Congratulations Scott & Teresa
Sunday, April 30th, 2006Yesterday was Scott and Teresa’s wedding. How is everyone feeling today? Dad?
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Archive for April, 2006
TiVo Dual Tuner Series2 now available for order
Thursday, April 27th, 2006Both Amazon.com and Circuit City are now taking orders for the new 80 hour dual tuner Series2 boxes. Current price is $249. The sites make no mention of a rebate but reading the press release from TiVo there should be a $150 mail in rebate available on Monday.
TiVo Announces First Standalone Dual Tuner Product, the TiVo Series2 DT DVR
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006It’s official, TiVo has announced the Series2 Dual Tuner DVR.
http://www.tivo.com/cms_static/press_88.html
04/25/2006
TiVo Announces First Standalone Dual Tuner Product, the TiVo Series2 DT DVR
Record Two Shows At Once, Built-In Ethernet for Easy Networking and Refreshed Upscale Look
Alviso, CA — April 25, 2006 — TiVo, the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), [...]
The Bill the Hollywood cartels don’t want you to see
Monday, April 24th, 2006Many of you have seen or heard about the new amendment to the DMCA being sent to Congress by the Dep. of Justice. We’ve (IPac) gotten a hold of the actual bill and it’s worse than we could have imagined. Link includes actuall bill and steps on how you can fight it.
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Happy Birthday Kristy!
Saturday, April 22nd, 2006Today is my sister Kristy’s birthday. Happy birthday!! We will celebrate more next weekend at Scott’s wedding but hope you enjoy your day today.
TiVo Wins Patent Suit Against EchoStar
Thursday, April 13th, 2006According to this story from Bloomberg.com, TiVo has won their patent case against EchoStar.
From this AP story, the jury awarded TiVo more than $73 million in damages
Google Calendar Is Launching Tonight
Thursday, April 13th, 2006It looks like Google Calender could be launching tonight! The official Google Calendar logo was found on Google’s servers and calendar.google.com redirects to the actual CL2 login screen now.
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Firefox Tweaks, Extensions and Optimizations
Wednesday, April 12th, 2006Firefox Tweaks, Extensions and Optimizations
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How the DHARMA Initiative Works
Friday, April 7th, 2006For such a secretive organization, the DHARMA Initiative has left lots of evidence of its activities. Not only has it populated an island with territorial polar bears and sharks, it has defended its territory with a menacing monster that looks deceptively like black smoke.
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Poker Fans Push Online Gambling
Thursday, April 6th, 2006Three professional poker players raised the stakes in a debate over Internet gambling Tuesday, calling on Congress to reject three bills that attempt to stop U.S. residents from playing online poker.
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Why IT and Users Hate Each Other
Thursday, April 6th, 2006There is little hope that IT will ever truly be aligned with the business–at least if you judge by this sometimes hilarious, sometimes maddening conversation thread on Slashdot a couple of weeks ago. It displays all the worst behaviors of business and IT people - and by accident reveals some good lessons.
A little lengthy but [...]
TiVo’s Future May Hinge on Patent Case
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006TiVo and Dish have been battling over a key patent that makes digital video recorders work. A TiVo victory - which experts deem likely - would not only resurrect the fledgling company but also encourage a shift in DVR strategies at the major pay TV providers.
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