A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Femtocell in a Photo Frame: Connected Home 2 Go DVB-T HDHomeRun Delayed: Brent Evans Geek Tonic Best Demos at Techcrunch50: The Daleisphere New Motorola WiMAX USB Adaptor: Connected Home 2 Go Grab On, DOCSIS 3.0 is Here: Connected Home 2 Go
AT&T, the company that brings you everything IP, has just launched HomeManager, a home communication system (er, phone) with a touchscreen display that combines news and weather feeds with telephony features.
I’ve enjoyed watching the DECE (“Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem”) discussion unfold – it makes for good entertainment. A decent amount of the commentary has been the typical knee-jerk “DRM sucks” response you’d expect. And while it may be partially true that this industry alliance (Sony, Best Buy, NBC, Comcast, etc) was formed to fend off … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Motorola USB DVR Transcoder Concept: Media Experiences 2 Go Holy Flash Batman, DivX Brings Hulu To Your TV: Davis Freeberg’s Digital Connection Placeshifting for BeyondTV Has Arrived: Brent Evans Geek Tonic 1/3 of European Millennials Prefer Video on a PC: Connected Home 2 Go WiMAX … Read more
Leaving comments across the blogosphere… A modest proposal for a smoother digital TV switchover No matter how proactive we are, I think there’s going to be a lot of angry and confused people come February. They’ll call the local TV stations and city hall. It’ll be a financial burden on the little guys who won’t … Read more
My next-door neighbors spent their DTV transition coupons for a pair of converter boxes to go with their analog TV sets. As I watched the set-up process of one of their Magnavox converter boxes (purchased at WalMart) I contemplated the absolute horror that likely awaits us on February 17th. My neighbors did get the box … Read more
As Mari mentioned, we spent our afternoon in DC with several of our peers (IP Democracy, Ars Technica, The Technology Liberation Front, Public Knowledge, etc) at the NCTA‘s inaugural Blogger Summit. President Kyle McSlarrow pretty much opened the floor to discuss any topic on our minds. Given the DC crowd, a large percent of the … Read more
Ever wonder what goes on in the hallowed halls of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association? Probably not. But a few of us are getting a peek at the first NCTA Blogger Summit. Dave and I are both here, throwing our own questions at CEO Kyle McSlarrow. Some of the things we’ve heard so far: … Read more