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…


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LG Intel Android coming to CES 2012, denied in kind
SlashGear
There's something about device information leaks that gets everybody's engine going, and certainly there's no greater time to get a new tank of gas than right before the year's biggest event, CES 2012 – LG and Intel know this to be true, ...
LG Intel Android phone to arrive at CES?TechRadar UK
LG could introduce Intel-powered smartphone at CESCNET (blog)
Leaked Medfield Specs Point to Powerful But Power-Hungry ChipPC Magazine
TechCrunch -DailyTech -Tom's Hardware Guide
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Daily Disruption

Windows emergency update live today: are you patched?
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There comes a time in every operating system's life when it needs to have an emergency patch slapped over a security hold in its guts, and for Windows, that time is today – and it's an emergency. What you're going to see here is a bulletin by the name ...
Microsoft finishes out 2011 with an emergency Windows UpdateDaily Disruption
Websites, apps vulnerable to low-bandwidth, bot-free takedown, say researchersComputerworld
Flaw in Web App Frameworks Pushes Microsoft to Patch ASP.net PromptlyPCWorld
eWeek -ITProPortal -Hot Hardware
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CTV.ca

Amazon's bottom line may be suffering despite blockbuster sales of Kindle Fire
Washington Post
Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc. may miss fourth- quarter sales estimates, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. predicted, citing slower-than-expected e-commerce growth over the holidays. Amazon's revenue may rise 38 percent from a year earlier to $17.9 ...
Amazon May Miss Sales Estimates, Goldman Sachs PredictsBusinessWeek
Kindle Sales Top 4 Million in December: AmazoneWeek
Amazon Sold Millions of Kindles -- But Won't Say Exactly How ManyReuters
Apple Insider -Los Angeles Times -Wall Street Journal
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Gaming Union

NVIDIA high-fives Sega for Sonic the Hedgehog 4 mobile release
SlashGear
Sega is coming on strong on the Sonic tip here at the end of 2011, first with Sonic CD for the mobile platform, now with Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 2 for Android devices sporting either an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core or Tegra 3 quad-core processor ...
Tails To Fly High In “Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 2″Platform Nation
Sega teams up with nVidia to bring Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 2 to Android ...DroidGamers
SEGA announces Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II for iOS, AndroidIntoMobile
androidandme.com -Android Police -Ubergizmo
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RT

GoDaddy wins, and loses, Move Your Domain Day over SOPA
Ars Technica
By Casey Johnston | Published December 30, 2011 11:00 AM GoDaddy gained more domains than it lost on Move Your Domain Day, a reaction to the company's former support for the Stop Online Piracy Act. According to DailyChanges (via TechDirt), the combined ...
Dump Go Daddy Day results: 27K domains transfer in, only 14K outVentureBeat
GoDaddy goes against SOPACNET
GoDaddy Officially Opposes SOPA, Sees 'Spike' in Domain TransfersPC Magazine
Mashable -TG Daily -Billboard.biz
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IBNLive.com

Facebook photo of duct-taped kids prompts couples arrest
USA TODAY
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY The Coconino County Sheriff's Office says the 2-year-old and 10-month-old children were bound around their wrists and ankles and had their mouths closed with tape. The sheriff's office says one child was hung upside down ...
Arizona Parents Arrested Over Alleged Facebook Images of Duct Tape-Bound ChildrenFox News
Facebook photos lead to child abuse arrests in ArizonaReuters
Quoted: Facebook photos of bound children lead to parents' arrestGood Morning Silicon Valley (blog)
ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) -Arizona Daily Sun
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DailyTech

HTC Begrudgingly Allows Bootloader Unlocking
DailyTech
If you own an a phone with Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android operating system, beware there are likely two significant locks on it. The first is the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) (or Universal Integrated Circuit Card) lock. This lock prevents the user ...
HTC releases bootloader to unlock mobile phones launched after September 2011Recombu
HTC Expands Bootloader Unlock Compatibility – Incredible 2, Thunderbolt Make ...Android Police
HTC releases bootloader unlocker for its phonesMoneycontrol.com
CNET -GigaOm -CNET UK
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Sydney Morning Herald

Letter airs harassment claims against HP's ex-CEO
Los Angeles Times
AP SAN FRANCISCO — Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd's efforts to impress an HP event hostess included showing her his checking-account balance holding over $1 million, according to a letter detailing the sexual harassment allegations that led to ...
HP CEO Mark Hurd's sex scandal letter emergesChicago Tribune
HP Ex-CEO Hurd Pursued Sex With Jodie Fisher: LetterBloomberg
Mark Hurd Scandal Details Revealed; Harassment of Jodie Fisher AllegedThe Hollywood Gossip
ABC News (blog) -BusinessWeek
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USA TODAY

Android Sees 3.7M Activations Over Christmas
Tom's Guide
Google's Andy Rubin reported that more than 3.7 million Android devices were activated on 12/24 and 12/25. Mobile analytics firm Flurry has added some data that also suggests that Android Market has now surpassed Apple's App Store in total downloads. ...
App developers reap benefits of tablet, smartphone maniaUSA TODAY
Google's Merry Christmas: 3.7 Million Android Device ActivationseWeek
Apple iOS, Google Android new device activations skyrocketComputerworld
CNET -The Guardian -PC Magazine
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SlashGear

Stolen Stratfor member details put online by AntiSec
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Earlier this week we talked about the security breach that happened with anonymous hacked the servers at a security firm based in Austin, Texas called Stratfor. The breach resulted in a huge number of passwords and credit card details being stolen. ...
Hackers Release More Data From StratforStarNewsOnline.com
Hacked Stratfor security think tank keeps site offlineBBC News
Stratfor Offers Free ID Theft Protection After Hack, Keeps Site OfflinePC Magazine
Mashable -CRN
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