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I’ve been critical of DivX’s efforts to woo Hollywood in the past , but I’ve also got to give them credit for a win when I see one and I think they knocked it out of the park when it comes to Paramount.
Recently, Paramount announced that they were going to be distributing content on USB ...
Software
DivX
There are so many lessons to take away from my recent experience in netbook hardware failure , it’s hard to know where to begin. A resounding vote for cloud computing and distributed risk? How about, beware of irony and over-praising your gadgets ? Or simply when it rains (first the ...
Hardware
zatznotfunny.com - 28 hours ago
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I’m not quite sure what prompted Google’s Chrome
OS briefing yesterday, as we could be up to
a year away from retail delivery of their Linux-based cloudbooks. It’s also a bit puzzling that Google would simultaneously pursue ...
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Installing Google Chrome OS as a Virtual Machine
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Over at EngadgetHD , Ben Drawbaugh lays out a case (and wishlist) for the imminent release of new stand-alone TiVo DVR hardware. Given the recent TiVo price drops , upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January, and long gestation period since the last hardware refresh (Summer, 2007), ...
Home Theater
TiVo
CES
zatznotfunny.com - 2 days ago
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We’ve looked at quite a few remote controls
in our day, but this is the first hand-powered
one — no batteries required! The remote is a concept design by NEC and Soundpower , which obtains its power from the vibrations of your hand pressing ...
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Look Ma, No Batteries in my Remote!
Last month , Nokia published an official Netflix app to their Ovi store for a variety of Symbian handsets. (Joining the official Windows Mobile Netflix app , developed with Microsoft.) Of course you can manage your DVD rental queue, search for titles, and receive recommendations. But, using ...
Mobile
Netflix
Nokia
Symbian
Windows Mobile
Microsoft
Looks like DISH Network is next in line with an app store offering , following in the footsteps of rival DirecTV . EchoStar’s repeatedly delayed Slingbox-loaded 922s DVR , now slated for delivery “early next year,” will provide access to a variety of home grown and third ...
iPhone
App Store
Based on my personal experiences, and tales from the blogger elite , from where I’m sitting it appears that AT&T’s inferior 3G data network is oversold and oversaturated. When airlines are oversold, impacted customers are compensated. But when it comes to mobile access, ...
Mobile
Apple
iPhone
Sprint
zatznotfunny.com - 5 days ago
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I’d assumed Sezmi had gone the way of
the dodo Akimbo and Moviebeam . However, after speaking
to president and co-founder Phil Wiser last week, it seems they’ve quietly been working deals, raising new capital , and refining the Sezmi ...
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Sezmi Launches LA Pilot, Lands $25M
I’ve been percolating a post on iPhone software enhancements I’d like to see rolled out as part of a 3.5 OS update. However, my requests are largely unchanged from the shortcomings I described back in January . And thanks to the Chumby One previews popping up across the ...
Mobile
zatznotfunny.com - 4 days ago
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As we collectively gear up for the holidays,
product purchase inquiries have started rolling in. Katie asks
: Mino or Ultra !?!? Im getting one for x-mas and i need to tell my dad which one is the best but both sound good!!! Flip rocked the ...
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Question of the Day: Which Flip Video Cam?
Popular HTPC software Boxee has found another way to spend some of that private equity money they’ve been getting. After dicussing the concept awhile, Boxee announced their first (will there be more?) partnership with a consumer electric company to put Boxee into a television0-connected ...
Other
Netflix has enjoyed a long run as both a consumer and investor darling . And those investors may very well cheer Netflix’s exploration of delaying new release movie rentals to cut costs . I understand their desire to maintain good relations with the studios and to avoid costly, time ...
Home Theater
Netflix
DVD
At least 24 hours late to the party, I’ve finally (ha) picked up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. After logging only about two and a half hours in combat, I like what I see. In multiplayer. While sacrificing literally days over the last couple years playing CoD: MW and WaW, I’ve ...
Gaming
Microsoft fared badly trying to break into the cable TV world , but it’s had a great deal more success with IPTV. And now that its Mediaroom software has gained widespread global adoption, Microsoft is anxious to keep developers engaged with the platform and pumping out new TV apps. ...
Online
Microsoft
While I predicted significant Moxi HD DVR price cuts after Arris’ acquisition of Digeo , I expected to see them as the new parent company retreated from retail. However… Not only isn’t Arris giving up on direct consumer sales, versus pitching hardware direct to the MSOs, ...
Home Theater
TiVo
Over the weekend, Microsoft released the CableCARD firmware update for Windows 7 Media Center which relaxes DRM for recordings in a big way and adds support for SDV. The package arrived as the “ ATI Digital Cable Tuner 1.19.12.09050155 firmware ” — available to all of those with the ...
Software
Microsoft
Windows 7
PC
Rumors reported by Silicon Alley Insider last week indicate that TechCrunch Michael Arrington’s Linux-based CrunchPad web browsing tablet has gone into hibernation. Perhaps due to higher than anticipated production expenses. Arrington had promised “a big announcement” ...
Software
Linux
Normally, I tend to think that most regulations are bad. In a free market, businesses should be allowed to operate with a wide degree of latitude. At the same time there is a pragmatic part of me that understands there can be exceptions to this. Everyone should have the right to free speech, ...
Other
Looks like Roku and the Xbox 360 won’t be the only set-top boxes making the jump from 802.11g to the faster, further 802.11n spec this fall. While I’ve been scanning FCC filings lately , looking for something specific, a new TiVo wireless adapter wasn’t on my radar. ...
