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HBO programming comes to iTunes

HBO programming comes to iTunesThere ain't no way in hell I'm BUYING television episodes....Especially at $3 a pop, and especially since it's infected with DRM.Nope. I'll go back to iTunes as soon as I can send Jobs $15 a month to listen to/watch whatever I want whenever I want....

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iTunes, HBO programming, HBO, programming

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

Thoughts on Windows Media Center

Thoughts on Windows Media CenterSo you are saying......HBO doesn't have a business model. Sorry, facts on the ground say you are wrong."premium"These so-called premium channels are rarely worth it, and the few programs that are, you can simply purchase the DVD's of those shows, or rent them. I have...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Velocity Micro, Microsoft Windows, Media Center PC, digital-rights management, HBO, OCUR, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Media

Discussion threads 2007-04-18

HBO to launch a broadband channel?

HBO to launch a broadband channel?Why can't the give t.v. to the tolley disabled that are home and can't getI'm 100% disabled and always wondered why can't someone give the cable free for the people that only recive $603.00 a month? I know that I'm at home day and night...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Network technology, Cable, home day, broadband channel, T.V., HBO, broadband

Discussion threads 2006-11-26

Tax Generater 1 (Windows)

The Tax Generater software calculates the tax of the dollar amount you type in the program. This program will also add the total price (tax amount + the number your typed in). This program could be very helpful when on online Web site and you want to buy something and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, HBO, Tax Generater Software, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance

Software downloads 2006-10-20

HBO not gambling with online betting

HBO cancelled an in-ring boxing series sponsorship deal with an online betting site, following a vote earlier this month by the House Judiciary subcommittee on crime approving a bill that would ban Internet gambling, according to a report in the New York Post:The sponsor, Sportsbook.com, had appeared on HBO in...

Tags: HBO, Internet

Blog posts 2006-05-21

Cingular Video

After CDMA carriers Sprint and Verizon got a head start with high-speed EV-DO content services such as Sprint's Power Vision and Verizon's V Cast network, respectively, Cingular finally got on board last month with its own high-speed UMTS 3G service. Along with speeding up Cingular's existing Media Net Internet access,...

Tags: Overall IT, HBO, video, Cingular Wireless, Cingular Video, mobile marketing

Product reviews 2006-04-19

HBO enlists Firefox for series promotion

HBO enlists Firefox for series promotionTrying to get us to turn off Adblock?"Firefox users will be encouraged to install a browser theme, or skin, that can be downloaded via a link in banner ads."Sure sounds like it. If they didn't want us to, why wouldn't they just have it on...

Tags: Web browsers, HBO, Mozilla Firefox, advertisement

Discussion threads 2005-08-15

Fate The Carnivale Game 1.0 (Windows)

A New Twist on Tarot! HBO invites you to play FATE, a tarot card game of strategy and intuition, based on the hit series 'Carniv leSM'. Match cards and wits against our resident Fortune Teller. If you beat her, you will learn more about your character's dark past. And as...

Tags: RealArcade, Microsoft Windows, HBO, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2003-12-10

Additional Resources

Apple QuickTime 7.6.5 (Windows)

Just launch QuickTime Player, and there's no telling where you're likely to land. The Player may whisk you to the Moon or perhaps to an exotic location on this planet. Take you on a virtual field trip to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Or treat you to...

Tags: Video Compression, Multimedia, Apple QuickTime, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Video, H.264, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Digital Music, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Blockbuster initiating rentals via SD cards at store kiosks

AmusingEvery second American has a rear-end the size of a flying saucer and people are worried about the "convenience" of not leaving their house?You've got to be kidding.I am not going to goto the Video store...and get some crap ladden movie on SD that I can not play on...

Tags: Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, IMHO, movie, DVD, SD card, kiosk, Blockbuster Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Comcast plus NBC Universal creates a Web juggernaut

If Comcast did manage to gain control of NBC Universal it would be have an aggregation of Web sites that would make it a top 10 player in comScore's top 50 rankings. According to CNBC, General Electric is talking to Comcast about a deal that would spin...

Tags: NBC Universal Inc., Web, Comcast Corp., Talks, Channel Management, Asset Management, Networking, Marketing, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Apple's future TV: Can Web-based apps replace "channels," kill cable?

Gene Munster's living room of the future is centered around a Web-connected, iTunes-powered Apple-branded TV - a 50-inch, high-def, wall-mounted iPhone, if you will. And the stuff you'll watch on this "TV set" won't come in via Comcast or DirecTV. It will all stream in from - or be archived...

Tags: Web, Apple Inc., Apple TV, Apple iTunes, Cable, Munster, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-20

We're still in a recession...Don't buy an Apple (the free iPod isn't worth it)

Very solid adviceThanks for preaching common sense. It is sorely lacking these days but coming back in fashion with the recession. PEOPLE... PLEASE ask yourself REALLY for what you will use your computer. Typically web surfing, term paper writing, some basic audio video (which you can accomplish quite nicely with...

Tags: Desktops, recession, Apple iPod, student loan payment, stupid argument, Apple Macintosh, payment, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

More channels join Comcast's Online On Demand service; Verizon adds interactive widgets to FiOS TV

Where I live, and in many other regions of the country, Comcast and Verizon are duking it out over paid TV customers, with Comcast's cable service often the incumbent and FiOS the scrappy new kid (if you can call a huge corporation like Verizon "scrappy"). Internet service is...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Video, Widget Bazaar, Corporate Communications, Internet, Cable, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Network Technology, Marketing, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-07-15

Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905

Photo gallery:Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905We don't typically see high-end megapixel camera phones from Sony Ericsson here in the U.S. unless they're unlocked, and as a result, prohibitively expensive. So it was a welcome surprise to us when we heard that the Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905a would make its way to...

Tags: Sony Ericsson C905a, camera, Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Cyber-shot C905a, Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905a

Product reviews 2009-07-15

Amazon vs. tax happy states: E-tailer could nuke Associates program and still win

Amazon vs. tax happy states: E-tailer could nuke Associates program and still winFree internet, a distruption to govt run bussinessesFor past few centuries governments always picked businesses which are very easy and made sure of no-competition. Some of these businesses are tax collection, lottery program, etc. Only politicians have full...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Amazon.com Inc., happy state, tax, still win, online retail company

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

Boxee launches on Windows; new apps from CurrentTV, Digg, MLB.tv

tweetmeme_url ='http://blogs.zdnet.com/weblife/?p=716'; tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; tweetmeme_source = 'mager'; Boxee, the on-demand streaming video platform for the desktop, has launched on Windows, along with apps and content from plenty of...

Tags: Digg, Video, Boxee, Tumblr, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Web Site Development, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Voice recognition a solution for medical luddism

Voice recognition a solution for medical luddismWonder ware that wentVery little (none?) accessibility co's at FOSE this year, except Adobe CS4 with their partner (sales - "we can no longer believe what we see. for example in John Adams"). Makes me curious sir, curious sir."Doctors don?t like keyboards."Actually it's...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, HEALTHCARE, Brute-Force, Adams, voice recognition, medical luddism, luddism, health care

Discussion threads 2009-04-08

Free Content “Bad for the Consumer� (Says Cable)

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- You probably thought that the best thing about the Internet is that content of all kinds â€" from news to stock prices to TV shows â€" is free. But there is no such thing as free content. And don’t be surprised if by...

Tags: Cable Company, Video, TV, Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-04-01

Microsoft signs Linux compatibility deal

Microsoft signs Linux compatibility dealApril foolntLOL!You had me thinking i woke up in the Twilight Zone for a minute there! Gave it away too fast"Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe", was just too obvious.Vito Soprano?:DI didn't remember the date till I moused over the link and saw http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/The Gorbachev birthmark on Ballmer's...

Tags: UNIX, Linux Compatibility, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-01