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…


Ahead of the Bell: Amazon and eBay
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Executives for Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc. plan to make their case Wednesday morning at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on whether states should be allowed to force online retailers to collect sales taxes on customers' purchases. ...
Internet sales tax fight returns to CongressCNET
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Sonos Controller for Android tablets released
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Social network offers 'smart journal' users a revamped Path
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Internet Explorer 10 Platform Preview 4: Windows 7 users need not apply
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Samsung wins appeal on Galaxy tab ban in Australia
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ESRB “T for Teens” ratings system dismissed by iOS and Android
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What very well could have been the next generation of rating content on a scale that disallows kids from playing the most violent and inappropriate games by their parents has essentially been shot dead before it was active by none other than the two ...
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Haute 100 Update: Original 1976 Apple Contract Expected to Auction for $150K
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RIM to offer security features for iPhone, Android
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8 Considerations for Evaluation Disk-Based Backup Solutions
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Verizon's FiOS TV Coming to an Xbox Near You
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