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A special show this week as Garry and I are invaded by the  TDL Mobile  guys to talk about the iPad 2, Windows 7 Service Pack 1 problems with Media Center, My Movies, this weeks news and as they are Windows Media Center users we talk about how they are integrating Media Center in to their lifestyle. It’s a bumper show this week running over an hour and half, I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoy...

Welcome to show 294. This week Garry and I mull over the weeks digital lifestyle news including, Windows Phone 7 updates, we talk about iOS v Windows Phone development, Plex for Windows, DVBLink, new addins and whether  Microsoft have a Windows Everywhere strategy Please keep the email coming  podcast  [at] the digitallifestyle.com Listen Here (download mp3)  -  Subscribe via iTunes  -  Subscribe...

    Welcome to show 293 (wow getting close to 300!) and this week Andrew and I talk about Windows Server 2011 and whether you should install 3rd party drive extender addins, how to get Windows Home Server V1, SSD drives and Windows Media Center,  the death of Zune and WebOS tablets, Windows Phone 7, Apple TV, Boxee and Twonky for iOS Please keep the email coming podcast [at] the digitallifestyle.c...

Finally Microsoft have the release candidate of Windows Home Serve Vail (now called Windows Home Server 2011) and Andrew can talk about it, so we let him out of his box for a bit to talk about what is new in WHS 2011. Garry and I also talk about some of the news items from the last week including GMAbooster for booting netbook performance, BBC iPlayer for iPad, VideoRedeo, new Media Center addins,...

Earlier this week, HP held their much anticipated “Think Beyond” event in San Francisco.  Jose and Sheldon break down all the announcements from the event, including the super exciting Touchpad.  We look at how this stacks up against the competition, what innovations it brings and how other new products like the Palm3 and the Veer fit in.  Could this all add up to be a game changer? Not much room...

Welcome to TDL Mobile Show 63, this week Jon, Jose and Jason talk Android Honeycomb, we could hardly have a show without it after this weeks announcement from Google.  We look at the latest release of the OS and how it fits on the Xoom tablet.  We also talk about what could be HP/Palms first WebOS tablet which the crew at TDL Mobile have been excited to see for a while and if it comes to fruition...

We have a packed show for you this week. We have the start of a new giveaway , thanks to  DVBLogic  we are giving away copies of DVBLink  Network  Pack (details in the show) We talk about Microsoft's attitude to consumers products and whether the failure of some of Microsoft’s consumer products are going to cause problems in the future or whether they are right to focus on  the revenue. We talk ab...

First up on this weeks show Jose, Jason and Sheldon look at the Motorola Atrix and ask if this is the start of a major shift in the mobile space? Equally exciting is news of the Playstation phone: but will it live up to all the hype and is it really needed? We break down everything you need to know.  We look ahead to Mobile World Congress and round up the release rumours including news of a high e...

Back to our normal format this week, Garry and Andrew join me to talking about streaming TV, we share our post CES thoughts, talk about VLC updates, XBMC on Apple TV, Freeview HD with Windows Media Center and Android Tablets We also have the the results of the  TDL Product Of The Year,  your votes have been counted and the results are here! As you can see from the shownotes we have a packed show t...

A great show for you this week, as Jason catches up with Ian Dixon, fresh back from CES 2011.  Ian and Jason cover a lot of the mobile tech Ian saw in Vegas, much of which could be big news over the coming months.  They look at the coverage for Windows Phone 7 along with how Apple managed to play a big part without even being there.  There’s  tablet talk aplenty, with  expectations for the iPad 2...

Welcome to the second and final batch of CES interviews.  As mentioned last week Windows Embedded team had a private room showing a great range of Media Center systems powered by Windows Embedded, including set top boxes, TVs and entertainment systems and I have an interview with Mark Pendegrast from the Embedded team talking about Media Center. Mark explains what the embedded team are doing with...

In a follow up to show 57, we've gone all Windows  Phone  7 again!  Tonight we're absolutely delighted to welcome Will Coleman to the show.  Will is Product Manager for Windows  Phone  7 at  Microsoft  in the UK and joins us to give us some news and views from the inside.  Working on the apps side and with developers, he's able to give some great insight in terms of how things have gone from that...

Welcome to the first show of 2011, back from CES where we saw a lot of tech, some of it good and some of it very strange! This week on the show I have the first batch of CES 2011 interviews. At CES I was a little disappointed that Microsoft’s booth didn’t feature Windows Media Center as it had in the last few years but they did have a press room with lots of Windows Media Center systems powered by...

Welcome to the Christmas edition of the show and this week Garry, Andrew and I are joined by Bjorn Morris from Cybersmart systems. Bjorn is installing iPads as part of this Windows Media Center custom installs and he expains how the iPad has moved home automation away from the TV screen to the mobile device. We also talk about the weeks news including CES Windows Tablet rumours, XBMC, Microsoft ge...

And we are back, fresh after last weeks round table with plenty of mobile news to get our teeth into and rip apart.  We start off by chatting about the new Amazon Window Shop UK app for iPad then move into talking a bit about our thoughts on mobile streaming, piracy and what we think is in store for the future.  We then wrap it up with some of the news hitting the net this week including an impres...

We had fun recording this week so I hope you enjoy it. This week Garry, Andrew and I talk about the weeks news including Windows 8 mock-ups, new addins for Windows Media Center and email on archiving TV shows. We also we are kicking off TDL Product Of The Year, were we each pitch for a what we think our product of the year is and you can vote in at the bottom of this post.  Plus we have another bo...

Great show for you this week. Andrew , Garry and I discuss email sent in to the show including topics on whether we will ever see our vision of the connected lifestyle, the future of Extenders and distributing TV content. We also talk about topics hitting the blog in the last week including, Voice Control for Media Center, Apple TV,updates for DVBLink. My Movies and how I have got my Media Center...

It’s good to be back and thanks to Andrew and Garry for covering for me last week. Unfortunately this weeks news has been dominated by the bad news around Windows Home Server and Andrew is not happy. But we do have good news around Freeview HD working in Windows Media Center and other news   Links from this weeks show: Microsoft Remove Driver Extender from Windows Home Server Vail Apple TV gets an...

Back for another instalment, Jon and Sheldon dive pretty deep into the weeks news.  From a pretty intense discussion on the good and bad of location based services and  Apples  efforts in the enterprise, we lighten the mood with talk of a release for the fabled Playstation phone, new  iPad -only magazines and talk of exciting new hardware from Dell,  Motorola , HTC and Pocketbook –  plus news of t...

I am working away this week so we make  Andrew  do the hard work for a change. He takes charge and  Garry  joins him to talk about the weeks news including iPad updates, media streaming, EPG apps, Xbox Kinect and planning for the next user group   Listen Here (download mp3)  -  Subscribe via iTunes  -  Subscribe via RSS  -  Subscribe with Zune this was recorded before  Microsoft's Vail announcemen...