Play .MKV’s in Windows Media Center (WMC)

For a long time I had resisted converting my DVD and Blu-Ray disks into any other format because I didn’t want to lose any quality.  I had lived by this rule for a long time, and thankfully companies like QNAP and Thecus came to my storage rescue.  However, the day has come where the cost of storing all the extra garbage that comes along with these movies has opened my eyes to benefits conversions.  With that, I have began converting my movie collection to a format that allows me to lose all the excess fat, but keep my movie loss-less. Read More…


Daily Mail

Ewww! How to punch a hole in your gut with two iPads
msnbc.com
Stay up to speed with news and reviews on video games for the PC, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, Android, iPhone, iPad, Facebook and more. Ewww! How to punch a hole in your gut with two iPads If you happen to have two iPad 2s laying around, ...
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Gaming Union

Microsoft confirms Kinect SDK for business in 2012
Register
Microsoft has confirmed it will release a full commercial SDK for the Kinect in early 2012, and it's hoping that the technology will cross the chasm from gaming into the business world. Steve Ballmer promised the Kinect SDK would be released at this ...
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TFTS

Apple's in-store pickup option expands to New York City stores
Apple Insider
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ITProPortal

Internal testing of Mac OS X 10.8 increases at Apple
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USA Today

Netflix, Amazon Unveil Deals for Disney-ABC Streaming Content
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ABC News

Apple iPhone 4S Battery Drain: Guessing Game Continues
PCWorld
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Fox News

HP's TouchPad Back For Sale at Best Buy
Fox News
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USA Today

Happy Halloween: Google Doodle carves some awesome pumpkins
Los Angeles Times
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CNET

Ubuntu Linux eyes tablet territory
CNET
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THINQ.co.uk

West vs. East: China builds petaflop homegrown supercomputer
ExtremeTech
Drawing yet another battle line between the incumbent oligarchs of the West and the developing hordes of the East, China has unveiled a new supercomputer that uses entirely-homegrown processors ...
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