The Skype app for the iPad has been updated to version 3.8.
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What’s New in Version 3.8
Optimized graphics for new iPad Retina display
Download from the Apple App StoreA Slice of Raspberry Pi at Beeb@30
Yesterday was the Beeb@30 event in Cambridge, and Raspberry Pi was there. We got some hands-on with it and also got to talk to Eben and Liz Upton from the Raspberry Pi organisation.
There was a table set up with a working Raspberry Pi on it that belongs to the Centre for Computing History. For those who are interesting, theirs is board number 7!
Here is a closer look at the Pi:
The Raspberry Pi was also running a ZX Spectrum Emulator (FUSE) and people got to play on the classic Spectrum game Manic Minor. And it was cool!
Eben Upton took to the stage after lunch and gave a very interesting presentation that talked about how he got into computers, and he also gave an update on the status of the shipments. We took some video which we will post up soon.
What he said was that 1,950 Raspberry Pi’s were at that moment somewhere over Siberia and should be in the UK either Monday or Tuesday!
Below is a picture of the Raspberry Pi running Twitter via Midori. It was displaying real-time tweets at the event, and if you look closely the top tweet on the screen is actually us tweeting about the Raspberry Pi being there and working!
Have you ordered one yet? Mine should be here in May.
Beta Guardian app for Google TV launched
Point your Google TV here The Guardian has released a beta app for Google TV.
This is what the Guardian posted:
Eighty-six years after a reporter watched the first demonstration of a television system in London, the Guardian has launched a television app in the US. It’s a new way to view our latest videos, headlines and photo galleries on a TV.
The app works on Google TV. If you don’t have Google TV, be warned: we’ll be making our way to an internet-connected television set near you soon.
Our app is a significant move forward for our strategy to open up journalism to a global audience through digital media. After five years of multimedia growth and winning awards, including an Emmy, Guardian video can be consumed at leisure on some televisions.
What we’re releasing is a beta product – so it is not a finished product. It is built by a tiny but extremely talented team led by Guardian programmer Dan Catt (@revdancatt). With the help of our product manager Sharath Bulusu and design team, he has created an elegant interface that hooks directly into the Guardian’s Open Platform. A feed of selected content appears as it is published.
TVs are made for viewing, so we’ve tried to keep the experience clean and simple. When you first click on the app from the Google TV home screen, you’ll see the latest full-screen image from our acclaimed Eyewitness news photography series.Then a menu and grid of content appears. Down the left is the menu of options. Read our headlines for news, sports or arts and features. Watch some of the Guardian’s video (we make 10 hours a week) in HD. View the latest photo galleries. The rest of the screen has a grid of pictures and headlines.
We’ve focused on Google TV for now, because Chrome allows us to build an app quickly. In theory, this means we can create and release new versions of the app as often as we want, avoiding the lengthy approval processes required by some other connected TV platforms. We’ll experiment in real time with the content on offer and the user interface, tweaking both as we go.
Once happy that we have a “stable” prototype – v0, if you will – we’ll lock that design down and replicate it across other platforms, with a clear focus on the major UK platforms.
Have you tried it yet? Let us know.
Hello Connected Digital World
Last week we told you that it was time to say goodbye to Using Windows Home Server. Well now it’s time to say hello to Connected Digital World.
So over the weekend the hard part took place, the site was moved to its new home and all the links and backend work was completed.
There is still a lot to do, and some tidying up to finish before we move on to the next stage.
Let us know what you think and if you find any problems.
And also let us know if you want to see something on the site we don’t do yet!
StableBit DrivePool Moves to Beta M4 Build 5933
There has been another beta build from CoveCube! StableBit development marches on – now its beta M4 build 5933.
Here is how CoveCube describes this application:
- Combine all your hard drives into one big storage pool (except the system drive with the OS).
- Add and remove drives from the pool at any time without re-partitioning or manually moving folders.
- Create duplicated folders on the storage drive pool that are protected against single drive failure. If a drive fails on which a duplicated file was stored, the contents of that file will remain readable even without the drive.
- All your data is stored in standard NTFS files. You can always access your files even if the Windows Home Server completely crashes or this add-in can’t be used.
This version’s change log:
1.0.0.5933 ———-
* [D] Alt. stream memory leak plugged.
Learn more from the new Stablebit DrivePool home Download Stablebit Drivepool build 5933 hereXBMC 11.0 Eden Available Now
The guys over at XBMC.org have just released the final version of XBMC 11.0 Eden.
This is what was posted:
It’s been over a year in the works and today we are excited to announce that XBMC 11.0 is finally ready and available for download. You can find XBMC 11.0 here.
XBMC 11.0 Milestones include Addon Rollbacks, vast improvements in Confluence (the default skin), massive speed increases via features like Dirty-region rendering and the new JPEG decoder, a simpler, better library, movie set scraping, additional protocol handling, better networking support, better handling of unencrypted BluRay content and structures, adjustable display refresh rate in OSX (to match the already available feature in Windows and Linux), AirPlay support, an upgraded weather service with geoip lookup, and much, much more. Check out the highlights in the summarized changelog.
In addition to our many software improvements, we’ve increased our reach in the realm of hardware support since Dharma was released. Eden marks the first in-sync stable release for the Apple TV2, iPad, and other iOS devices. We’ve vastly improved the method by which we handle input, including heavily upgrading JSON-RPC support, making remote control support much, MUCH simpler in Windows, and enabling unique methods of device communication with hardware. And now even AMD devices are supported for GPU video decoding in Linux to some extent, thanks to the inclusion of VAAPI.
Beyond XBMC 11 for Windows, Linux, OSX, and iOS, we are also happy to announce XBMCbuntu Final.
XBMCbuntu is very similar to past versions of XBMC Live. By default, the user boots directly into XBMC, and if he/she chooses, he or she will never see the underlying OS. However, unlike Live, XBMCbuntu is now built upon a full LXDE desktop environment, which has a web browser (Chromium) with a fully updated (and updatable) version of Flash built-in and a GUI package manager ready to install and update all of the normal Ubuntu programs a typical Linux user might use. The user may now toggle between XBMC, which auto-starts, and a normal desktop if he or she chooses. And, perhaps most exciting for many users, XBMC will now be upgradeable, both from command line and from the GUI package manager, without fear of crashing the XBMC experience.
Naturally, those users who do not want to see the desktop will never need to. When you boot your computer, you will be booted directly into the XBMC homescreen, just as you are right now. The only clear difference is the new power underneath the hood. Those users who have already installed the Beta version of XBMCbuntu can upgrade to final using the apt-get upgrade commands.
This is great news and I will be downloading it later myself!
Have you tried it yet? If so, tell us what you think.
Known Issues of Windows 8 Client Computers Connecting to Windows Home Server
Microsoft has published a document detailing known issues of Windows 8 Client Computers Connecting to Windows Home Server.
Issue 1: The Windows Live ID credential used in Windows 8 may not be recognized by Windows Home Server.
Background
Windows 8 allows you to log on using a Windows Live ID, and will bind the Windows Live ID with a local account. This is not supported by Windows Home Server
Symptoms
After you log on with your Windows Live ID to a Windows 8 client computer, a balloon may show up as below when you open the traditional desktop. Also, while you browse the server shares or other server resources, you will need to enter the local account credentials.
Workaround
After you log on with your Windows Live ID, you need to add a Windows Home Server user account to the Credential Manager on the Windows 8 client computer before you can access server resources.
1. Open the Windows Home Server Admin Console, and manually create a user account.
2. On the Windows 8 client computer, open the Control Panel
3. Locate the “Credential Manager”
4. Click “Add a Windows Credential”
5. Type in the name of your Windows Home Server in the “Internet or network address” box, add the user name and password created in step 1 to the user name and password edit box, and click the OK button.
You will be able to access your Windows Home Server shares and resources now while still using the Windows Live ID to log onto your Windows 8 client computer.
Issue 2: Windows Home Server Client Connector setup may not install the OEM client software
Background
Windows Home Server Client Connector setup will launch the OEM client software setup package if they are named OEM.msi or OEM_x64.msi and are placed in the same folder of the Windows Home Server Client Connector (\\[ServerName]\Software\Home Server Connector Software). This is not supported for Windows 8 client computers.
Symptoms
After you install the Windows Home Server Client Connector on a client computer running Windows 8 Consumer Preview, you may find the OEM client software is not installed.
Workaround
Before installing the Windows Home Server Client Connector, browse to the client connector folder (\\[ServerName]\Software\Home Server Connector Software) and manually install OEM_x64.msi (if you have 64-bit Windows) or OEM.msi (if you have 32-bit Windows) by double clicking the MSI file. After the OEM package installs successfully, you can install the Windows Home Server Client Connector.
Twonky Beam Browser app for iOS updated to 2.0.1
Earlier this week we told you that the Twonky Beam Browser for Android had been updated, well now it’s the time for the iOS version too!
Twonky Beam Browser provides you with a simple and familiar way to discover and enjoy Internet videos with your tablet or phone and beam them to your TV or other media players on your home network.
When you visit your favorite websites, or discover new ones, Twonky Beam Browser will display a Twonky Beam button over the media files that you are able beam to your TV or sound system. The home page of Twonky Beam Browser contains links to popular websites with great content you can beam. Browse many pages at once through tabs, with the home page always available to you as the main tab. You can also create and manage bookmarks, so that you can easily find your favorite sites.
A simple tap of the screen will beam the chosen content to your selected player, such as your Airplay enabled, UPnP or DLNA certified device. The beaming mode in Twonky Beam Browser can be toggled on and off, allowing you to use the application to discover and enjoy content locally on your tablet or phone.
One of the best ways to use Twonky Beam Browser is with Internet video, but it also works with audio and photos. You can also create playlists with a queue of multiple selections that will play continuously in the order you added them, or you can change the order and delete items from your queue. It is always possible to continue browsing, either on the current site or another site, while your media plays on the device.
What’s New in Version 2.0.1
UI Improvements
Tabbed Browsing
Goodbye Using Windows Home Server…..
After nearly 5 years, its time to say goodbye to Using Windows Home Server.
During that time we have covered Windows Home Server (obviously), and more and more we are covering everything else in the connected digital world, from gadgets, to games, Ultrabooks to phones, and everything in between.
Also, one of the main reasons is that Windows Home Server just doesn’t seem to be doing anything as a product. Microsoft don’t seem to be doing much with it, there are no big vendors releasing hardware for it, and the add-in market is very small. So if we stuck to just covering WHS we wouldn’t really have a lot to talk about!
So it was only natural that the site name would have to change. In fact it’s something we have been thinking about, and planning for well over a year now, and it has got to the point where it really needed to happen.
So, over this weekend UWHS will cease to exist, and then it will be reborn something bigger and better than before.
Don’t worry, everything that is here now will still be here, and more, and hopefully, other than some downtime over the weekend, you shouldn’t experience any problems coming back!
So stay tuned this weekend, it’s all change here!
Raspberry Pi Programming Webinar on April 4th
There is a webinar about programming with the Raspberry Pi planned for April 4th.
This is what was posted on the Raspberry Pi blog:
Eben’s hosting this (deep breath) webinar with Element 14 on April 4 at 2pm GMT. The subject matter will suit beginners, and should be pretty interesting for those of you who are hardened hackers too. He’ll be showing you how to:
- download and install the Operating System on the SD card
- run the boot up script
- use the script editor and begin to create applications using the presupplied Python scripts
If you want to attend, you’ll need to sign up for the event at Element 14′s website. We hope to see you there – we’re looking forward to it!
I’ve signed up, and I cant wait to get my Pi – have you ordered one?
Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.11 released by Apple
Apple has just released a Digital Camera Raw Compatibility update – version 3.11 – that adds RAW image compatibility for the Nikon D800 for both Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’11.
This update adds RAW image compatibility for the following cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’11:
• Nikon D800
It’s a small download so go update now!
Nokia Play To for Windows Phone Beta Available – Want to help test it?
Nokia Beta Labs are looking for your help to test a new app called Nokia Play To. Want to help them?
This is what Nokia Beta Labs said:
Learn more and join in hereWith the “Play To” application for Nokia Lumia phones you can show pictures and videos wirelessly on other DLNA capable devices (TV’s, BlueRay players, Mediaplayer in Windows 7, etc…) connected to their network.
Future releases of the application are planned to also include support for music.
Your help is needed to make this app GREAT!!
We want to get this great app out in the marketplace for all Nokia customers to enjoy, but we want to make sure they have a great experience.
Please download the application and try it at home with a DLNA-capable device, then let us know if it worked or not (for example, by writing a review if it worked, or submitting a bug report if it doesn’t work).
Either way, we would like to know the type of router you were using, the make and model of the DLNA device (TV, Blu-Ray player, etc..) you were connecting to or trying to connect to.
Another piece of valuable information would be if your TV/Blu-Ray player was connected to the network via a cable or connected wirelessly.
Amazon Kindle App for Android Updated; brings Kindle Format 8 support
The Amazon Kindle app for Android has been updated again, bringing with it support for Kindle Format 8.
I use the Kindle app all the time on my iPad to read books and I know a number of people who use it on their Android devices, so it is really good to see that real page numbers are finally being used!
What’s New:
Download the Kindle App from Google PlaySupport for Kindle Format 8 and a larger assortment of illustrated children’s books, comic books, and graphic novels. Shop for over 1000 children’s titles such as Brown Bear and Curious George, and comics such as Batman and Superman. Plus, richer formatting in thousands of other Kindle titles.
Email documents to your new Send-to-Kindle e-mail address and we deliver them to your device. Documents are archived in the Amazon Cloud and can be re-downloaded to supported Kindle devices and apps.
StableBit DrivePool Moves to Beta M4 Build 5932
There has been another beta build from CoveCube! StableBit development marches on – now its beta M4 build 5932.
Here is how CoveCube describes this application:
- Combine all your hard drives into one big storage pool (except the system drive with the OS).
- Add and remove drives from the pool at any time without re-partitioning or manually moving folders.
- Create duplicated folders on the storage drive pool that are protected against single drive failure. If a drive fails on which a duplicated file was stored, the contents of that file will remain readable even without the drive.
- All your data is stored in standard NTFS files. You can always access your files even if the Windows Home Server completely crashes or this add-in can’t be used.
This version’s change log:
1.0.0.5932 ———-
* On startup, do a quick check of duplication tag consistency. If inconsistencies are found, fix them and re-check the pool for file duplication consistency.
* [D] Fixed some issues with alternate streams. Could cause file duplication to not be enabled on a folder.
Learn more from the new Stablebit DrivePool home Download Stablebit Drivepool build 5932 here