Tag Archives: Computers

Blogging is not dead, is it?

I’ve had a recent itch to write a few articles on my old blog for a while now, but had not been able to spare enough time to even get down to it… As I finally managed to spare some time … Continue reading

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Hello world!

That’s it, my Windows Live Spaces blog has officially moved to WordPress.com.

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Important News for Users of the Microsoft® Silverlight™ Streaming by Windows Live™ Beta October 2009

Summary: Microsoft Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live Beta is being discontinued and will eventually be taken down A new Windows® Azure™-based hosting and delivery service will be launched by the end of 2009, though this is not a direct replacement … Continue reading

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Bing, 5 days later…

As soon as it came out, it started flying around email and the blogosphere! Is it “bling”? Remake of a Groundhog Day (the fun starts at 35 seconds within the video) Is it Tony Soprano saying “badda bing”? Is it … Continue reading

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Windows Live Experience in the Webware 100 winners

Cool stuff, goodness all around. Windows Live still rocks the house. Communication: Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Hotmail Infrastructure & Storage: Windows Live SkyDrive Search & Reference: Live Search Location-based services: Live Search Maps Editor’s Choice: Rafe’s Favorite: Windows … Continue reading

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New toys

Computers: Back in January, I wrote about my struggle to upgrade relatively old PC’s, one OEM and one custom built, to Windows Vista. A short while after everything was working as I liked, Zune, XBOX 360 and Vista Ultimate happily … Continue reading

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Universal Studios welcomes Tech Ed ’08

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Uploading a video file to Silverlight Streaming without re-transcoding it – Part Deux

Due to popular demand we have just released an update to Silverlight Streaming that allows you to bypass the transcoding service when uploading a VC-1 compliant video without using the workaround described in my previous blog post about this matter. … Continue reading

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Uploading a video file to Silverlight Streaming without re-transcoding it

Another FAQ for you… As you may have already noticed, currently there is a bug in Silverlight Streaming that prevents WMV files created with Expression Encoder 2 to be transcoded successfully when you upload them to SLS using the Manage … Continue reading

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How to configure auto-play and auto-download in Expression Encoder 2

This question has actually become an FAQ, so I thought it would be worth blogging it once and for all. It is quite frequent that when you encode a video using Expression Encoder, and publish it on Silverlight Streaming, that … Continue reading

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