Betabuzz Gets its Own Domain!

All New Posts will be at http://www.betabuzznetwork.com/

So make sure you bookmark the page!

Palm adds online 3rd Party App Catalog

As requested by Palm users. Palm has added a 3rd Party App Catalog to their site. The site gives a brief overview of each 3rd party app that is in the WebOS App catalog.

Gmail down only for RCN users

Last night I tweeted that Gmail being down. This morning was the same things, it appears that it is only down for RCN customers. Here’s how to fix it.

1. Go to Control Panel > Network Connection (Network & Sharing – Vista, 7)
2. Click on you network adapter and go to properties
3. In the connection use the following scroll box select IP (IPv4 in Vista, 7)
4. Click Properties
5. In the General Tab – change Obtain DNS server automatically to Use the following DNS server address
6. Primary: 207.172.3.16, Alternative: 208.59.89.21 Click Ok, ok once more to exit network connection properties.

7. Direct your browser to gmail.com. If you are still unable to connect to gmail, call rcn tech support.

Windows 7 – Win XP Mode

I downloaded Windows 7 – XP mode the other day from the virtual pc site. Its basically win xp vhd (virtual hard disk) running in virtual machine. The install unfortunately was not that fast. Took about 30 minutes to set up. (PC specs: 2.4 Intel Quad Core, 6 GB Ram)

Some screens from the install.

Xbox 360 Modding

So I had a friend that asked me to help him mod his xbox 360. From what I remember it was a pain when I first did it back in 2006. As there wasn’t that many guides out on how to do it and was real manual process. As I did some research on getting the latest firmware I came across probably the best 360 modding resource I have seen to date. http://www.ixtreme.net/ is home to modding forums for the 360. There is tutorials for every kind of 360 drive, fixing 3rod, best dual layer dvds, and several other tools to help you complete the task. Using the site and JungleFlasher, I had my friends 360 modded in under 5 Mins (Does not include opening the damn sucker – see youtube for videos on how to open). I did run into a few hicups but fairly easy using the Jungleflasher tutorial guide. Great job done by the JungleFlasher team. Remember modding your 360 will void your warranty and it is illegal to download backups! I am not responsible if you use this information for wrongful purposes. Also there are chances you will be banned from Xbox Live and/or bricking your 360. Use are your own risk. Modding the 360 isn’t as exciting as the original xbox which can be turned into a full fledged media center. That is my next project.

iXtreme Site

JungleFlasher Tutorial

WD TV Live released

Western Digital has introduced the much asked for media player. Media player with with wifi ready connection and ethernet. It still supports HD playback as its predecessor. But now can playback internet media or remotely hosted media. Retails for $149. Bestbuy.com has it for $119 *wifi ready = get your own adapter.

File Formats Supported
Video – AVI (Xvid, AVC, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MKV (h.264, x.264, AVC, MPEG1/2/4, VC-1), TS/TP/M2T (MPEG1/2/4, AVC, VC-1), MP4/MOV (MPEG4, h.264), M2TS, WMV9
Photo – JPEG, GIF, TIF/TIFF, BMP, PNG
Audio – MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC, FLAC, MKA, AIF/AIFF, OGG, Dolby Digital, DTS
Playlist – PLS, M3U, WPL
Subtitle – SRT, ASS, SSA, SUB, SMI

Note:
- MPEG2 MP@HL up to 1920x1080p24, 1920x1080i30 or 1280x720p60 resolution.
- MPEG4.2 ASP@L5 up to 1280x720p30 resolution and no support for global motion compensation.
- WMV9/VC-1 MP@HL up to 1280x720p60 or 1920x1080p24 resolution. VC-1 AP@L3 up to 1920x1080i30, 1920x1080p24 or 1280x720p60 resolution.
- H.264 BP@L3 up to 720x480p30 or 720x576p25 resolution.
- H.264 MP@L4.1 and HP@4.1 up to 1920x1080p24, 1920x1080i30, or 1280x720p60 resolution.
- An audio receiver is required for multi-channel surround sound digital output.
- Compressed RGB JPEG formats only and progressive JPEG up to 2048×2048.
- Single layer TIFF files only.
- Uncompressed BMP only.

For details, please refer to the user manual.

File Formats Not Supported
Does not support protected premium content such as movies or music from the iTunes® Store, Cinema Now, Movielink®, Amazon Unbox™, and Vongo®

Physical Specifications
Capacity N/A
Interface Ethernet, HDMI, Composite A/V, USB 2.0
Physical Dimensions
English
Height 1.57 Inches
Length 3.94 Inches
Width 4.94 Inches
Weight 0.67 Pounds
Metric
Height 40 mm
Length 100 mm
Width 125.5 mm
Weight 303 g

iDriver iphone app allows you to control a real car

Appirion’s iDriver allows you to control a real car. Using wifi the iphone is connected to the car. The car has been programmed to respond to the programs functions. Check out the video. Really neat.

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Geocities hosting officially says goodbye October 26

If you have a site at Yahoo Geocities, you may want to get it off asap. Yahoo sent out a reminder that that Yahoo’s Geocities hosting site will officially end on Oct 26, 2009. On that date your site will no longer appear on the web and will be deleted.