What's New in Windows Media Services 2008 Updated: December 9, 2009 Applies To: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 The Streaming Media Services role in the Windows Server® 2008 and Windows Server® 2008 R2 operating systems includes the Windows Media Server role service, which is required to deploy your server computer as a Windows Media server. This role service includes Microsoft® Windows Media® Services 2008, an industrial-strength platform for streaming live and on-demand digital media content, which includes Windows Media Audio (WMA) and Windows Media Video (WMV) content, over networks. You can use Windows Media Services 2008 to manage one or more Windows Media servers that deliver digital media content to the following types of clients: Computers or devices that play the content using a player, such as Windows Media Player. Windows Media Services 2008 can be used by anyone who needs to deliver digital media content to customers across networks (either the Internet or on an intranet). Cache/Proxy management.
Ultrasonic Distance Measurement Using Python – Part 1 LEDs, buzzers and switches are the most common items people attempt to interface to their Raspberry Pi’s. Something I found in eBay that is a little bit different is an ultrasonic measurement module. This allows you to measure the distance to the nearest wall or solid object. The modules are easy to buy, cheap and relatively straight forward to interface to the GPIO header. So here is some information on my experiments with an Ultrasonic measurement module and Python. The HC-SR04 module cost approximately £3 ($5) and is the size of a box of matches. Connecting To The Pi Powering the module is easy. The input pin on the module is called the “trigger” as it is used to trigger the sending of the ultrasonic pulse. You can use any GPIO pins you like on your RPi but you will need to note the references and amend your Python script accordingly. The module’s output is called the “echo” and needs a bit more thought. If R1 and R2 are the same then the voltage is split in half. Python Script #! Photos
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Welcome - Fritzing Consuming URL Is.gd Shortening Services in VB.NET This article is talking about is.gd shortening service, how you can use it, and how to access it via your VB.NET application. Overview Another article of our series that talks about accessing URL shortening services programmatically. This article is talking about is.gd shortening service, how you can use it, and how to access it via your C#/VB.NET application. Introduction Is.gd is one of the most popular shortening services ever in the web because of its simple interface and its easy-to-use API. When you visit service website, you can see that nothing easier from is.gd, just push your long URL into the text box and click the shortening button. is.gd provides you a very simple easy-to-use API. This glorious function is called it accepts only a single argument, longurl, which can be set to the long URL you need to shorten. Now, let's try this function. Now, let's do it in VB.NET. VB.NET Code: Function Shorten(ByVal url As String) As String End Function
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Top 10 Reasons to Root Your Android Phone C# - Shorten a URL with bit.ly shortening service This function allows you to shorten a URL using the bit.ly shortening service. Using the API requires credentials you can obtain after registering free at The parameter AddHistory determines whether the shortened URL should be saved in the account history of your bit.ly account or not. As a result this function returns a Uri that contains the shortened URL. If an error occurs, the original Uri is returned to avoid cumbersome error handling. Author: Gordon Breuer, translation by Michael List