Via eHomeUpgrade.com, there’s an interesting piece of software called AnyTV which lets you browse and play any video streams that it finds on the internet. According to the site, its features include:

- 2630+ Online TV channels
- 6910+ Video clips
- 4750+ Online Radios
- Dayly updates
- Rating System
- Regular or full-screen mode
- No additional equipments required
- Multiple formats support (Windows Media & RealVideo)
- Easy to use
- Free
- Full-screen mode
- Channels from more than 100 countries.  

I’d like to see an MCE plugin for this; that would be super cool for my home setup.

Via MissingRemote.com, the MediaPortal guys announced a new fully re-written version of MediaPortal that includes uPnP support so you can use it more as a Media Server as opposed to a standalone product.

I’m really looking forward to taking it for a spin.

Missing Remote has the list and it’s a handy checklist to use on the spouse when she inevitably asks, “Why is there a computer sitting in our living room?”