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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

Additional Resources

Sony Reader PRS-505 gets a major firmware upgrade

My Sony Reader is an excellent piece of hardware that I thoroughly enjoy using during my daily commute. I skipped the Amazon Kindle and bought the Sony Reader and have not been one bit sorry about this purchase I made last fall. I just saw on my favorite eBook site,...

Tags: Sony Corp., Firmware, Sony Reader, Firmware Upgrade, Sony Reader PRS-505, E-books, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-24

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."

July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...

Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-24

News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA

Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIAGreat news!Back in the day, practical folks used to talk well about Volvos. They said that Volvos were safe, reliable, family cars. There were however not many takers. People instead swooned over sexier, more stylish cars. This is precisely...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Java development tools, Desktops, video game, video, game, CRM, Web browser, iTunes client, Entellium, Apple iTunes, Sun Java Studio Creator, desktop, rich Internet application

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

No e-commerce worries here? Amazon doubles earnings

Updated: Amazon's second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of its free shipping deals. On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $158 million, or 37 cents a share,...

Tags: Jeff Bezos, Quarter, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, E-business, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-23

October Esquire magazine will use electronic ink

Earlier this month I mentioned how Hearst is embracing the mobile web by offering much of their content on mobile phones. Hearst is now going to bring a bit of mobile technology to print media with their usage of electronic ink in the October issue of Esquire. The electronic ink...

Tags: Electronic Ink, Mobile, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-23

The $200 web tablet ... dream on!

The $200 web tablet ... dream on!Reinventing the wheelIt's been done albeit not quite $200 but the technology has been here--The Nokia N800/810. I've got an 800. The 800 shares the same multi-core TI ARM processor as the 810, except the 810 has a slide out keyboard. ...

Tags: Notebooks, Channel management, Keyboards, Operating systems, OS 2008, web tablet, laptop computer, Web, Nokia Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

How to lose customers by not even trying

How to lose customers by not even tryingSpot onThere is nothing more infuriating than trying to use a site that has been designed for a single specific browser that isn't yours.I truly appreciate how difficult it can be to get sites working consistently across all browsers. But it is surely...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Web browsers, Hertz Corp., Web site, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 Pro - headphones

Ultimate Ears has been a familiar name to musicians and other audio professionals for a decade, but in the past few years, the company has churned out a variety of headphones for several consumer lines that range in affordability. Earphones in its Metro.fi, Super.fi, and Triple.fi lines have gained a...

Tags: aperture, Y-cable, Ultimate Ears, Triple.fi 10, ear piece, headphone

Product reviews 2008-07-22

Homeschooling + marketing = great coffee?

Homeschooling + marketing = great coffee?Homeschooling does what public education can'tturn teachers loose to teach rather than toe the bureaucratic line.RE: Homeschooling marketing = great coffee?Chris, if you like *strong* coffee, check out Meth in SF on the web.Organic coffee?As part of my response to recent efforts to...

Tags: marketing, InfoWeek, Homeschooling, great coffee, recycling

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

S3 outage: time to double up

S3 outage: time to double upHaving to use two services can't be ...economical compared to taking care of your own data. Have these companies done any real studies comparing the cost of managing your own cloud compared to letting someone else manage it, especially when you have to use two...

Tags: Manufacturing, S3 Inc., outage

Discussion threads 2008-07-21