Newly released ZuneTVWatcher beta acts as a liaison by monitoring your recorded TV show folder and automatically converting files to a .wmv format, meaning way less manual labor on the user's part.

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He said the OS has 300 new features and demoed 10, including a new organisational system for the desktop called Stacks and a new folder system which lets users browse files and applications visually, just as music lovers can browse album covers in iTunes.

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Use this mouse to drag a folder jammed with files and it will seem heavier than dragging an empty one.

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Media which lives on a computer can be moved to a variety of mobile devices by dragging and dropping the files to a desktop folder which then drops copies on the external device over the web.

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Dropbox, a free downloadable software program, allows them to drag and drop files to access on the Internet or from another computer into the "dropbox" folder that appears on their computer's desktop.

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