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- NBC Universal finds new home on Amazon's Unbox
- NBC Universal finds new home on Amazon's UnboxI just turn on my televisionand it comes thru quite nicely, and free!If Apple is the.."evil monopolistic company," what do you call NBC/Universal? You can get their programming in a number of ways, not only through Apple. Yet you can only...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Public relations, Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., Amazon Unbox, Amazon.com Inc., NBC, NBC Universal Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-04
- NBC Universal finds new home on Amazon's Unbox
- Apple's loss is Amazon's gain. NBC Universal and Amazon said Tuesday that NBC's TV shows will be available on Amazon's Unbox service. The news comes days after NBC Universal and Apple ended an agreement to sell TV shows through iTunes. Amazon will offer a...
- Tags: NBC, NBC Universal Inc., Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-04
- Amazon's Unbox marriage to TiVo: Right architecture. Wrong execution?
- Amazon's Unbox marriage to TiVo: Right architecture. Wrong execution?Remind me again the advantage of this?You pointed out the competition. I don't see anything this does that they don't do, except Unbox comes with a ton of horrific DRM restrictions. No thanks.Sounds kind of useless to meSome people will...
- Tags: TiVo Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Unbox, Amazon Unbox, movie, NetFlix Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-03-09
- Amazon's Unbox marriage to TiVo: Right architecture. Wrong execution?
- When I first heard about the planned nuptials between Amazons Unbox service and TiVo boxes, I remember thinking about how this is a real glimpse of the future as well as a source of Steve Jobs paranoia. Through Amazon Unbox, you can buy or rent downloadable TV shows and movies....
- Tags: TV & Home Theater, Amazon Unbox, cable, on-demand, TiVo Inc., NetFlix Inc., cable company, Amazon.com Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
- TiVo goes live with Amazon Unbox partnership
- TiVo goes live with Amazon Unbox partnershipBring on the subscriptionI just signed up and tried it. Pretty cool purchasing experience. When I get home this evening, I'll find out if the viewing experience is as nice.Now what I'd really like to see is a subscription model. I'm not interested in...
- Tags: Business structures, TiVo Inc., Amazon Unbox partnership, Amazon Unbox, Amazon.com Inc., partnership
- Discussion threads 2007-03-07
- Amazon Unbox Video Downloads
- The latest source of legal downloadable movies and TV shows comes from online retail behemoth Amazon.com. The Amazon Unbox Video Downloads store and rental service joins a growing number of like services such as CinemaNow, MovieLink, Vongo, AOL Video, and Guba and premieres just a few days before Apple's...
- Tags: Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Unbox
- Product reviews 2006-09-11
- Amazon Unbox criticized for Internet chattiness (amongst other things)
- Last week, on the heels of Amazon's Unbox video download service launch, I did a little digging (didn't have to dig far) to find out what digital rights management platform it was relying on to make sure a the videos don't get pirated and b rentals (essentially downloads that...
- Tags: digital-rights management, Unbox
- Blog posts 2006-09-11
- HP's witchhunt, SAP vs. Oracle, Amazon's Unbox and more...
- HP's witchhunt, SAP vs. Oracle, Amazon's Unbox and more...Disagress! if you have any heartWell, to my mind it is fully correct to do what HP's Dunn did. No person in a company has the right to do whatever without possible supervision. This is simply a matter of fact. Whoever...
- Tags: Amazon Unbox, Hewlett-Packard Co., SAP AG, Amazon.com Inc., Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-10
- Amazon's brand new UnBox video download service relies on (recently hacked) Microsoft DRM
- It's now evidently clear to me why Mark Cuban was poo-pooing the idea of downloading videos from the Net. It was a timely pre-emptive strike aimed at undermining yesterday's launch of Amazon's Unbox video download service. To me though, it was a bit FUD-mongering (fear, uncertainty, and doubt). Amazon...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-09-08
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- TiVo HD XL (150 HD hours)
- When TiVo discontinued its high-end cable-ready high-def DVR, the TiVo Series3, it was really just making room for a new product in the line: the TiVo HD XL. The new TiVo is a near twin to the existing TiVo HD, but for three changes: it's got a much larger...
- Tags: DVR, Digital video, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, TVs, cable, TiVo Inc.
- Product reviews 2008-09-04
- Is there still an opportunity for TiVo?
- Is there still an opportunity for TiVo?TiVo & DirecTVTiVo are not competing with DirecTV by selling their own boxes since the TiVo HD box does not work with satellite, only cable. By partnering with DirecTV they would then have the cable market AND the satellite market available to them....
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVR, TiVo Inc., DirecTV
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- ZeeVee ZvBox Zv-100
- These days, there's a wide range of products that will stream on-demand movies from the Internet to your living room (Apple TV, Vudu, Xbox 360, TiVo, PS3, and Roku's Netflix Player). The ability to access YouTube videos, video podcasts, and other online content is built into some of those products...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Desktops, TVs, TV & Home Theater, ZvBox, video, PC, TV
- Product reviews 2008-08-27
- Delivering the Olympics: Akamai and Limelight respond
- Akamai disputes Limelight Networks' take on its infrastructure and my recent post, Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet. Limelight, however, says its implementation facts are accurate and that it absolutely stands behind its words.Keep in mind that the two companies compete fiercely and have different takes on...
- Tags: Olympic Games, Network, Server, Akamai Technologies Inc., Content, Limelight Networks, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Data Centers, Networking, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Amazon Unbox Google Gadget 1 (Windows)
- Introducing the Unbox Video Search bar Google desktop gadget for Amazon.com Download a brand-new batch of Movies and TV Shows from all the networks including new releases, classic, kids, foreign TV shows, new blockbuster movies, classic and foreign films, as well as life and learning videos ready to heat up...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Gadget, Sidebar Gadgets, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-07-09
- ritePen 3.0 released with macro support and intelligent navigation functionality
- I have a Fujitsu U810 UMPC and like to keep it around to use as a Tablet PC, traveling media player Amazon Unbox looks fantastic, and my home Windows PC (in the docking cradle connected to a 17 inch LCD). A few weeks ago the folks at Ritescript, a division...
- Tags: Handwriting Recognition, PC, Tablet PC, Macro, ritePen 3.0, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Amazon preps pay-per-view movie service
- Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says that the company will launch a pay-per-view movie service shortly. According to reports out of D6--Barron's Eric Savitz has the most complete account along with Silicon Alley Insider--Bezos said he's serious about music and video downloads. He should be considering the distribution...
- Tags: Movie, Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc., Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, Internet, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Microsoft delivers a first piece of 'Zune VideoX' via new Zune update
- Microsoft delivers a first piece of 'Zune VideoX' via new Zune updateWOW!!!LOLZune what?Thought so.RE: Microsoft delivers a first piece of 'Zune VideoX' via new Zune updateThe Zune is really shaping up to be quite the little gadget. With this update its dramatically leaping forward. Good for Microsoft for...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, PRODUCTIVITY, Podcasts, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- Amazon accelerates its move to digital
- Amazon accelerates its move to digitalPerfect Timing...Just as ISP's are starting to bitch and moan that users are actually starting to USE their Internet accounts and consuming digital download content, more and more companies are moving to the model that has ISP's panties in a bunch.Amazon's Unbox movie rentals need...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- Microsoft%27s+Yahoo+play%3A+Some+love+it%3B+some+hate+it
- Microsoft%27s+Yahoo+play%3A+Some+love+it%3B+some+hate+itForgotten MSN?Microsoft is in the entertainment business, though it's easy to forget. Yahoo does manage entertainment.And there's money to be made in internet advertising, of course. A great deal of money growing quickly. Microsoft is buying market share, though the premium is high.Google makes its money selling...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Data centers, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft%27s+Yahoo+play%3A+Some+love+it%3B+some+hate+it
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
- Steve Jobs' performance: The big takeaways
- Steve Jobs' performance: The big takeawaysopinions[b]battery[/b]: I think it really depends on the user. For me, a laptop should let you replace/change out the battery more than an iPod. I can see why they wouldnt want to. Having a removable battery prolly adds bulk and setting up...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Game players, Engineering, performance, Time Capsule, NetFlix Inc., Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
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