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Fixing Overscan on Ion-based HTPC’s

If you’re plugging your HTPC into your HDTV Television, one of the things you might have noticed is overscan issues, that is, things not quite fitting on the screen correctly.  Programs like Boxee and XBMC have their own ways of dealing with overscan from inside their programs.  This, however, is not very useful if you [...]

Nvidia ION Media Centre with Boxee, XBMC, Chrome and More!

When I first went out and purchased my Zotac MAG HD ND01, I had an idea in my head about exactly what I wanted in my HTPC Media Centre. My ideal situation was to have a system that booted up into a default program, but gave me ability to launch other programs from the comfort [...]

Control Remote Mouse Pointer Over SSH

In the coming few days, I will be going through the process of setting up a HTPC in my living room using the Zotac Mag HD mini-pc.  So, I have been spending a bit of time researching some of the things I wanted to do with it.  I had previously just had a laptop connected [...]

OpenVPN: Bypassing VPN for Specific IP Addresses (Windows)

In recent years, we have seen more and more video content being added to the Internet.  Sites like Hulu, BBC iPlayer, Fox, CBC, etc. now make many of their TV shows available free as an online stream.  Due to rights restrictions though, the majority of websites introduce a geography-restriction where you have to be in [...]