHANCED OVERALL EXPERIENCE AND CONTROL:
Enhanced Parental Controls - Family Timer, a strong and flexible new addition to the Xbox 360 Family Settings, enables parents to set the amount of time their Xbox 360 can be used on a per-day or per-week basis by their children or other members of the household.New video features - The convenience of full-screen movie previews and enhanced video codec support further expand the options when it comes to the Xbox 360 entertainment experience.·
Easy-to-use navigation features - With several noteworthy changes in the Xbox LIVE Dashboard, from the new Game Store button to the Video Store button to enhanced visuals and descriptions in the video library, Xbox LIVE members can find what they want, when they want it
Tweak Your HDTV or Monitor To Perfection
Wednesday, 28 November 2007 Posted at 06:16
These days everyone has high quality, High Definition TVs and huge computer displays. We spend hundreds each year on TV's and Displays yet sadly more often than not we are not using the display to its full capability's. This guide is aimed at people who want to get the best picture out of there display. There are a lot of factors to consider when getting the right image for you, but there are a few basic rules to follow:
Position
Never have your TV placed in a position were sunlight or artificial light can effect your viewing. Not only will this annoy you but in time it may lead to eye strain.
Distance
If you have a 52" TV and sit 2 feet away your going to have problems. Always sit in a comfortable position were all of the screen is within your viewing distance. Try to balance the distance by viewing text on a screen, if it appears blurred or distorted the chances are your either to close or to far away from the display.
Lighting
People often turn there light off when watching a movie or TV, although this may seem to make the picture more viewable over time it can put strain on your eyes due to the high brightness and have a negative effect on your viewing. Try to make the room dim with lighting but not black, for best results your light switch can be adjusts to have a dimmer switch for maximum brightness controls.
Resolutions (HDTV and Monitors only)
Always run your Television or display in its native resolution, as this is what your display was designed around and will display the best picture quality at. Consult your displays user guide to find out its native resolution.
In HDTV setups remember that P (progressive scan) is superior to I (interlaced). Progressive display the full number of picture lines whilst I misses a line each time and runs them at a refresh rate of 30hz. This can cause the display to flicker or show weakness with moving and static objects that appear on the screen.
Never settle for manufacture defaults
Most of the time, not much time or effort goes into these settings and they are not always right for every viewer.
For Best Results Do The Following:
Brightness
Turn up the brightness on your display to the maximum settings and with a still image on your screen gradually bring down the brightness until blacks appear black and whites appear white. The best way to do this is find and image that shows detail for example a wall with a pattern on or a shirt with creases. Adjust the brightness until these details can be seen.
Contrast
Set the contrast to full and with a still image reduce the contrast till shadowed areas appear black. Its important that there not gray or washed, the deeper the black the better although if areas that shouldnt be black or gray appear darker you have reduced the contrast to much. Try to get a natural level of contrast that looks as life like as possible. Note that some cheaper dislays will never display jet blacks and the higher quailty of the the display panal the deaper the blacks, try to get the best black you can with out effecting the picture.
Colour
Again turn the setting to its maximum and get a still image of a person onto your screen and bring the level down until the skin tone looks natural and balanced. try to get the skin so its not to pale or sun burnt and displays a good amount of detail.
Sharpness
Many HD displays are very sharp due to the high picture quality and to much sharpness can result in jaggy edges. As a rule of thumb turn the sharpness down as much as you can without the image becoming blurred. Static Text is the best way of detecting jaggy and blurred edges.
Other Settings
Settings like colour temperature (The shades of white) can be altered to personally choice and other settings like refresh rate should always be set to the setting recommended by your device such as an Xbox 360 or HD-DVD or DVD player, The standard for modern devices is 60hz .
If you follow these steps your well on your way to display perfection, getting the image right for your eyes and your lighting conditions will make your viewing pleasure more pleasurable than ever.
If you follow these steps your well on your way to display perfection, getting the image right for your eyes and your lighting conditions will make your viewing pleasure more pleasurable than ever.
BBC, ITV and Channel 4 To Build Super On Demand Video Service
Posted at 05:49
Its true! the BBC and ITV and Channel 4 have finally come to there senses and are in the talking stages of creating a mega all in one video on demand service. The project (Codename: Project Kangaroo) will provide free downloads, streaming, rental and purchase via the Internet. This is one of the best and most exciting projects i have ever come across regards to anything to do with the British television networks and i cant wait to see the outcome.
All 3 channels have already got there own on demand platforms and all allow users to catchup with there watched TV programs online for Free! After testing all three i would say the best service by far is 4od or 4 on demand as it offers streaming support, fast download speeds and support for Windows Vista.
Here are links to all the services so you can check them out for yourself:
BBC iPlayer
ITV Catch UP
Channel 4 4OD
But if all goes well and if everyone stays in on the project we are looking at a timescale of next year. This could open up great door ways for the networks to get on to our screens when we are out and about and i love the concept of being able to watch any TV program i miss online when ever it suites me.
Xbox 360 Fall Update...Update :) New Friends Of Friends Feature
Tuesday, 27 November 2007 Posted at 03:54Major Nelson has made Live members aware of the new Friends Of Friends Feature coming in the Xbox 360 Fall update 2007:
After the software update to Xbox in early December, you will be able to meet new friends by browsing the Friends lists of other Xbox LIVE members. You can determine who can see your Friends list now on this page – Everyone, Friends Only, or Blocked. You will be able to check your status and change your Friends list setting anytime after the software update in the Account Management section of Marketplace on your Xbox 360 or My Xbox on Xbox.com.
The default setting for who will be able to see your Friends lists depends on your age:
Adults – Everyone
Teenagers (13-17 years old) – Friends Only
Children (under 13 years old) – Blocked
This feature isn't all that impressive to me and im hoping the fall update has more to offer than this. This will be the last major update till Spring 2008 so i hope we get some new COOL stuff to play around with.
Top 8 Christmas Gadget Gifts For 2007!
Monday, 26 November 2007 Posted at 02:45iPhone
Probably the most anticipated Apple product of all time, this phone is very attractive and has a unique touch system, giving the phone a larger screen with less buttons. Some advantages of this phone are the built in Wifi and support for iTunes and the built in Safari web browser. The iPhone has some drawbacks such as no 3G support and the built in camera is an average 2mega-pixels and as of yet has no video support. One of our writers (Wiggles) has an iPhone and is writing his review so we should see an in-depth owners review soon. Personally i love the look of this product and allthough it may be slightly lacking int the feature department its still one of the best phones on the market and if your anything like me and want a phone that just screems i am gordius! then the iPhone is unbeatably the best option.
Price: Depending on contract, Buyout Price £269 (Not yet available on pay as you go in the UK)
Rating: The ultimate show off device!.....want one.
Playstation 3
This console is undoubtedly the most powerful gaming system on the planet. With a Blu-ray drive, built in Wifi, Bluetooth and card reader, It wins hands down on the hardware front. Wireless Bluetooth controller with motion sensitivity come as standard even on the cheaper system and both come with a hard drive either 40gb or 60gb depending on the modal. The online system isn't as advanced or popular as the Xbox Live service on the Xbox 360 but its sufficient enough if you have never tried Xbox Live or if your not crazy on community and keeping in touch with friends. Games wise its not doing to bad but i think the 360 is the better option for variety.
Price: 40gb £350, 60gb £400
Rating: Out Of This World Hardware!
Xbox 360
Xbox 360 is not only a superb gaming platform but its also a excellent way to extend your media around your home. Plus with fantastic games titles like Gears of War, Halo 3, Project Gothem and the new Mass Effect you can keep playing for hours. The new Xbox 360 arcade model offers a value system for buyer on a tight budget, Microsoft has filled the gap in the market for a low budget HD gaming platform and i would recommend it to anyone taking the next gen plundge.
Price: Arcade System £200, Premium System £250, Elite System £300
Rating: Its a must have in any household
Nintendo Wii
If your not crazy on graphics and don't care for online gaming and just want to have some fun this device is for you with fun titles perfect for the whole family and it keeps you on your feet with its unique motion controller your can point, click, swing, shake and literally do anything with your remote to play outrageously fun titles like Wii Sports, WarioWare and Rayman Ravin Rabbids. Unfortunately the Wii is lacking in power and doesnt support High definition gaming. Its drive doesn't support DVD's or CD's and at the Wii can leave you thinking that it could do a little more.
Price: £170
Rating: Fun! Fun! Fun!
Nokia N95
The Nokia N-series mobile phones have been a booming success with my old favorite the N80 stilling being the best selling phone in the category. Of course that is due to change because of this beast. The Nokia N95 wipes the floor with any other specs on a mobile i have ever seen. Its got a 5 mega-pixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, built in GPS and Wifi. Plus a built in graphics accelerator to handle high quality games and to keep the UI running smoothly. Is looks very futeristic and still has the nice brush metal effect as seen in previous N-series phones. If you have the cash and love phones with lots of features i couldnt think of another phone on par with this one.
Price: £400-£500 Sim Free, Avalible on contract
Rating: Bow down to the mother of all phones!
Zune 2.0
Microsofts solid attempt of showing there faces in the MP3 player market. The Zune has some niffy features such as Wi-Fi and a radio receiver and the ability to share songs with friends. The device looks rather tasty too and its available in various colours and memory sizes of 4, 8, 30 and 80GB. The Zunes is taking a different approach to the market dominant MP3 player (the Apple iPod) by making the Music industry more sharable and social rather than personal like the iPod. I like that and i can see Microsofts vision for this product and hope it does well in the industry.
Price: Not yet avalible in UK Stores, Avalible online from $149-$299.
Rating: Join the social.....I like that!
iPod Touch
Its the new iPod! but its not just a redesign. This time it includes a touch screen control system similar to that in the iPhone. In fact it looks remarkably similar to an iPhone. If your a music lover and like to show off your gadgets the iPod touch will definitely do that for you. Also Apple has had a redesign on its other iPod range with the ipod classic a slighter, more rounded and smaller iPod.
Price: 8GB £199, 16GB £269
Rating: Ooooo a new Ipod that isn't just a smaller version of the previous one!!
Windows Vista
The new Microsoft operating system released earlier this year, its a more secure and reliable system and to top it off it looks very clean and crisp with its new glass effect windows. Its feels a more pleasurable experience than Windows XP and stuff is much easier to find with the integrated search found on the start menu and on every explorer windows. The best version for the average user is Home Premium because it comes with great media capabilities including media center. Vista Ultimate Edition is one you must avoid at all cost, Microsoft promised great innotive extras for customers who pay the extra price but quite frankly they have failed to deliver. All in all Vista is an amazing product and sooner or later you will come across it and if you getting a new computer this year expect to see this amazing product pre installed.
Price: (Based on Avarage for the Vista Upgrade Editons) Home Basic £49.99, Home Premium £99.99, Business £149.99, Ultimate £199.99
Rating: Puts Windows XP to shame, any day!
Probably the most anticipated Apple product of all time, this phone is very attractive and has a unique touch system, giving the phone a larger screen with less buttons. Some advantages of this phone are the built in Wifi and support for iTunes and the built in Safari web browser. The iPhone has some drawbacks such as no 3G support and the built in camera is an average 2mega-pixels and as of yet has no video support. One of our writers (Wiggles) has an iPhone and is writing his review so we should see an in-depth owners review soon. Personally i love the look of this product and allthough it may be slightly lacking int the feature department its still one of the best phones on the market and if your anything like me and want a phone that just screems i am gordius! then the iPhone is unbeatably the best option.
Price: Depending on contract, Buyout Price £269 (Not yet available on pay as you go in the UK)
Rating: The ultimate show off device!.....want one.
Playstation 3
This console is undoubtedly the most powerful gaming system on the planet. With a Blu-ray drive, built in Wifi, Bluetooth and card reader, It wins hands down on the hardware front. Wireless Bluetooth controller with motion sensitivity come as standard even on the cheaper system and both come with a hard drive either 40gb or 60gb depending on the modal. The online system isn't as advanced or popular as the Xbox Live service on the Xbox 360 but its sufficient enough if you have never tried Xbox Live or if your not crazy on community and keeping in touch with friends. Games wise its not doing to bad but i think the 360 is the better option for variety.
Price: 40gb £350, 60gb £400
Rating: Out Of This World Hardware!
Xbox 360
Xbox 360 is not only a superb gaming platform but its also a excellent way to extend your media around your home. Plus with fantastic games titles like Gears of War, Halo 3, Project Gothem and the new Mass Effect you can keep playing for hours. The new Xbox 360 arcade model offers a value system for buyer on a tight budget, Microsoft has filled the gap in the market for a low budget HD gaming platform and i would recommend it to anyone taking the next gen plundge.
Price: Arcade System £200, Premium System £250, Elite System £300
Rating: Its a must have in any household
Nintendo Wii
If your not crazy on graphics and don't care for online gaming and just want to have some fun this device is for you with fun titles perfect for the whole family and it keeps you on your feet with its unique motion controller your can point, click, swing, shake and literally do anything with your remote to play outrageously fun titles like Wii Sports, WarioWare and Rayman Ravin Rabbids. Unfortunately the Wii is lacking in power and doesnt support High definition gaming. Its drive doesn't support DVD's or CD's and at the Wii can leave you thinking that it could do a little more.
Price: £170
Rating: Fun! Fun! Fun!
Nokia N95
The Nokia N-series mobile phones have been a booming success with my old favorite the N80 stilling being the best selling phone in the category. Of course that is due to change because of this beast. The Nokia N95 wipes the floor with any other specs on a mobile i have ever seen. Its got a 5 mega-pixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, built in GPS and Wifi. Plus a built in graphics accelerator to handle high quality games and to keep the UI running smoothly. Is looks very futeristic and still has the nice brush metal effect as seen in previous N-series phones. If you have the cash and love phones with lots of features i couldnt think of another phone on par with this one.
Price: £400-£500 Sim Free, Avalible on contract
Rating: Bow down to the mother of all phones!
Zune 2.0
Microsofts solid attempt of showing there faces in the MP3 player market. The Zune has some niffy features such as Wi-Fi and a radio receiver and the ability to share songs with friends. The device looks rather tasty too and its available in various colours and memory sizes of 4, 8, 30 and 80GB. The Zunes is taking a different approach to the market dominant MP3 player (the Apple iPod) by making the Music industry more sharable and social rather than personal like the iPod. I like that and i can see Microsofts vision for this product and hope it does well in the industry.
Price: Not yet avalible in UK Stores, Avalible online from $149-$299.
Rating: Join the social.....I like that!
iPod Touch
Its the new iPod! but its not just a redesign. This time it includes a touch screen control system similar to that in the iPhone. In fact it looks remarkably similar to an iPhone. If your a music lover and like to show off your gadgets the iPod touch will definitely do that for you. Also Apple has had a redesign on its other iPod range with the ipod classic a slighter, more rounded and smaller iPod.
Price: 8GB £199, 16GB £269
Rating: Ooooo a new Ipod that isn't just a smaller version of the previous one!!
Windows Vista
The new Microsoft operating system released earlier this year, its a more secure and reliable system and to top it off it looks very clean and crisp with its new glass effect windows. Its feels a more pleasurable experience than Windows XP and stuff is much easier to find with the integrated search found on the start menu and on every explorer windows. The best version for the average user is Home Premium because it comes with great media capabilities including media center. Vista Ultimate Edition is one you must avoid at all cost, Microsoft promised great innotive extras for customers who pay the extra price but quite frankly they have failed to deliver. All in all Vista is an amazing product and sooner or later you will come across it and if you getting a new computer this year expect to see this amazing product pre installed.
Price: (Based on Avarage for the Vista Upgrade Editons) Home Basic £49.99, Home Premium £99.99, Business £149.99, Ultimate £199.99
Rating: Puts Windows XP to shame, any day!
Labels: christmas, gadgets, gifts iphone, nintendo wii, nokia, playstation 3, vista, xbox 360, zune
Xbox 360 Fall Update 2007
Friday, 23 November 2007 Posted at 02:08On December 4th Microsoft is bringing out the Xbox 360 Fall Update. Fall in December? i know its crazy. :) Every year Microsoft has 2 major updates to the Xbox 360, a spring and a Fall update and most of the time they have some pretty nifty features take this years spring we got the Live Messenger integration and the marketplace blade.
Now Micosoft are being quite tight on details for this years Fall update but a few things have been confirmed.
Downloadable Original Xbox Games!
I kid you not you can download all your old faves to your hard drive for around a tenner a piece. A 120gb is highly needed here.
The number of titles will get better over time but the first lot of games include:
Halo
Fahrenheit
Fable
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex
Burnout 3
Psychonauts
Europe Gets On Demand Movie Downloads
The US has had this feature for along time that allows you to rent downloadable HD movies. This sevice is coming to us and our European friends in the update.
The service works by letting you rent the download and you will have 4 days to start watching the movie but as soon as you have started to watch it you have 24 hours to finish it. That is a big blow on the whole pitch for me as i often like to watch movies in bits or more than once.
The films come in full 720p HD and not 1080p for some crazy reason, probably to keep the download size down. Also standard def versions will be avalible. Price depends on the content but im guessing it wont be to much as there only rental movies. Again a 120gb hard drive is essential and its seems most of the Fall update is making the demand for a 120gb hard drive even higher.
Please not that this feature is not to be confused with IPTV and Microsoft has confirmed that this IPTV wont be in the fall update after many rumors on the Internet.
Advanced Parental Controls
Kids beware parents will soon be able to restrict how long you spend on your Xbox and what times and days you can go on it. I guess i can see there point a solid month of Viva Pinata is enough to send anyone crazy! :)
Strong Rumors
Stuff thats been lurking about but its more than likely that the update could contain. But the key work is RUMORS, might never happen at all.
DivX/Xvid File Support (Im Begging you Microsoft put this in!)
A New Xbox Live Arcade Balde
Also theres a list going around with tonnes of cool new features on but its more like someones wish list rather than a confirmed list. I wouldn't pay to much attention to it but i have a copy of the list here if your intrigued.
Labels: games, media center, microsoft, xbox 360
Games Releases (Week 23/11/07)
Wednesday, 21 November 2007 Posted at 16:22
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation, 360, Atari
Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun, PC, JoWood
Beowulf, PS3/PSP, Ubisoft
Cars: Mater-National, PS2/PC/DS, THQ
Company of Heroes Gold Pack, PC, THQ
Crash of the Titans, PSP, Vivendi
Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess, PC/360, SquareEnix
Campus, PC, Kalypso Media
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, Wii/PS2/360/PS3, Activision
Jackass, PSP/PS2, Empire
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights, PC, THQ
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, PC/360, Activision
Learn to Speak French For Beginners, DS, Ubisoft
Learn to Speak Spanish For Beginners, DS, Ubisoft
Mario Party, DS, Nintendo
Mario & Sonic At the Olympics, Wii, Sega
Mass Effect, 360, Microsoft
Mini Desktop Racing, Wii, Metro 3D
My Animal Centre in Australia, DS, Deep Silver
My French Coach, DS, Ubisoft
My Horse And Me, DS/PC/Wii, Atari
My Spanish Coach, DS, Ubisoft
NBA 2K8, PS3, 2K Games
Need For Speed: Pro Street, PC/PS3/360/DS/Wii, EA
Oblivion: Shivering Isles, 360, Ubisoft
Shrek: Ogres and Dronkeys, DS, Activision
Sight Training, DS, Nintendo
Smarty Pants, Wii, EA
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, PC, THQ
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow, PSP, Sony
Unreal Tournament III, PC, Midway
Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command, PSP, THQ
World Championship Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets, 360/PS2/PC, Activision
Labels: nintendo ds, nintendo wii, playstation 3, psp, releases, xbox 360
SP1 RC Review
Saturday, 17 November 2007 Posted at 06:12
My immediate reaction was Wow this is fast! It feels like Vista has been given a big kick up the backside, flicking through Windows seems more snappy and programs install and run faster. All was well in the ProCookie SP1 RC land until out of the BLUE i got a blue screen of death. The problem occurred every time i used Windows Media Canter extended on my Xbox 360. Every time i closed Media Center i got the BOSD. After many hours cursing and moaning i stumbled upon the cure. The problem was i setup my Media Canter Extender before running the Windows Media Center Initial Setup from within my Vista based PC, after doing the wizard it was all fine and dandy. Apart from this little mishap the first SP1 RC is an extreme performance boost than previous builds and it its looking like there's light at the end of the tunnel for the very first Windows Vista Service Pack.
Vista SP1 RC
Friday, 16 November 2007 Posted at 04:13
The Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta has this week been put through to the release candidate stages. After trying the last few Beta builds i agree that the service pack is a worthy upgrade and as you would expect it fixes a fare amount of bugs and makes Vista preform a little faster. The RC was release to 15,000 testers as part of a private beta program. I will be writing a full review when over the weekend when i manage to get a copy of the service pack installed.
Vista SP1 Fixes & Changes
Posted at 04:12IE7 Will perform better and be more reliable with more CPU optimisation and JavaScript improvements
Readyboost Some important issue’s with the Readyboost service will be fixed.
Disk Defragment Will now have an option to select what drive’s will be defraged during automatic scheduling rather than them all being defraged.
Bitlocker Will be updated to have the functionality of the Windows Server 2008 version.
Windows Search & Indexing To comply with the terms agreed with the Google law suite, The Vista search will now make it easier to use another search engine.
Security Center To comply with complaints from security company such as Symantec.
Update Roll-ups All important Windows Updates updates prior to SP1 will be included in the pack.
Performance & Reliability Packs Will include the reliability and performance packs that were released in previous month’s.
Basic U.I Tweaks Some basic UI tweak’s such as the volume controls in the volume configuration options. See Image Here
Feedback Fixes Some bugs and compatibly issue’s that have been reported since release will be fixed.
Piracy Updates Vista cracks such as the time-stopper crack will no longer work.
New Boot UI Oddly Microsoft have changed the hidden Boot UI in SP1, Please note this is disabled By default.
New Technologies Support for new technologies like the exFAT file system designed for potable devices and
support for SD-DMA (Secure Digital Advanced Direct Memory Access)
Laptop Battery Life With all the fixes, Vista will use less CPU power resulting in higher battery life.
Login & Sleep Response Enhanced to minimize the wait time between logging in and out and the time is takes to resume and go into a sleep state.
Network and sharing optimizations for file sharing and browsing.
New Hardware Compatibility Supports more hardware with fixes for hardware old and new.
Direct X 10.1 Latest version of Direct X that fixes issues with Direct X generated content.
Ultimate Extras description changed, now instead of a paragraph boasting about the amazing Ultimate Extras, there is now just a small sentence with less "Wow" Ultimate users are very very annoyed.
My Windows Vista Wallpapers
Thursday, 15 November 2007 Posted at 05:06My very popular Vista Wallpapers original posted on Essential Vista and if your a Vista Babble member you may have seen them before too. Enjoy them any case.
Click the thumbs to see the full resolution.
Click the thumbs to see the full resolution.
Labels: blue, cloudy, custom, metal, orb, popular, vista, wallpaper
Introducing The New Windows Live ID (@live.xx)
Thursday, 8 November 2007 Posted at 06:10Along with the second wave of the Windows Live suite Microsoft has also released the long awaited @live email/liveID addresses. Depending on were you live you can get a ID exclusive for your country's international code for example mine would be @live.co.uk. Below is the list of ID's available for each country but don't worry if your not on there you can still get a @live.com ID.
argentina live.com.ar
australia live.com.au
austria live.at
belgium live.be
canada live.ca
chile live.cl
china live.cn
denmark live.dk
finland windowslive.com
france live.fr
germany live.de
hong kong live.hk
indonesia windowslive.com
ireland live.ie
italy live.it
japan live.jp
korea live.co.kr
malaysia live.com.my
mexico live.com.mx
netherlands live.nl
norway live.no
pakistan lve.com.pk
peru live.com.pe
portugal live.com.pt
russia live.ru
singapore live.com.sg
south africa live.co.za
sweden live.se
switzerland windowslive.com
thailand windowslive.com
turkey windowslive.com
uk live.co.uk
usa live.com
vietnam windowslive.com
UPDATE: The severs have been having some technical troubles and are constantly up and down bar the US servers that haven't worked altogether. Microsoft is addressing the issue and hopefully they will sort it out soon.
Google Vs. Microsoft Round 2
Friday, 2 November 2007 Posted at 03:04These days, its seems like community based websites are all the range. Im talking about you MySpace your Facebooks and Bebeo's. With the ever popular demand of these services it doesnt take long before the big companys want a slice of the action.
Both Microsoft and Google are homing in on the 2 biggest community based sites. Microsoft are backing FaceBook and they a willing to folk about big cash for shares in the company. The same goes for Google but they plan to do the same for the grandfather of these sites, MySpace.
So there is going to be yet another Google vs. Microsoft scrap but hopefully this one wont end up in court. Both site have a lot to offer but will there be any change when 2 of the richest company's in the world battle it out again. We have all ready seen Live search creeping in due to the advantages of having the defaults in the Windows operating system whats to say Microsoft wont creep in a few FaceBook features in. On the other hand millions of people use Google as there homepage and there advantage spreads across the platforms.
Both Microsoft and Google are homing in on the 2 biggest community based sites. Microsoft are backing FaceBook and they a willing to folk about big cash for shares in the company. The same goes for Google but they plan to do the same for the grandfather of these sites, MySpace.
So there is going to be yet another Google vs. Microsoft scrap but hopefully this one wont end up in court. Both site have a lot to offer but will there be any change when 2 of the richest company's in the world battle it out again. We have all ready seen Live search creeping in due to the advantages of having the defaults in the Windows operating system whats to say Microsoft wont creep in a few FaceBook features in. On the other hand millions of people use Google as there homepage and there advantage spreads across the platforms.
