A periodic roundup of relevant news… Nero teams with TiVo for PC DVR software: Gizmodo Is TiVo testing a new user interface: Engadget The complete Tom Rogers interview from All Things Digital: GizmoLovers Stay up to date with TiVo/DIRECTV partnership: TiVoBlog
Real launches DVD archiving software with questionable claims of legality.
There’s been a distinct trend lately toward multi-screen views for online video applications. The Olympics Silverlight player included four screens for watching multiple events simultaneously. Verizon and the NFL are once again offering multiple camera angles for football games to online subscribers. And now Ars Technica reports on the latest from CoolIris and its browser … Read more
Originally demo-ed at CES 2007, SlingPlayer 2.0 for Windows has finally been released (as a public beta). Unfortunately, SP 2.0’s launch is most notable for what it lacks: Clip+Sling. Clip+Sling, plus the associated Sling.com video portal, was intended to allow Slingbox owners to capture and share memorable television segments online. However, Sling didn’t want to … Read more
If your iTunes collection is anything like mine, you’ve been importing music over a period of years and are stuck with missing or inaccurate track data and album art. TuneUp purports to help by analyzing your library on demand and filling the gaps, as you can see from the demo above. The software, which appends … Read more
Following Kevin Tofel’s lead, I’ve taken a look at ZNF browser stats in honor of the (world-record breaking) Firefox 3 launch. The snapshot above represents the last 30 days and isn’t that different from the same period of time a year ago – the percent of Firefox readers is actually down a bit, while Safari … Read more
This post’s author, The Media Patriot, is a fellow consumer who enjoys music and television but condemns DRM. His pseudonym pays homage to the original participants of the Boston Tea Party. Are you getting all the sports coverage you want from your cable or satellite provider? Ever wonder if that UEFA Euro 2008 soccer match … Read more
While the XBMC desktop port continues, a new player (Boxee) is stepping in to create a (free) unified front-end that layers social networking features on top of traditional media extender functionality. For those unfamiliar with XBMC, I’ll go ahead and quote myself: when you’ve completed the upgrade, the classic Xbox is more capable, useful, and … Read more