Here I thought my hefty monthly cable bill paid for a broadband connection, but it turns out we haven’t yet decided what broadband is. Congress is in the process of defining “true broadband” and Om Malik is surveying actual broadband users about what constitutes high speed. (So far 6 Mbps is winning out – See … Read more
One of my parting gifts as Netgear’s CES Blogger In Residence was a WiFi Skype phone. But wait. There’s more! They also provided me with their new dual-mode Skype phone. Believe it or not, there’s only so many Skype phones I can use. So one lucky reader is taking the WiFi model home. Quick summary… … Read more
The TiVo Rewards loyalty program has lowered the “price” of the Series3 to 75,000 points. It was originally introduced as at 85,000 points. According to a quick scan of Amazon and Best Buy, the retail price of the Series3 remains $799… though Amazon has priced it under $610. Given these drops and rumor of a … Read more
Given the title of this post, you might (correctly) assume that I don’t believe CableCARD PCs matter. Sure there will be a small niche that embraces the technology as a home media center hub, but the average consumer won’t bother overcoming the learning curve and paying the associated premium. It’s nice to hear that CableCARD … Read more
A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs. The âUpfrontâ? DVR Battle And Other Advertising Skirmishes: Connected Home 2 Go Web TV Tourist Guide Takes You Around Philadelphia: Web TV Hub Motorolaâs New Phones: Connected Home 2 Go GuideWorks, Your Regularly Scheduled Programming: Connected Home 2 Go
While news was coming out of Streaming Media East in New York, on the other side of the world the IPTV World Forum Eastern Europe tradeshow in Prague was also bustling with the people and products of IPTV. At the event Celrun, an IPTV set-top box manufacturer, along with Metalink Ltd, a leading provider of … Read more
After a month in beta, Skype 2.6 for Mac has been released. In addition to improvements and features, such as Call Transfer, introduced in the beta about two dozen bug fixes have been implemented. My beta version (.72) didn’t recognize an upgrade was available, but I manually downloaded and installed the updated client (.137).
Who controls my online photos?