Cant wait!?  Well here it is the latest Messenger in a more or less final beta… Cool new feature is that you can customize the sound being played at your friends computers when you log on (mp3 etc)..  This, I guess, will also become an annoyance as some people will select some rather annoying sounds 🙂  oh well, life is only as fun as we make it 😉 There is also already a patch to get rid of annoying commercials etc; www.apatch.org Messenger 9 beta can be downloaded from here; http://www.vistaguide.dk/downloads/downloads/article/4/windows-live-1.html http://62.75.188.250/vistaguide/wlm_9.msi Happy MSN’ing.

Tired of converting all your divx/xvid files to dvd in order to view them?

I found a mediacenter that should be able to deal with this for you, even in HD and with hdmi output..

I still use my good old XBOX 1 chipped to use XBMC, but still at a price of only DKK 1.500,- who knows in the new year 🙂 with a hdd the price is a tad higher (note the later models use sata hdd).

It is possible to also insert a DVB TV tuner card, but I am not quite able to determine exactly which format it uses.

Take a look at;

http://www.tvix.co.kr/Eng/products/product1.aspx

(the official page)

http://hwt.dk/literaturedetails.aspx?TeaserID=5904
(Danish review, an older tvix version but still)
There is also another brand called mvix (hmm the name somehow looks similar, maybe a cheap ripoff),  I am not sure its as good (it somehow looks a little low budget) but take a look yourself (the link is to a review in pdf format);
http://www.mpcclub.com/modules/Reviews/reviews/review_mvix_mx760_final.pdf

Tvix 4100
Picture of a Tvix 4100
(the box model, it also comes in a different design)

Have you ever received a file either via mail or on a media that somehow made you suspicious, your antivirus cleared it but still you feel there could be something fishy going on…

Here is a remedy to improve your sense of security, upload the file to

http://www.virustotal.com/

here it will be scanned by numerous antivirus scanners for suspicious code, of cause this is no 100% guarantee, but at least your weakest link is not reduced to your antivirus..  here many antivirus engines need to be wrong at the same time 🙂