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Waiting on the Real Apple TV

May 20th, 2012 · No Comments

You may have noticed that when I talk about TV over the Internet, I haven’t been talking about Google TV or the like. Instead, I’ve been focusing on “media extenders” like the Apple TV, Roku, and the various Internet-equipped Blu-Ray DVD players. The main reason is the elephant in the room: “When will Apple announce [...]

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Tags: Apple · Business · Entertainment · HDTV · Internet · Media Extender · Network · Video

Finding your TV shows on the Internet

May 14th, 2012 · No Comments

It seems to me some days like the media companies want their own Internet TV subsidiaries to fail. Take, for example, the simple task of finding the show you want. DVRs manage it, TV Guide managed it when the only way we got to watch TV was by using rabbit ears. But finding the shows [...]

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Tags: Entertainment · Internet · Media Extender · Network · Video · Web Services

Ready, set, broadcast with Google+’s Hangouts on Air

May 8th, 2012 · No Comments

With Google+ Hangouts, you’ve long been able to do free videoconferencing for up to ten people. Now, with Google+ Hangouts on Air, anyone can also broadcast to a world-wide audience. According to Chee Chew, a Google Engineering Director, “If you have something to say-as an aspiring artist, a global celebrity, or a concerned citizen-you can [...]

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Tags: Applications · Business · Entertainment · Google · Internet · Network · Telecomm/VoIP · Video · Web Services

Court slaps down the use of IP addresses in file-sharing cases

May 3rd, 2012 · Comments Off

The MPAA, RIAA and other copyright holding companies have long used Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to identify users for their lawsuits. They’ll find that people at various IP addresses have used BitTorrent or some other peer-to-peer (P2P) service seem to have downloaded copyrighted video or music and then sic their lawyer attack dogs on them. [...]

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Tags: Business · Entertainment · Internet · Legal · Music · Network · Peer to Peer · Security · Video

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