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Entries from August 2005

Test Drive a Macintosh

August 30th, 2005 · Comments · apple, marketing

Michael Gartenberg notes a very cool promotion from Apple…. Test Drive a Macintosh

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Beyond just Picture in Picture

August 30th, 2005 · Comments · gadgets and technology, tv

Images: Watch six TV shows at once with a new Dish Networks service…
This looks very cool and like something I would use frequently when surfing for something to watch or for a special event like the US Open or the Olympics.

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WindowsVista

August 25th, 2005 · Comments · fun stuff and good links, software

WindowsVista Not…

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Cablevision and TiVo

August 24th, 2005 · Comments · gadgets and technology, marketing

If they could just find a way to do this with an HDTV capable box, it would be quite a bit more compelling. What’s the point really otherwise?
Cablevision said today it will test market TiVo and a wireless router along with its “Optimum Triple Play” package to current satellite customers. The new combination will [...]

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FIOS TV – Sounding good

August 24th, 2005 · Comments · gadgets and technology

While I am quite happy with my cable modem and HDTV Cable service, I would drop it immediately for this…
Based on a focus group, this guy reports on the order of 300 channels, 3X more HD channels than Cablevision, and, wildest of all, a DVR capable of recording 6 channels at once and doing multi-room [...]

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MobiTV coming soon to Treo

August 24th, 2005 · Comments · gadgets and technology

Not sure when or if I’ll be back on a Treo (without swapping my SIM card of course), but MobiTVis finally coming to the Treo platform.

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What’s new at Google

August 22nd, 2005 · Comments · marketing, software

I was beginning to wonder what was up with Google since the MSN desktop search was really doing a better job indexing my Outlook mail at work, but then Google Desktop releases a new version and life is back to normal.
I really like what’s been done with the Outlook plugin — you can search from [...]

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Dilbert does the news

August 21st, 2005 · Comments · fun stuff and good links, news

Dilbert takes on our wonderful world of news in this week’s Sunday piece. Great for anyone paying attention.

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Podcast AV

August 21st, 2005 · Comments · gadgets and technology, software

I would imagine as this gets easier PodCasting will begin to take a more enhanced form which will only lead to more interesting uses of the technology.
Podcast AV lets you enhance your podcasts by adding links and pictures to them. These podcasts can then be viewed in iTunes 4.9 or on an iPod with a [...]

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Next Gen TiVo’s to support CableCard

August 20th, 2005 · Comments · gadgets and technology

Not really new news, but confirmation of what was announced at CES which is at least a good thing. Cablecard will be a nice option regardless…

Next Gen TiVo’s to support CableCard | PVRblog PVRBlog posts about a job description at TiVo promising the applicant will gain experience in open standards such as CableCARD.

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Awesome Ballmer remix

August 10th, 2005 · Comments · fun stuff and good links

Developers, Developers, Developers…

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Moved!

August 1st, 2005 · Comments · Personal

Not the blog, but our home!
I stepped off the red eye Thursday and immediately got to moving. First 2 guys arrived to disassemble and reassemble a couch we had to have taken apart to initially fit in a room when we purchased it about 5 years ago. Soon thereafter our team of movers [...]

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What the wife won’t understand…

August 1st, 2005 · Comments · gadgets and technology

Waiting at least a month until the TV you want is even available, let alone the time for your installation and configuration… This is no small deal and to do it right requires the patience to get it done. Instead, she (can’t just be my wife) wants it to be done now – with [...]

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