This ultra-small tutorial explains how to watch dreambox satellite TV on your PC using the latest version of VLC. If you have problems getting it to work try the comments section, maybe I can help.   Setup:   Firefox 3.5.7 VLC 1.0.3 Dreambox 7000s / Enigma 1 / PLI JADE 2 (other setups not tested)   Parameters in my setup (will be different in yours!):   Dreambox IP : 192.168.1.200 VLC language = dutch   Note:... 

UPDATE: THE ISSUE IS RESOLVED / FIXED : updated version: 091203-1 Continue reading at the bottom of this post for info on the fix What was going on: The latest Avast virusdatabase update came with a serious bug. In version 091203-0 various files* are being marked as “Win32:Delf-MZG (Trj)”. These are all false positives and should be ignored. (* rumors say the affected files are written in Delphi ) Apart from falsely marking... 

How to create a PC-based DVB-S2 satellite receiver and home theater? In the following weeks I will be building a new HTPC from scratch, using inexpensive and available hardware. During that time you may be interested in coming back often, to check on the progress. Eventually you’ll be able to build a perfect “do it yourself HTPC”. You can subscribe to this articles. There are many ways to get our HTPC working. What we need... 

There is a new Twitter phishing scam making the rounds, and this one is spreading quickly via direct message, wrote by Ben Parr on Mashable.com in October. Indeed, when using Twitter, I have noticed a lot of DMs in my inbox containing weird messages accompanied by a short URL. Twitters @SPAM acount wrote a few days ago: Getting weird DMs? Probably due to phishing. Don’t go to the links sent in the DMs or give out your login &...