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TV for Human Beings: Ubuntu Linux

January 9th, 2012 · Comments Off

Ubuntu Linux fans will recognize this story’s title as a play on the operating system’s slogan: Ubuntu: Linux for human beings. Now, Canonical, Ubuntu’s parent company, is taking on Apple and Google by trying to make Ubuntu the operating system of choice for all-in-one Internet, cable, and satellite TV: Ubuntu TV. According to Jane Silber, [...]

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Tags: Business · Canonical · DVR · Entertainment · HDTV · Internet · Linux · Media Extender · Network · Operating System · Video

DirecTV and TiVo kiss and make up

September 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Three years after DirecTV dumped its partnership with TiVo, the companies announced that they would be working together again. Specifically, TiVo will be making a new HD DVR for DirecTV with Internet support. This is due to appear in the second half of 2009.

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Tags: DVR · Entertainment · HDTV