For those of us that are cheap value minded, here's a service that provides conference calling, albeit using a long distance call. But with all you can eat phone pricing we have today, who cares. They also have a Web Desktop Sharing tool, in Beta - haven't tried it but the basic service for voice conference is great. Some outlook integration, of which I've only used the VCS file download, but they apparently have an Outlook Add in too. FreeConference.com - Free Telephone Conference Call Service ......
Finally, I can get my DirecTV signal down to Media Center without a whole bunch of crap. I've been waiting for DirecTV's MC compatible capability for some time, this finally looks like I can get TiVo like function well integrated with MC. Using TiVo now, but resistant to moving to the DirecTV DVR as it's interface just plain stinks. DirecTV HDPC-20 Dual USB Tuner Shakes Hand with Vista ......