Leaving comments across the blogosphere… Senate OKs DTV Delay, Still Needs Money for Coupons While I don’t favor a delay and have said repeatedly the entire transition has been a cluster on multiple levels, local affiliates being permitted to flip the switch prior to to June 12th might make things even more chaotic. I’m sure … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Broadband Issues for President Obama The historic swearing-in of President Barak Obama has taken place, and now it’s time for the real work to begin. Alongside war and a tumbling economy, several broadband issues face President Obama in both the short and long term. There’s … Read more
The Boy Genius is out with his top ten iPhone annoyances. While several can be filed as minutiae that won’t bother most folks to any great extent, I’ve yet to meet the perfect handset. The iPhone is no different, possessing a variety of quirks and limitations. But, before I get to my list of shortcomings, … Read more
Just in time for the historic presidential swearing-in ceremony, CBS has debuted a new Silverlight player with seven (!) live HD feeds.
Leaving comments across the blogosphere… Video Of The Day: Engadget’s Netflix HD Streaming Shootout I haven’t run my own Netflix streaming shootout, but I do own TiVo(s), an Xbox 360, and the Roku box. For ease of use and quickness, Roku wins. But it only outputs 720p HD. Meaning an old HD set like the … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: 10 feet away: YouTube lands on PS3 and Wii Perhaps taking a leaf out of the BBC iPlayer’s book, Google-owned YouTube have launched a version of the video sharing site designed specifically for viewing on a television. DivX 7 adds support for Blu-ray rips DivX … Read more
Not only did we witness a temporary cease fire in the “World’s Largest” flat panel CES showdown (pic above from 2007), a few other technologies played it low-key in Vegas… After a buzz-worthy showing in 2008, I didn’t see or hear much regarding tru2way-enabled hardware in 2009. At least on the retail front. While the … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our friends at Last100: Have we just witnessed the second coming of Palm? The company unveiled its brand new Palm operating system (dubbed the webOS) running on a new smartphone called the “Palm Pre” that features a 3.1-inch multi-touch screen and slide out portrait keyboard. It’s of course … Read more