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April 18 How to link your IM, Facebook & TwitterI've never been a fan of Twitter, I always felt it had very limited uses (and still do). However, when I became aware of ways to link things like Twitter with my Windows Live (MSN) Messenger status message and my Facebook status message then the whole thing because a much more interesting proposition. So right now, I can write a new twitter message which in turn is picked up by the add-in to my messenger client and my facebook application which in turn updates my Facebook status message. So instead of two status messages, I now have one and I'm also twittering. My life just got a marginally easier! Although I haven't investigated any further, I believe the same effect can be achieved with Yahoo Messenger, but to do what I've done with Windows Live Messenger, you just need the following: and Now I just need to feed this into my blog and be very careful about what I put in my status message from now on. April 09 BBC iPlayer now on Nintendo WiiOriginal source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/latest/ Last month we made BBC iPlayer available on Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch devices, the first of many mobile platforms that we hope to support. The theme for this month's iPlayer release is "iPlayer in the living room"- i.e. watching BBC on-demand programmes on your big-screen television set. Today, most people watch iPlayer programmes on their computer. That's great - you can watch your favourite BBC programmes curled up in bed with your notebook PC, or on your study desk while you check your email, or (if you downloaded our programmes) on the plane or away abroad on holiday. But have you tried hooking up your computer to your TV set? iPlayer programmes, particularly downloaded programmes, look great on a TV. The video quality is usually even better when iPlayer programmes are played back on a TV than on your computer screen. Most newish computers, particularly notebook computers, have an S-video output, which, with a suitable S-video to SCART cable, can connect to most modern TV sets. If you have an LCD or plasma TV, chances are that it will have a VGA input which will give even better picture quality when connected to the VGA output of your notebook PC. If you have a Nintendo Wii, it's already connected to your TV, and now you can play BBC iPlayer programmes directly on your Wii. On your Wii, you'll first need to install the Internet Channel, which costs 500 Wii points, or approx. £3.50 (unfortunately there's no alternative to having to buy the Wii Internet Channel for iPlayer web site access at this time - but later we hope to be able to get iPlayer on Wii without this purchase being needed). After you've installed the Internet Channel, browse to www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer, find your favourite programme, and hit Play. The programme should play immediately. For a smooth playback experience on Wii you'll need an internet connection that can give you 1Mbps or better. If you're experiencing buffering issues, try turning off any P2P or other downloads that are running on other computers around your home. iPlayer on Wii is still in beta, and over the coming weeks we'll tweak the video encoding rates and playback window size to get the best possible video quality. Wes says, "This is great news. The majority of the public won't have a PC connected to their TV, but they may well have a Wii, which means they instantly get access to all of the BBC's content via the internet and through iPlayer. I'm sure this will become a very popular way for people to catch up on shows they've missed in future. Well done to the beeb!" March 03 I'd love you to sponsor me in a space hopper race!Tomorrow, myself and three other colleagues will be mounting their Sport Relief branded Space Hoppers in search of glory against other businesses. The event takes place in Milton Keynes shopping centre in the UK, but the charity supports vulnerable people across the globe. For more information please read this: If that sounds like a worthy cause worth contributing too, please sponsor us here: Whether it be £1 or $1, it would be greatly appreciated and I absolutely promise to provide pictures and video to brighten your day! February 19 HD DVD is canned, Blu Ray is now the only HD formatOn the 19th February 2008, Toshiba announced that they're no longer going to manufacture HD DVD players, effectively ending the HD format war between themselves and Sony (makes of Blu Ray players). What does that mean for the consumer?
If anyone wants any advice on what Blu Ray player to buy, apparently the PS3 contains the best Blu Ray player on the market, it's also fully upgradeable and costs little more than a standard Blu Ray player. February 11 The best thing you'll read todayIt's Monday, which automatically means I'm grumpy, so to lighten my mood and everyone else's, please enjoy the awesomeness of the London Branch of Anonymous vs The Cult of Scientology London Division... And the picture of the day award goes to...  I would have quite honestly paid to be there, especially after reading about it, but I had more important work to do as a god parent at a Christening for a "real" religion.
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