Brown Microsoft Zune $80, black or white $100

Woot is selling off their surplus of brown Microsoft Zunes for just $80 a piece. An exceptional deal by itself, but when you consider that the previous generation Zunes will be able to upgrade their firmware to that of the next generation Zune in less than a month, the deal becomes unbeatable.

Microsoft Announces Zune 2 (2nd Generation), interface video

Microsoft has announced the next generation of their Zune music player. It will come in three different models, 2 flash based (4GB/8GB) at $150/$200 respectively and an 80GB HardDrive model at $250.

Solution: Xbox 360 controller for Windows’ led lights blink after attempting to sync (Wireless Gaming Receiver USB)

It seem to be a pretty widespread problem that the Xbox 360 controller’s center LED lights blink even after attempting to sync under Windows XP/Vista using the Microsoft Wireless Gaming Receiver, this seems to be caused by a lack of available power from the motherboard, in some cases, even other USB devices stop working when the Receiver is plugged in. People have also reported being able to get it to work once, but then the problem recurs after a restart.

Missing Windows Media Player Plugin for Firefox in Windows Vista

This guide is for Windows Vista. Use this guide for Windows XP Media Center Edition.

The amazing popularity of my previous guide on how to get Firefox to play embedded Windows Media Player files in Windows XP Media Center Edition as well as my own need to fix my new install of Windows Vista has prompted me to make a guide specifically for Vista.

Enable games in Windows Vista Business

By default Windows Vista Business doesn’t have games enabled, you might just assume it doesn’t have them since it’s “Business”, but it does. All you have to do is enable them, it’s quick and easy and will have you wasting many hours in no time.

Windows Vista Business

So I received my free copy of Windows Vista Business yesterday, installed it and am posting from it now. I have to say it’s vastly better than the betas and even the RTM that was released a month ago.

$100 Microsoft adCenter Promotional Code

Right now you can get $100 in free ads from Microsofts new adCenter by using this promotional code during signup: BNR-100-1006. It requires you to pay an initial fee of $5 to open the account.

http://www.startadcenter.com/lcoff/

Royale Noir - Black Windows XP Theme

Apparently there was a really slick Windows XP theme that was made for the media center edition but never made it to the final cut. I think it’s pretty slick and meshes nice if you have a nice thick dark background. Note that this is NOT the Zune theme (with the ugly orange start button), it’s a completely original and signed theme for Windows XP from Microsoft, no hack required.