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Vista Crippled DRM output?

( PC )

I’ve found a good blog post from someone who has listed what will and what won’t be crippled by DRM, basically everything is fine besides when HD-DVD and Blu-Ray and the ICT is set, when Vista will display 540p, if ICT is not set then there’s no problem.
Read the full post here:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/chrisl/archive/2007/01/25/519180.aspx

Install Vista Upgrade without installing XP first

( PC )

Just found this information on how to install Vista fully from the upgrade dvd, this could be an even cheaper method for getting Vista as you only need to buy the upgrade dvd!
What you need is a copy of LegitCheckControl.DLL from any validated and activated copy of XP on a partition anywhere on your machine, [...]

The Mad Dash To Run Vista

( PC )

Well Microsoft has finally released it’s latest operating system Vista, it comes in 3 billion different versions instead of just 3 which would have been a lot better for consumers, but Microsoft’s infinite wisdom decided more were better, creating more support problems for them and sys-admin due to multiple OS’s to support from the start.
Before [...]

The 2007 Oscar Nominations

( Film )

A bit late but here are the main nominations for the oscars 2007:
Best picture
Babel
The Departed
Letters From Iwo Jima
Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen
Best director
Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, Babel
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Best actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, Blood Diamond
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Peter O’Toole, Venus
Will Smith, The Pursuit of [...]

Wii news channel now available + Mario Cart 64!

( Wii )

The wii news channel is now available on european Wiis!
Also mario cart 64 is available on the virtual console, thats my weekend sorted

PS3 European Launch Details – 30 Launch Titles

( PS3 )

Here are the launch details for the PS3:
Launch Date: 23rd March 2007
Cost: £425
Resistance: Fall of Manâ„¢ – SCEE – Disc
MotorStormâ„¢ – SCEE – Disc
Genjiâ„¢: Days of the Blade – SCEE – Disc
FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION – SCEE – Disc
Ridge Racerâ„¢ 7 – SCEE – Disc
Tekken®: Dark Resurrection – SCEE – Network
Lemmingsâ„¢ – SCEE – Network
Go! [...]

Firefox Extensions

Here’s a list of my recommended firefox extensions:

Adblock Plus – Blocks adverts and other annoying things, includes auto-updating block lists.
British English Dictionary – Required for us Brits for the inbuilt spell checker in firefox 2.x
Fasterfox – Tweaks the firefox network settings to get a bit more performance out of firefox
Firebug – New debug console for [...]

A New Sith, or Revenge of the Hope

Some people might have read this on the Internet recently:
A New Sith or Revenge of the Hope
An attempt to piece together the Star Wars story lines from the films.
Unfortunately, besides been a decent attempt at piecing things together, there are major assumptions (Chewie and Han and the falcon) which are completely wrong. I suggest the [...]

Save money when buying books from whsmith

Although this seemed a bit silly to me, I’m not going to argue. If you want a book from whsmith, you can order a book online and get it delivered to a local whsmith store for free, so you get Internet prices at your local store. It does take a few days (about 5 or [...]

New Monitor

Well I’ve been using my new 22″ widescreen monitor for a few days and all I can say is I’m really impressed. If anyone is looking to upgrade to a widescreen monitor I can highly recommend the Benq FP222WA 22″ LCD Widescreen 5ms (1680×1050).
I got mine from Ebuyer for 211.75 inc vat (once at ebuyer [...]