MediaPortal - Free Media Center Software

If you already have Windows XP and don't want to buy XP Media Center Edition then check out MediaPortal. MediaPortal is a free open source media center program that runs on Windows XP. All you need is a pc that meets the requirements below.

Minimum System Requirements
1.4 Ghz or higher
256 MB RAM
100 MB free hard drive space
Windows XP with SP2 or Windows Media Center Edition

Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0
Windows Media Player 9 or later
DirectX 9 or later
DirectX 9 capable graphics card with at least 128MB of video memory (highly recommended)
TV tuner card (required for tv functionality)

Recommended System Requirements
2.0 Ghz or higher
512 MB RAM
200 MB free hard drive space (4GB or more if recording tv)
Windows Media Player 10
DirectX 9 capable graphics card with at least 128MB of video memory
An Internet connection is highly recommended for full functionality of some features

Notes:
Other software may be necessary for playback of various media formats
Software encoding TV Cards require a Pentium 4 2.8GHz or equivalent processor

If you meet the requirements check out the links below!

Here is the site:
http://www.team-mediaportal.com/

Download it here:
http://www.team-mediaportal.com/download.html

Make PDFs for Free

I found this great free program called PDFCreator that can convert nearly any Windows file into a PDF. Some of the files you can convert include Word Documents, Autocad Files like DWG & DXF, Pictures, and basically anything else you can print. It installs itself as a printer so you can just open the file and print it using PDFCreator as the printer. I've tested it on a few files and it works great!

Here is the site:
http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator

Download it here:
http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator/download

Free Movies!

This site is really cool! There's lots of movies to choose from all of which are in the public domain. Most of the movies are black & white but some are color. All of them are free to download or watch online. They also have ipod, PDA, and PSP versions available. All of the movies require a Bittorrent client in order to download. Check it out!

Here is the link:
http://publicdomaintorrents.com/

Download my favorite Bittorrent client here:
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/download.php

Free eBooks

Check out this link! There's selection of over 1500 free Microsoft Reader eBooks! If you like eBooks check it out.

Here is the link:
http://www.mslit.com/default.asp?mjr=FRE

If you don't have MS Reader you can get it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/reader/downloads/default.mspx

Funny Video

Here is a funny video I found on YouTube.

Free TV!

I found this awesome program called TVU Player that allows you to watch free TV on your computer!

It has some good channels. Here is a list of some of them:

FOX
NBC
CBS
ESPN
ESPN2
USA
CWTV
Nasa TV
Comedy Central
Animal Planet
Nickelodeon
and some more...

It used to have Disney Channel and TV Land but they aren't there right now. The channels are off and on so there might be a channel on there one day and gone the next. According to the site they will be launching a service at the end of the year to compete with cable and satellite!

Here is the site:
http://tvunetworks.com/

Download TVU Player here:
http://tvunetworks.com/downloads/player.htm

Cloak of Invisibility

Video:

This is so cool! Check out the link below to see an article about scientists who invented a real cloak of invisibility!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15329396/