If you work in IT and have been living on earth I am sure that you have heard of Jebs Jobs, or at least you should of. Well Nick Forshaw the creator has added an episode to the series of videos. Previously Jeb has worked in Technical Support, Kids TV Shows and now administrative Services sitting on a slightly more impressive desk than last time. But can Jeb actually keep his cool under the pressure this time and keep his job?
For most of us we know that windows media center can be customised and modified to meet the demands of 99% of HTPC lovers. This list will cover all aspects of media center, not just making it look pretty and is listed in no particular order. Please do let me know if you have any software that you would like to see added to the list
Has your phone contract expired and your looking for a good SIM only option? Or maybe you just want to save some money compared to your current plan? If you said yes to either then maybe the lesser known mobile provider GiffGaff is an option for you.
GiffGaff works in a slightly different way to most mobile providers, instead of paying a set monthly fee and getting a set number of minutes and texts you buy credit (Like Pay as you go) which you then spend on what GiffGaff calls ‘GoodyBags’. These goodybags are basically a package of minutes and texts, all goodybags come with unlimited internet. This allows your mobile to be a little more flexible with your use depending on your prediceted usage each month. Of course you dont have to use the goodbags, you could just treat your credit like a Pay As You Go service….. but that would just be old fashioned:-) Read more…
There are several bits of software out there that will add the relavent Metadata to your movies but I have heard good things about this software so lets give it a go. The authors claim that it is perfect for XMBC, Popcorn hour, windows media center etc. It uses data from the IMDB Database to complete all the imformation about your films.
At the CES conference 2012 Zotac have revealed yet another mini ITX motherboard aimed squarely at HTPC machines, the ZOTAC D2700-ITX WiFi Supreme . It has a buit in Intel Atom D2700 which is a dual core processor clocked at a fairly impressive 2.13Ghz while only drawing 10W of power. This little CPU should be ample, if not overkill for any Media playing machine and probably wouldnl’t play too bad with encoding (although only time will tell).
Builtin you will also find a GeForce GT520 with 512 DDR3 memory, this graphics unit supports 3D Blu Ray playback and HDMI 1.4a technology that can send 8 channel audio over a HDMI cable.
