TiVo KidZone: “Can I get an amen?”

The TiVo Ministry pitched KidZone to clergy in Dallas and Atlanta this week while picking up the National Association of Evangelicals Seal of Approval. TiVo plans to visit other religious leaders later this month at the Islamic Center, Wiccan Church, and Temple Shalom.* Also this week, TiVo deployed on-box advertising to get the KZ word … Read more

TiVo Finally Getting WPA Support?

WPA is so long overdue, it’s not even funny… making TiVo’s support note that much more encouraging. They state they have WPA in the works and plan to initially offer it on their TiVo-branded wireless adapter. Yes! (Thanks, Jim B!)

Interesting News Dave Hasn’t Covered

Never enough time… Hands on with Hauppauge’s wireless media streamer. (SnapStream) DivX launches YouTube-alike. (GigaOm) The demise of Sony’s PSP. (TechLore) Netflix movie download servers found? (HackingNetflix) AOL signs deals to offer movie video downloads. (TechCrunch)

Creative Zen Vision Gets Refreshed

According to a blurb in Popular Mechanics (by way of epiZENter) Creative’s Zen Vision looks to be getting a refresh with larger screen, larger form, and larger hard drive option. I assume we’ll also be seeing some tweaks in the OS to better support newer services such as Vongo. My only complaint with the original … Read more

TitanTV Streams Fox Programming

We’ve seen television content start to pop up all over the interwebs (some free and some pay) the last few months. Now HD aficionado web program guide TitanTV has got into the action by providing free Fox content. Since they’ll only be showing the first three episodes of Prison Break and Vanished, I see this … Read more

TiVo Coming To Cox

TiVo always implied they wanted to be a software and services company rather than a hardware manufacturer. Not only do deals with Comcast, DirecTV, and now Cox further those goals, they ensure TiVo’s business viability in the face of OCAP of SDV. As with Comcast’s Motorola 6412 boxes, TiVo software will be a download option … Read more