Interesting News Dave Hasn’t Covered

Never enough time… CNET prefers HAVA specs over Slingbox? (CNET) Akimbo’s new box with Movielink shipping soon. (PVRWire) Apple Nano alternatives. (NYTimes) Real Rhapsody 4.0 released. (Engadget) Comcast online music and video store launching this month? (Gizmodo)

MySpace Hosts Fox Television Programming

Let me start by saying I don’t get MySpace. Maybe I’m too old or maybe I’m just antisocial, but I haven’t found a use for it (other than the requisite ‘keeping-tabs-on-exes’). In fact, seeing some of the stuff (risqué photos, confidential work details, etc) a few younger coworkers have publicly revealed alarms me. Despite me … Read more

Interesting News Dave Hasn’t Covered

Never enough time… Dish DVRs can continue to operate during appeal of TiVo win. (Davis Freeberg) DirecTV HR20 receives positive review. (CNET) Does Slingbox Pro really do HD? (EngadgetHD) Apple upscaling video instead of re-encoding? (Engadget)

The EFF Is Angry, Wants TiVoToGo On S3

So you may have read (or experienced) that TiVoToGo, Multi-room Viewing, and external hard drive storage features are not active on the Series3. As I wrote over on Engadget, TiVo requires CableLabs (the CableCARD people) certification — and they are particularly sensitive to content owner rights. I assume TiVo submitted the S3 without these features … Read more

Netflix Offers Million Dollar Bounty

If you’ve got some free time and programming skills, Netflix has a job for you… www.netflixprize.com. Reuters says: Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc on Sunday announced that it would pay $1 million to the first person to develop software to improve the accuracy of Netflix’s movie recommendation system by 10 percent. Netflix’s Web-based recommendation … Read more