Play videos and music stored on your Windows 7 computer on a connected TV

Windows 7 makes a number of networking tasks a whole lot easier to tackle -- one of which is sharing the music, movies, and photos stored on your computer with today's network-ready TVs. If your fancy new flatscreen can connect to your wired or wireless network, it can probably also play your Windows 7 media.

To set things up, hit the Windows key and type streaming in the search box. Wait for Media streaming options to appear, then press enter. When the options window appears, look for your TV in the devices list. If the button to the right does not read "allowed," click blocked and change it. As long as your TV supports DLNA, that's all there is to it -- now it's just a matter of finding the right menu with your remote so you can start enjoying your videos!

You even have the option of limiting access to content. Only want videos you've rated 3 stars or better to be available on your living room TV? Don't want your photos displayed there? No problem. Just click the customize... link and check or uncheck a few boxes.

If you want a little more background on Windows 7's media streaming features, check out this post from Microsoft.

Play videos and music stored on your Windows 7 computer on a connected TV originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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War Maneuvers: Android Event Will Battle iPad Event For Press Love On February 2

I love asking companies if the timing of events is on purpose or purely coincidental. Not only do they almost always say that it's purely coincidental, but they often try to claim that didn't even realize a rival was also doing something when they made their plans. Sure. Next week will feature another such situation. Earlier this week, News Corp. and Apple sent out press invites for an event to unveil the new iPad-only app, The Daily. And then this evening, we've just received an invite to a Google event to show off the latest version of Android, Honeycomb. The one meant for tablets. And guess what? They're on the same day.

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Behold the Awesome Force of China's Jet-Powered Water Cannon [Fire]

If we're not participating in a jet-powered water cannon arms race yet, we need to get going. Because once you watch China's $456,000 monster spew four tons of water per minute, you're going to want one of our own. More »


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Android launcher showdown: LauncherPro, ADW, Zeam, GO Launcher and QuickDesk

Android's greatest, platform-defining feature is customizability. The entire operating system is open-sourced, APIs are laid bare, and almost every user-facing part of the OS can be modified by apps.

There's no surprise, then, that replacement apps exist for almost every part of Android's stock functionality. In turn, to complete the circle of life, new versions of Android incorporate the functionality of replacement apps. It's the ecosystem of replacement apps, in fact, that helps drive Android's disgustingly fast iteration.

Today we're going to look at by far the most popular type of feature-replacement apps: launchers. With strong, age-old offerings from LauncherPro and ADW, and fresh upstarts Zeam, GO Launcher and QuickDesk, the field couldn't be stronger. Competition is driving developers to cram new features in on a weekly basis. The end result, of course, is that you and I get to reap the rewards.

But which launcher replacement is the best? There's only one way to find out.

Continue reading Android launcher showdown: LauncherPro, ADW, Zeam, GO Launcher and QuickDesk

Android launcher showdown: LauncherPro, ADW, Zeam, GO Launcher and QuickDesk originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Cowon D3 Android Portable Media Player

Advanced Players LTD has introduced the Cowon D3 Android Portable Media Player. The Cowon D3 has an AMOLED 3.7″ screen with 16 million color display (800 X 480 resolution), and the D3 is capable of playing full HD video with HDMI out. It’s running Android 2.1, and it has Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity. Other features [...]

Source: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/01/28/cowon-d3-android-portable-media-player/

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Skeptical That Egypt's Internet Is Dead? Check It Out for Yourself [Politics]

If you haven't heard, Egypt's government is trying to quell an internal resistance movement by shutting down all communication avenues in the country, including radio, television and internet. If you think these claims are dubious, you can see for yourself. More »


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LG Optimus 2X benchmarks


YouTube link for mobile viewing

We can't not benchmarks the LG Optimus 2X (be sure to check out our hands-on), with the world's first dual-core smartphone processor, right? But here's the thing to remember -- it's not going to make the phone work twice as fast. That's not to say the Optimus 2X isn't speedy -- it certainly is, with its dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPUs, each CPU running at 1 GHz.

So above we have our standard benchmarks tests. Take them for what they are. And we're just now cracking open the games and apps, which we expect to pretty much blow our hair back. Stay tuned for more.

LG Optimus 2X benchmarks posted originally by Android Central

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StackMob Is ?Heroku For Mobile?. And Proud Of It. And Potentially Just As Huge.

It was almost exactly two years ago that we first wrote about a company called Heroku. At the time, the Y Combinator startup was little more than a good idea: ease the development and deployment process a lot of other startups face by putting it in the cloud. Last month, Salesforce bought them for $212 million in cash. It's no wonder that a new startup, StackMob, doesn't mind being called a "Heroku for mobile". Truth be told, that is a pretty good way to describe what they're doing. They've created a cloud-based system to ease the development and deployment of mobile applications. Or even more simply put, "we're trying to solve the backend services for mobile applications," is how co-founder Ty Amell phrases it. They want to be the single integration point for all the backend needs that an app developer may have.

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DonationCoder posts results of yearly NANY Event, great new applications

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Who doesn't like quality free software? DonationCoder.com is one of our favorite resources for great utilities. You get the software for free, but you're encouraged to donate if you use it and enjoy it.

Ever since 2007, DonationCoder has been running a yearly event called NANY, which stands for New Apps for the New Year.

This year, over 30 different entries have been made, each with its own video screencast. Here are some of the gems you can find on the NANY page:

  • Quick Cliq: A fast launcher utility that lets you create links to folders, files, programs, URLs and more. It also provides window management, clipboard manipulation and more.
  • TaskDaddy: An application for automating MS Outlook task creation. You give it a single line of input, and it turns it into a complete Outlook task without you having to open Outlook.
  • DCDisplay: A comic/magazine viewer, inspired by CDisplay.
As you can see, these are fairly purpose-specific applications, but there are many, each with its own video. Hop on over to the NANY page and see if you can find something you like!

DonationCoder posts results of yearly NANY Event, great new applications originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Source: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/01/11/donationcoder-posts-results-of-yearly-nany-event-great-new-appl/

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This is How to Silence Enemies, Apple Fanboys or Justin Bieber on Twitter—For Good [Chrome Extensions]

I've just discovered the Chrome extension Proxlet, and I swear it's going to change my life for the better. Now you can mute people, hashtags or Foursquare tweets from your feed—even if you're not actually following them. More »


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