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DirecTv Tivo Update has arrived
Well, it finally happened. We got our notice from DirecTv to download their software update for our DirecTv Tivo. I’ve talked about this software update in a previous post. We downloaded the software update and didn’t really notice any difference. My wife noticed that there is now a ‘Deleted Items’ folder. Which is OK, but […]
Continue readingNBC Chooses TVTonic to Provide Downloadable Olympics Coverage
TVTonic is partnering with NBC Olympics to bring the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games to Windows Media Center. Congrats to TVTonic for this big announcement. I use TVTonic all the time with my media center to watch downloaded shows like. DL.TV, Cranking Geeks, and Revision3 content. "In partnership with Wave systems’ Wavexpress, a provider of broadband […]
Continue readingBring a bag, Save the world
Obviously, I am making a reference to the Hero’s TV show "Save the Cheerleader, Save the World" phrase from the first season. If you haven’t watch the show you should. It’s a favorite of mine. Anyway, we were in a Giant Supermarket the other day and we decided to bring our own bag from the […]
Continue readingWeb Browser Firefox 3 is here
The newest version of the Mozilla Firefox browser has arrived. In May of 2008:65.50% of internet users used Microsoft’s Internet Explorer15.05% of internet users used Mozilla’s FireFox I use Firefox most of the time. Most of you reading this probably use IE(Internet Explorer). I wont bore you with the super geeked out differences between Firefox […]
Continue readingYou should give the Planet Green channel a try
We at CM3 Solutions are very involved in the green movement. From personally eating organic foods to helping businesses become more environmentally friendly. So when I heard that Discovery networks had purchased TreeHugger.com, a personal favorite web site of mine, and were changing Discovery Home to Planet Green. I was very interested in how it […]
Continue readingI don’t like Best Buy
The title says it all – I don’t like Best Buy. Let me tell you about my experiences with Best Buy, the home electronics chain here in the US. Let’s start this story several years ago. My wife and I, for a wedding gift to ourselves, decided to purchase a big screen rear projection TV. […]
Continue readingWindows codename Fiji Screen Shots
ArsTechnica.com, a great technology news site, has an article up about the new version of windows ‘Fiji’ which supports DirecTv. They have posted some pictures but nothing too earth shattering. But non the less, Directv on my media center PC is coming 😉 "Windows codename Fiji, also known as "Media Center Edition +1," is the […]
Continue readingMicrosoft demonstrates Multi-touch
From Windows Vista Blog "For years Microsoft has been investing in many forms of natural input in order to simplify the way people interact with their PC’s and devices. The advent of the original Windows graphical user interface forever changed the way people used their PC’s. Today, advances in pen and handwriting technology in Windows […]
Continue readingAVG Virus Scan 7.5 Update Pop Up
One of the products we recommend to all of our clients is called AVG virus scan by Grisoft. It’s the same type of Virus scan as McAfee or Noton. However, the reason we like AVG better is simple: it’s free and it works well. Recently, there has been a pop up appearing on our clients […]
Continue readingYahoo Claims Record With Petabyte SQL Database
Yahoo claims it has the largest SQL database in a production environment and that it will grow larger. This shows you how scalable the Microsoft Development platform is. By the way 80% of all CM3 Solutions database are SQL. We never had any issues with our SQL servers. MySql on the other hand has been […]
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