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Xbox getting vocal – Voice Remote through Kinnect

Xbox is releasing the promised voice integration with Bing Search and a host of TV and entertainment features. Now with XBox and Kinnect people will be able to search TV content, games, Netflix, the internet and more simply by using voice commands. For those of you who have been following Microsoft’s...

Posted to Winrox - Architecture of Acceleration(TM) by jeffl on Mon, Dec 5 2011
Filed under: Filed under: Search, Voice, XBOX, Bing
Gagnez une XBox 360 et Kinect avec le concours Technet “j'en ai rien a déployer”

Tout au long de l’été, Microsoft a proposé une série de dossiers thématiques à consulter pour voir ou revoir ce que vous auriez pu rater durant l’année : ”Avec nos sessions de rattrapage de l'été, devenez incollable sur toutes les technologies Microsoft : de Windows 7 à SQL Server 2008/2008R2 en...

Posted to ToutWindows.com by Mtoo on Thu, Sep 2 2010
Filed under: Filed under: XBox, Windows 7, deployment
A correction to my last post.....

First, a big shout out to Eddy from Amulet Devices (check out those cool remotes) who nicely sent me a mail pointing out that Windows 7 and Xbox 360 now “play nice” with various different formats and that Transcoding should not be needed. This made me look again. Sure enough, there is an...

Posted to Nick Whittome - The Naked MVP by Nick Whittome on Wed, Oct 28 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Windows 7, Xbox
Playing with Windows Media Player, XBox 360 and MediaBrowser

Recently a few friends of mine have got their hands on Windows 7, and are loving it. One of the common things I am seeing these guys do is to setup Windows 7 PC's in their living room, next to the PC, to play their movies and record live TV. Nothing new, and something I have avoided until now. The...

Posted to Nick Whittome - The Naked MVP by Nick Whittome on Tue, Oct 27 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Windows Home Server, Microsoft, Windows 7, Xbox
Going Beyond The Enthusiast Market

Charlie Owen, a former Media Center team member wrote a post this week about Media Center expanding its marketplace, specifically going from the current enthusiast market to a more mainstream market . Charlie analysis comes to the pretty simple answer of “ It's possible, but highly unlikely...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Sat, Aug 22 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Xbox, Windows Vista, Extenders, Media Center PC's, CableCARD, Home Server, DIRECTV/Dish, Windows 7
Got Strict NAT on your Xbox 360 behind Sonicwall firewall devices?

Yeah, me too…. and it is only since Sonicwall updated the firmware to fix this DNS vulnerability . The problem is, as you know if you are reading this, it means that you cannot play online games in “full” as the video or voice with other Xbox gamers will not work correctly etc. If...

Posted to Nick Whittome - The Naked MVP by Nick Whittome on Thu, Jun 11 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Microsoft, Xbox, Sonicwall
Xbox Unveils Entertainment Experiences That Put Everyone Center Stage

Microsoft rewrites the rules on fun with controller-free entertainment, Facebook for your TV, plus instant on 1080p HD streaming video. LOS ANGELES — June 1, 2009 — The future of home entertainment has a new name: Xbox 360. Today, Microsoft Corp. opened the Electronic Entertainment Expo ...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Mon, Jun 1 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Xbox, Streaming
Microsoft Connects the Dots with Zune HD, Zune Marketplace, and Xbox

This week Microsoft took the wraps off the next Zune, dubbed Zune HD . It seems to be your basic next-generation touch screen only media player with the common additions of WiFi and an web browser (IE based). There are some other interesting parts such as a HD Radio tuner, an OLED screen, multitouch...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Fri, May 29 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Portable Media, Xbox, Streaming
Xbox 360 Sees Record Growth in 2009

Year-over-year growth jumps as Xbox 360 console sales hit 30 million globally and Xbox LIVE community reaches 20 million users. REDMOND, Wash. — May 28, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. announced today that sales of Xbox 360 consoles have passed the 30 million mark globally, with its Xbox LIVE community...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Thu, May 28 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Digital Media, Xbox
Microsoft Announces the Expansion of the Zune Entertainment Service to New Platform and Markets; Confirms New Zune HD Portable Media Player

Premium Zune digital entertainment service to be available internationally on Xbox LIVE. REDMOND, Wash. — May 26, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the evolution of Zune, the company’s end-to-end music and entertainment service, to a new platform and new markets. Zune will extend...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Tue, May 26 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Portable Media, Xbox
Games missing from XBLA that I wish were there

Tonight a friend and I headed out to see the new Star Trek film at Hoyts in Melbourne. While we waited for the film to start we got to talking/reminiscing about some of the games we spent our youth playing. Some where between our recount of Grim Fandango and X-Wing Alliance we came to the conclusion...

Posted to Ben Walters InfoPath MVP by Ben Walters on Tue, May 19 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Xbox 360, Games, XBLA, Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox
Xbox 360 Hub: Xbox Red Rings Finally Defeated?

Xbox 360 Hub: Xbox Red Rings Finally Defeated? Read More...

Posted to Rod Trent MVP, myITforum'er by on Fri, Mar 6 2009
Filed under: Filed under: XBOX
Xbox LIVE Primetime Channel Brings Interactive Gaming/TV to Xbox 360

Developing…. “new interactive entertainment genre with the premiere of the Xbox LIVE Primetime channel, which brings together the best of TV and gaming. Xbox LIVE Primetime will debut with an online version of the popular TV show “1 vs. 100” that enables thousands of gamers to...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Wed, Jan 7 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Xbox
Xbox 360 Records Its Biggest Year Ever

Driven by record sales at retail along with an 84 percent jump in online consumer spending; global install base lead over PlayStation 3 expands to more than 8 million units. REDMOND, Wash. — Jan. 5, 2009 — Despite a tough economy, the gaming industry held strong in 2008 and Microsoft Corp...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Wed, Jan 7 2009
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Xbox
‘08 Disappointments: Xbox IPTV

2008 was going to be the year of IPTV, and while AT&T and Verizon (actually QAM) have made great strides in the IPTV marketplace, Microsoft hasn’t done much to push what was promised on their end (Note: Microsoft powers AT&Ts IPTV DVRs). Of course the prime example here is the concept of...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Wed, Dec 24 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, IPTV, Xbox, Streaming
We’re a Wii family – but at $199, we may have to add a second console

And, Microsoft knows it… History shows that more than 75 percent of all console sales happen after the price falls below the $200 mark. For millions of consumers who have been waiting for the perfect time to buy an Xbox 360 console, their moment has finally...

Posted to Rod Trent MVP, myITforum'er by on Thu, Sep 4 2008
Filed under: Filed under: XBOX
Xbox 360 Arcade Officially $200

Microsoft has officially dropped the price of all Xbox 360 SKUs. The Arcade is now officially $200, or rather still the best value for an Extender if you can live without additional file format support and live with the fact that it has a fan. Read more here.

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Wed, Sep 3 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Xbox, Extenders
My Twelfth Post on Xbox 360 Not Getting Blu-ray

I never thought I would get a dozen posts out of this topic, but what do you know! Some said I was dead wrong when I predicted that Microsoft wasn’t planning on adding Blu-ray to the Xbox 360. After covering the issue from every different angle possible ( Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, Here, Here...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Tue, Jul 15 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Xbox, Streaming, Blu-ray
Sony plays copycat

Sony to start PS3 video distribution service today Read More...

Posted to Rod Trent MVP, myITforum'er by on Tue, Jul 15 2008
Filed under: Filed under: XBOX, Gaming, Playstation
Short Bits: Netflix

Yesterday Microsoft announced that they are partnering with Netflix to bring Netflix’s streaming content to the Xbox 360 Dashboard . What was not announced however is the same in Media Center. The good news is that Microsoft now has the backend to make it work. The bad news that knowing them Netflix...

Posted to Chris Lanier by chrisl on Tue, Jul 15 2008
Filed under: Filed under: Media Center, Digital Media, Xbox, Streaming

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