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  • The Digital Lifestyle Show #865 – The Missing Windows 8 Sounds

    Welcome to this week's podcast! This week Garry and I talk about Windows 11 22H2 and look at when it will be released. We talk about his new laptop, the latest dev channel released of Windows 11, we have EV news and I talk about using samples from my phone for music inspiration.

    We also talk about the Windows 8 startup sounds that you can now hear for the first time, and the special sounds created for the Surface launch along with Windows 8. Listen to the show for a peak at the sounds.

    Links from the show:

    • This Is the Missing Windows Startup Sound
    • Review: Digitallife USB Type A to 5 pin Midi interface
    • Video: Hands on with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25182
    • Microsoft releases Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25182 with new expiry date
    • Windows 11 Build 22000.917 to the Release Preview Channel
    • Microsoft releases Windows 11 22621.457 to the Release Preview Channel
    45 min
  • The Digital Lifestyle Show #864 - Owner of a lonely Fairlight

    Welcome to this week's podcast! This week Richard and I talk about Amazon's new voice cloning software and why its could be creepy. We talk OneDrive, Windows 11 22H2, Netflix's Sandman and the CMI Fairlight. We also find out how Janet Jackson could destroy your laptop!

    Links from this week's show:

    • Amazon's "dead grandma" Alexa is just the start for voice cloning (fastcompany.com)
    • Microsoft celebrates 15 years of OneDrive with a redesign and new features - The Verge
    • Windows 10 Build 19044.1947 goes to the Release Preview Channel
    • Microsoft Surface Duo 2 August 2022 Update released
    • Video: Hands on with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25179
    • Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers - The Old New Thing (microsoft.com)
    • eam Iansdixon music | Listen to songs, albums, playlists for free on SoundCloud
    1 hr 2 min
  • The Digital Lifestyle Show #863 – Your Presence

    Welcome to this week's podcast! This week Garry and I talk about new smart home gadgets, new wake words in Alexa, the latest Windows Insider news and lots more!

    Links from this week's show:

    • Video: Unboxing and setting up a Wiz Mobile Smart Light
    • Video: Unboxing and setting up a Wiz Mobile Smart Light
    • Microsoft releases 11 Insider Preview Build 25174 with new Game Pass Widget
    • Windows Subsystem for Android on Windows 11 Updated (August 2022)
    • https://github.com/isaacrlevin/presencelight
    • Stream Iansdixon music | Listen to songs, albums, playlists for free on SoundCloud
    54 min
  • The Digital Lifestyle Show #862 – Like Media Center

    Welcome to this week's podcast! Garry and I talk through the raft of new builds released from Microsoft last week including the first news of Windows 10 22H2. We talk about Sky Q and it's almost what Media Center could have been. We talk smart home and EV news.

    Links from this week's show:

    • Windows Subsystem for Android on Windows 11 Updated (August 2022)
    • Microsoft releases Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.450 and 22622.450
    • Video: Hands on with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25169
    • Windows 11 Build 22621.317 to the Release Preview Channel
    • Microsoft releases Windows 10, version 22H2 to the Release Preview Channel
    • Microsoft releases Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22621.440 and 22622.440
    • Microsoft releases Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25169
    55 min
  • The Digital Lifestyle Show #861 – Full Circle

    Welcome to this week's podcast! This week I am back Garry and Richard, so we have a lot to catch up on. We talk about Windows Update errors, new taskbar in Windows 11, smart tags and smart homes, streaming services, and lots more!

    Links from this week's show:

    • Tracking your bags, cases and other items when traveling with Samsung SmartTag+
    • Hands on Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25163 and the new taskbar
    • Microsoft releases Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25163 with taskbar UI improvements
    1 hr 1 min
  • The Digital Lifestyle Show #860 – It's Hot!

    This week Garry and Richard host while I say out of the country until it cools down. Richard and Garry talk about Hive pulling some of their smart home IOT devices, they talk solar panels and air con, EV charging, new updates of Windows 11 and lots more.

    54 min
  • The Digital Lifestyle Show #859 – It Works!

    Welcome to this week's podcast! This week Gary and I talk the anniversary of the Atari, we go down a rabbit hole for 80's music tech thanks to the BBC Archive, we talk the latest Windows Insider builds, linking Midi to my LED strip lights, EV news and lots more!

    Links from this week's show:

    • Windows 11 Build 22621.169 goes to the Release Preview Channel
    • Hands on with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25151
    • Microsoft releases Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25151
    • Atari Projects – Fun projects for your Atari 8-bit home computers and video game consoles
    • https://www.youtube.com/c/BBCArchive
    48 min
  • The Digital Lifestyle Show #858 – New Pi

    Welcome to this week's podcast! This week Richard and I talk about the new Raspberry Pi Pico with wifi, we talk tech news from the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Windows 11 22H2, Powershell and lots more!

    Links from this week's show:

    • Windows 10 Build 19044.1806 released to the Release Preview Channel
    • Hands on with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25145
    • Microsoft releases Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25145
    • Windows 11 Build 22000.776 available for Release Preview Channel
    • First impressions of Windows 11 (Build 22000.51)
    54 min
  • The Digital Lifestyle Show #857 – Windows 11 in Space

    This week Garry and I are joined by Windows Insider MVP Ian Cunningham. Ian joins us to talk about his Windows forums and his custom home automation setup. He talks about his space balloon launch and how he tracked it from North Wales to Yorkshire and his plans to try and launch a Windows 11 power Raspberry Pi in to space next.

    Links from this week's show:

    • https://insider.windows.com/en-us/articles/windows-insider-story-ian-cunningham
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    • Windows 11 Build 22000.776 available for Release Preview Channel
    • Hands on with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25140
    • Microsoft releases Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25140
    52 min
  • The Digital Lifestyle Show #856 – Tabs for some

    Welcome to this week's podcast! This week Garry, Richard and I talk about tabs coming to File Explorer in Windows 11, the Windows 11 22H2 update, Microsoft app updates and Surface Duo updates. We talk the latest EV news, computer museums and lots more!

    • File Explorer Tabs comes to Windows 11 Beta Channel
    • What is Voice Access in Windows 11 & How To Use It
    • A quick look at File Explorer tabs in the new build of Windows 11
    • Hands on with Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25136 with File Explorer Tabs
    • Microsoft releases Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25136 with tabbed File Explorer
    • Microsoft updates Notepad and Media Player for Windows Insiders
    • June 2022 Update for the Surface Duo released
    • Floppotron
    • My music on Sound Cloud
    56 min

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