Entertainment - Film, Music, TV, Videos, Zune
Links to entertainment news in July 2011
- Microsoft quietly testing Zune Music in Australia: www.istartedsomething.com
Links to entertainment news in June 2011
- Automatically receive new wallpapers from the latest Paramount Pictures: blogs.msdn.com/b/robmar/
- Common set of Xbox Live services may work across Microsoft phones, PCs and gaming consoles: www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/
- Xbox LIVE to be the entertainment service for Windows 8, says Microsoft: www.liveside.net
Links to entertainment news in May 2011
- Hulu Plus available on Xbox LIVE on Friday, April 29th: majornelson.com
- Music can be fun: musiccanbefun.edankwan.com
- New Zune Support pages: www.liveside.net
Links to entertainment news in April 2011
- Kinect support for Netflix: majornelson.com
- Zune Update news - new apps, new markets: www.liveside.net
Links to entertainment news in March 2011
- Movie clips on Bing: www.bing.com/videos/browse/movies/
Links to entertainment news in February 2011
- What Jamie Thomson thinks is going on with Zune: jamiekt.wordpress.com
- What's on Foxtel on Xbox 360: www.foxtel.com.au/xbox/epg/
- Zune HD coming to Canada: www.liveside.net
- Zune rebrand - what could it mean: mymicrosoftlife.com
- Zune rumors heat up - how does Windows Live fit in?: www.liveside.net
- Zune services not being "killed" (official statement): www.facebook.com/Zune/
Links in January 2011
- MSN Movies' Top 10 Movies for 2010: movies.msn.com/movies/year-in-review/top-10-movies/
- NVIDIA unveils new 3D Vision Community Website: windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/extremewindows/
Links in December 2010
- More new Zune HD apps and games: windowsphonesecrets.com
- Stop playing Kinect games - and use Video Kinect to video chat: blogs.technet.com/b/next/
Links in November 2010
- Coolest movie mistakes: do-while.com/coolest-movie-mistakes/
- Microsoft Could Become "Dominant Player In The Television Business Overnight": www.businessinsider.com
- New on (US only) Bing.com - Music/overview: www.liveside.net
- Shouldn't Microsoft Own the Living Room?: www.mediapost.com
- Skins for Windows Media Player: windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-media-player/
- Windows Live Messenger coming to a TV near you: www.liveside.net
Zune for Australia - October 2010
- Apply Skins to Add Some Flair to Windows Media Player 12: www.howtogeek.com/howto/
- Microsoft confirms Zune for Mac is coming later in 2010: www.liveside.net/mobility/
- MSN Partners with Billboard to Create Interactive Music Experience: team.silverlight.net/announcement/
- Plot holes and paradoxes of the Back To The Future trilogy: www.denofgeek.com/movies/
- 'SCREENed' Microsoft Student Film Festival - did someone say foodfight?: blogs.msdn.com/b/windows7au/
- Top 10 Bloopers with Usability in the Movies: www.useit.com/alertbox/film-ui-bloopers.html
- WP7 and Zune syncing available for Mac soon: www.neowin.net/news/
- Zune 4.7 released, Zune goes international and brings WP7 support: www.neowin.net/news/
- Zune PC Client Software Bundle Download (V4.7 as at 07-Oct-2010): www.microsoft.com/downloads/
- Zune software for your PC: www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/apps/zune-software.aspx
- Zune software for your PC (Australia): www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-au/apps/zune-software.aspx
News in October 2010
- Spotify - Listen to Music for Free (Not yet for Australia): www.spotify.com
- Zune Social / Movies in Australia (Get your Zune tag): social.zune.net/movies/
- Zune to go international soon: www.neowin.net/news/
News in September 2010
- 3D 1080p Live Smooth Streaming demo'ed at IBC 2010: team.silverlight.net/announcement/first-day-of-ibc/
- Coming Zune: mymicrosoftlife.com
- Future of Zune - Reading Between the Lines: community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/
- Museums honor guitar legend Jimi Hendrix: www.msnbc.msn.com
- What’s Next For Zune?: mymicrosoftlife.com
- Windows Live Messenger for the Zune HD: windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/
- Zune to Expand Multiscreen Entertainment Services Into International Markets: www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/
- Zune to expand to international markets - details announced: www.liveside.net/main/
News in August 2010
- Two new Zune HD apps - MSN Money, and Animalgrams: www.liveside.net/main/
News in July 2010
- Zune Pass coming to UK soon?: www.liveside.net/main/
General news
- 8 HDTV myths demystified: www.msnbc.msn.com
- 2010 Winter Olympics Online hits new highs for engagement times, experience quality: team.silverlight.net/case-study/
- Balance Your Media Diet: www.wired.com
- BBC unveils update to iPlayer, teams up with Microsoft: mymicrosoftlife.com
- Consumer Electronics Show 2010: www.cesweb.org
- Delivering Entertainment Across New Screens, Scenes and Interfaces: www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/
- Efforts grow to integrate Internet into TV: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Foxtel and Microsoft sign ground-breaking Xbox Agreement: www.microsoft.com/australia/presspass/
- HDMI and Windows PCs: windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/
- How to download and listen to your favorite BBC shows: blogs.msdn.com/shivb/
- How to optimize your HDTV: www.msnbc.msn.com
- HTML5 Video - You'll Shoot Your Eye Out: www.visitmix.com/Opinions/
- India Times Live TV: live.indiatimes.com
- Innovative France 24 Silverlight Player : blogs.msdn.com/david_sayed/
- Key moments in consumer electronics timeline: blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/
- Making the Next Technology Leap in HDTV: blogs.technet.com/keithcombs/
- Microsoft Silverlight and IIS Smooth Streaming bring Winter Olympics to Europe in HD on the Web: team.silverlight.net/announcement/
- NBC Prepared For Winter Olympics, Adds Silverlight Player And Facebook Connect: www.liveside.net
- NBC Universal partners with MSN and Microsoft to deliver NBCOlympics.com on MSN: msnblog.msn.com
- Primer - H.264 vs. VP8 Quality Shootout and What it Means: seanalexander.com
- Radio Australia Celebrates 70 Years: blogs.radioaustralia.net.au/70/
- Silverlight Delivers Next Gen Home Video Experience – Without the Disk!: team.silverlight.net/announcements/
- Star Trek Online Videos (PC): au.media.pc.ign.com
- Star Wars humour: blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/
- Television of the future isn’t just on your TV: blogs.technet.com/microsoft_blog/
- Top HDTV trends coming to a screen near you: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Watch Roland-Garros French Open Tennis in High Definition with Silverlight: team.silverlight.net/announcement/
- Watch TV on your PC for free - Internet-TV: www.microsoft.com/windows/explore/what-is-internet-tv.aspx
- What to look for when you want a basic HDTV: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Zune Now Provides Music Info For Bing: mymicrosoftlife.com
Film and movies
- 10 Best Movies in the Public Domain: wired.com/wired/archive/14.10/start.html?pg=6
- Flixster - Sharing Movie Reviews and Ratings: www.flixster.com
- James Bond title sequences: martinklasch.blogspot.com
- Movie Bloopers: www.moviebloopers.com
- Movie Database: www.imdb.com
- Movie Mistakes: www.movie-mistakes.com
- Moving Image Archive: www.archive.org/movies/movies.php
- Official Site of Humphrey Bogart: www.humphreybogart.com
- Ridiculous User Interfaces In Film, and the Man Who Designs Them: gizmodo.com
- Sherlock Holmes 221B: www.221b.sh
- Star Trek Official Movie Site: www.startrekmovie.com
- Star Wars Official Site: www.starwars.com
- The Ultimate Cary Grant Pages: www.carygrant.net
- XBox Movies & TV Marketplace: www.xbox.com/en-US/live/marketplace/moviestv.htm
- Yahoo! Video: videos.yahoo.com
- Top 250 best movies of all time: blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/
- YouTube: www.youtube.com
Music
- 40th Anniversary of Woodstock Photo Gallery: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Bing Music: www.bing.com/music
- Charting the Beatles: mikemake.com/#72772/Charting-the-Beatles
- Country Music Association Be This Close Deep Zoom: www.cmafest.com/2009/videophotos/games/bethisclose/
- Grooving to the Music on your iPhone courtesy of NuTsie and Bing: www.bing.com/community/blogs/search/
- Journey to Woodstock: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Make music with basic software: www.microsoft.com/athome/
- Map of Rock: blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/
- Music Philosophy: www.musicphilosophy.co.uk
- Playlist 7 - 7 free music downloads each week: www.reverbnation.com/playlist7
- Top Music Albums 2009: blog.nerdplusart.com
- U2 concert stage: twitpic.com/dvhel
- Woodstock 40th Anniversary Photo Album: music.msn.com/woodstock-40th/photo-gallery/
- Woodstock at 40 - Rock's '60s Climax: music.msn.com/woodstock/
TV and videos
- ABC iView Internet TV Service: www.abc.net.au/iview/
- BBC Broadband: www.bbc.co.uk/broadband/
- Comedy Central: www.comedycentral.com
- Dr. Who Appreciation Society: dwas.drwho.org
- Dr. Who in Australia: www.varos.com/drwho/
- Dr. Who Official Site: www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/
- Dr. Who Theme Remixes: whomix.trilete.net/?wmid=music
- Dr. Who Theme Song Remixed: community.irritatedvowel.com/blogs/pete_browns_blog/
- Free broadcast TV may go way of the VHS tape: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Maximum TV Launches Silverlight-based Spanish Language TV Site: team.silverlight.net/announcement/
- Microsoft Mediaroom: www.microsoftmediaroom.com
- MSN U.K. launches free streaming video: news.bbc.co.uk
- MSN Video: video.msn.com
- Online video watching nearly doubles since ’06: www.msnbc.msn.com
- Retro Television Network: www.myretrotv.com
- Smooth HD - Sample Silverlight HD Movie Streaming: www.smoothhd.com
- Sunday night football (US): nbcsports.msnbc.com
- Watching live smooth streaming in action: www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/
Zune
- Facebook app for Zune HD: zuneinsider.com
- Hello Zune HD enthusiasts! Connect your Zune with Movie Maker using custom profiles: windowslivewire.spaces.live.com
- New Zune software makes you “wanna”: www.istartedsomething.com
- New Zune Software Update for Zune 4.0 Optimized for Windows 7: windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsexperience/
- Zune 4.0 is here: zuneinsider.com
- Zune HD: www.zune.net
- Zune HD 64GB Coming April 12: zuneinsider.com
- Zune HD 64GB Coming & Zune 4.5 is here: blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/
- Zune HD hands-on, impressions, tears of joy: reviews.cnet.com
- Zune HD pre-order: blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/
- Zune HD specs reveal battery life estimates, format support: arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/
- Zune video goes global on Xbox LIVE: zuneinsider.com