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SDV Tuning Resolver for Vista Media Center?

Ben Drawbaugh at EngadgetHD has some potentially good news for those with CableCARD tuners on Vista Media Center HTPCs. Ben inquired with AMD and CableLabs to see if there was any hope for a “tuning resolver” for VMC. The response was not a emphatic yes, but it was in the words of Drawbaugh a “definite maybe.”

Animoto - Professional Quality Videos From Your Pictures and Music for Just $3

In Episode 49 of the net@night podcast, Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte interviewed the co-founder of animoto, Brad Jefferson. animoto is a web service that generates professional quality, customized videos from your images and music. FYI, here?s Leo?s video.

TiVo Resurrects Lifetime Service

Laplink Freebie

Like freebies? This one’s not bad at all. Laplink, which specializes in file syncing and migration software, is giving away free copies of its PCmover product. According to the press release:

PCmover automatically moves selected files, folders, settings, and even applications from an old PC to a new one.

What We're Watching

I polled my fellow ZNF contributors for their current top three television shows. Not only are the networks and content diverse, but so are the methods used to acquire programming (in addition to the requisite DVR timeshifting). For example: I caught the first season of Dexter on DVD and most of Burn Notice via Hulu and iTunes, while Davis is catching up on Amazing Stories (from the 80s!) via Netflix Watch Now.

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