Sky have been promoting their Sky Player service for quite some time.At the moment you can access it on the XBox, though for some odd reason the XBox version doesn't have access to the "premium" content ie. Sky Box Office.So if, like me, you don't have a phone line setup with your Sky box and you don't run Windows, your options are a bit limited.You can, however, watch Sky Box … [Read more...] about Sky Player On Mac – Quick Review
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Apple iTunes DRM Frustrations
Apple recently started offering film rentals and purchases to Irish users via iTunes. For some reason they haven't started offering TV shows yet, though I suspect that's down to licensing problems (as usual!)Last night I thought I'd try out the service, so I rented a film for a couple of Euro.Since my mac book screen is small and my TV has a nice big screen I thought I'd be … [Read more...] about Apple iTunes DRM Frustrations
Microsoft To Offer Users Choice Of Browser
Image via CrunchBaseIf you've been following the EU vs. Microsoft over the last few years this latest titbit should interest you.From the beginning of March 2010 (ie. tomorrow) Microsoft will be rolling out a new update to its users which will give them a choice of browser.While users have always been able to install alternative browsers to the default Internet Explorer the … [Read more...] about Microsoft To Offer Users Choice Of Browser
Bing + Twitter Combined
Bing is the "new kid" when it comes to search engines. I'll be the first to admit that I haven't used it much, partially because I'm happy enough with Google and partially because Bing keeps getting confused about my location. (Some of the time it think I'm in the UK, other times it knows I'm in Ireland)In any case Bing (Microsoft) have done some kind of deal with Twitter to … [Read more...] about Bing + Twitter Combined
Reducing Clutter On A Mac – Doing A Clean Install Of Snow Leopard
Image via CrunchBaseWhile upgrading to Snow Leopard on my MacBook Pro went well I realised that doing a completely fresh install would probably be a good idea. Why? When I got the MBP about two years ago it had OSX Tiger on it, which was then upgraded to Leopard and that was upgraded to Snow Leopard. God only knows what kind of crud was left hanging around the system. I also … [Read more...] about Reducing Clutter On A Mac – Doing A Clean Install Of Snow Leopard