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- HDTV--the clincher in war between cable and phone?
- HDTV--the clincher in war between cable and phone?High Definition drivel......why bother?OTA and DBS have already won.For the most part.. You can NOW get, nearly every bit of HDTV programming available, via a simple antenna(1st place, for locals), and a DBS SAT dish for other channels. (Echostar and Direct...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, phone, HDTV, DBS SAT-dish, OTA, cable
- Discussion threads 2006-06-13
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- 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
- Dish Network TR-40 CRA
- Editors' note: This review is nearly identical to our review of the Dish Network DTVPal, as both products offer exactly the same functionality. However, since the TR-40 CRA costs less, CNET advises all buyers to go with the cheaper TR-40 CRA.Back at CES 2008, Dish Network promised to deliver a...
- Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, TR-40 CRA, DTVPal, DTV converter box, digital television, Dish Network
- Product reviews 2008-09-02
- Google's Chrome browser: It's all about the ads and cookie files stupid!
- Google's Chrome browser: It's all about the ads and cookie files stupid!Yes, it is about ads and cookies, but also a whole lot more.With this, Google can bring us into the 21st century all based on standards and open source. Microsoft wants to keep the browser in the 20th century,...
- Tags: Web browsers, Google Inc., cookie, Google Chrome, Web browser, advertisement, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- I think I like Sid the Science Kid
- PBS has a new show, Sid the Science Kid, handled in large part by Jim Henson's daughter. This digital puppetry was given a fairly luke-warm review by the New York Times: His show, done in that hyperactive style that adults have determined is what the very...
- Tags: SID, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- NetApplications Aug 08 data - Big gains for Firefox and iPhone
- NetApplications Aug 08 data - Big gains for Firefox and iPhoneGreat to see Safari, Firefox gaining. That will mean it is more likely thatthe Internet will stay mostly free and open.Both FF and iPhone are keeping up with trendsIt is not surprising at all both of these 'product' are gaining....
- Tags: Web browsers, INTERNET, Quality, Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, NetApplications Aug 08, standards, Apple Safari, Web browser, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-09-01
- MyLife Recipes & Home Organiser 5 user (zip)
- Programs to help you manage and organize your home digitally to stay on top. It contains recipes, shopping list, party planner & home payroll, body weight record, jewelery & makeup. Also included are visual home storage, home inventory of clothes, linen & utensils. Recipes program contains prefilled recipes, ingredients, book...
- Tags: Ingredient, PowerHouse Software, Recipes Program, Payroll Solutions, Operational Accounting, Storage, Finance, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-08-18
- Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet
- Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the InternetWe agree about content providers...But in my fantasy world you would not necessarily need a DVR you could pay extra for a download and you could get a stream anywhere with net access.It didn't melt but I think it got hot. ntntRE:...
- Tags: DVR, Digital video, Corporate communications, digital video recorder, Olympic Games, Limelight Networks, video, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-08-17
- William Shatner signs off on video autographs
- Customers of Live Autographs get not just a signed photograph, book or napkin; they receive a customized video clip with a short personal message from the star. LOS ANGELES--William Shatner sat in a drab office staring at a TV monitor displaying a message he was supposed to read to...
- Tags: Autograph, TV, Star Trek, William Shatner, Julien, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Reuters, video, personalized greetings, Live Autographs
- News items 2008-08-15
- News to know: Windows 7; Graphic card upgrades; Psystar; Netflix outage
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Where on earth are these Microsoft patches? Ed Bott: Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7 Mary Jo Foley: Sinofsky to dish on Windows 7? Wishful thinking System Center Online: Another Microsoft-hosted cloud service in the making ...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Open Source, Health Care, Apple iPhone 3G, Outage, Microsoft Windows, 3G, Corporate Governance, Vertical Industries, Operating Systems, Software, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Sinofsky to dish on Windows 7? Wishful thinking
- Sinofsky to dish on Windows 7? Wishful thinkingMarketingMary-Jo, as much as I would love to see you eat crow on this, I have a distinct feeling that you won't. I think you are smack on with this post. It seems to me that right now Microsoft's mindset is...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Sinofsky, WISHFUL THINKING, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Sinofsky to dish on Windows 7? Wishful thinking
- My ZDNet blogging colleague Ed Bott's headline took me aback when I read it today. "Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7." What?!! Had hell really frozen over while I was at lunch? by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Blog, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Dell shakes up its Latitude laptops
- Dell shakes up its Latitude laptopsDELL POOR SERVICEI purchased a Dell system a few months ago. The laptop had a hard drive problem that the GEEK squad found Dell refused to hoorthe dell in house service contract that I have for three years they finally replaced the laptop, but the...
- Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., laptop computer, Dell Latitude
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Cable: Natural born monopoly?
- Cable: Natural born monopoly?And if cable is a natural monopoly....... then why have Congress and the FCC been so intent on deregulating it?Answer: the cable industry's lobbying and campaign-finance clout.However, I'm inclined to think cable is not a natural monopoly. Combined with the existing, if nascent, competition, cable appears to...
- Tags: Network technology, DTV reception, cable, Natural Born, Natural born monopoly, DSL
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Cable: Natural born monopoly?
- The second quarter results are out and it appears that the cable industry is winning share in broadband, phone and TV connections and handily thwarting encroachment by the likes of Verizon and AT&T. In fact, TV and broadband service is meant to be a monopoly and cable appears to be...
- Tags: verizon communications inc., broadband, at&t corp., ma bell, satellite, moffett, broadband growth, cost reduction effort, network technology, cable, broadband internet, telecommunications, networking, personal technology, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- Second guessing at 3AM
- Second guessing at 3AMIt's 3 AM...A crisis is happening somewhere in the world. It's 3 AM, and a phone is ringing at the White House. Who do you want answering that phone?...Couldn't resist. :)hey murph here a conceptDeep down inside what your guts telling you.This morning when you...
- Tags: Roman
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Windows Fiji: a world class failure
- Windows Fiji: a world class failurepeople should stop complaining for what they still don't know!Did Microsoft announce that it will not be available via Windows Update? NO. So, people should stop complaining for something they still don't know! Just wait and keep your mouth in silence and you'll get this...
- Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, QAM, world class failure, Windows Fiji, Microsoft Windows, Fiji
- Discussion threads 2008-08-09
- Microsoft (finally) speaks out on 'Fiji'
- Microsoft finally speaks out on 'Fiji'Fiji TV Pack update can be found on the interwebs ;PObviously it may not work error-free on untested system configurations, but if you go to one of the Media Center forums you will likely find some threads about it.I am my own OEM... and I...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, VMC, Fiji, Media Center PC, Microsoft Corp., OEM
- Discussion threads 2008-08-08
- Kiss DejaVu Enc (msi)
- What is Kiss DejaVu Enc? Kiss DejaVu Enc is an ffmpeg GUI with a twist. Kiss can be used to re-encode DVB/DBS recorded mpegs or any mpeg to DVD-complaint MPEGs or audio and video streams. Here's the twist. Kiss also works great as a batch encoder, demuxer, or commercial or...
- Tags: mpeg, engine, gui, sam l. macy, kiss dejavu enc, digital video, dvd, digital media, consumer electronics, personal technology, home entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-08-07
- Second Circuit overturns remote-DVR ban
- Second Circuit overturns remote-DVR banThis had to go to court?Holy-wood! What a bunch of elitist greedy "Do as I say, not as I do" psuedo moralists!I've been using an external 750 Gig USB drive to store my recorded movies etc. for nearly a year now...So how is it Holy-Wood doesn't...
- Tags: TV & Home Theater, Holy-wood, remote-DVR, Second Circuit
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
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