Posts Tagged ‘xbox’
I’ve just come back from a chat with Paul Foster of Microsoft. We were discussing Windows Phone 7 – its promises and its problems.
I remain convinced that Windows Phone 7 (WP7) will be a hit. There are so many delightful touches in the operating system that I won’t be surprised if it is …
Read MoreI’m not the biggest fan of Microsoft. Both my original Xboxes now run Linux, I’ve converted my laptop and computers to Ubuntu, and I generally laugh in the face of Microsoft’s increasingly desperate attempts to stay relevant.
So it was with great mirth that I went along to a BizSpark event a few weeks ago. …
For the last four years, I’ve been using a chipped XBOX as my media centre. Running XBMC, it has managed to play everything I’ve thrown at it. Recently, though, it has had a real problem playing standard DVDs. Aside from percussive maintenance, the only way that I know to fix something is …
Read MoreI’ve been playing around with Linux on the Xbox for a while. I finally decided to stop piddling about with the stock drive and create a fully featured network server. I shall call this beast…. The xNAS!
While doing this, I found a lot of badly presented and conflicting information. This is my …














