August 7, 2009
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Google quietly announced yesterday that it was buying On2 Technologies. For $106.5 million dollars, Google gets On2, a leading developer of video compression, publishing and encoding technology. Could Google be getting poised to jump into Internet TV? More >
August 4, 2009
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TiVo, easily my favorite DVR brand and Internet-based VoD (Video on Demand) are growing closer. In 2010, RCN Corp., a telecom and datacom provider in the Midwest and Northeast US will be offering co-branded, HD TiVo DVRs that will integrate … Continue reading
August 1, 2009
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Hulu and the other Internet video-on-demand Web sites have a new rival: Microsoft. You won’t see this new Microsoft service, the MSN Video Player in the United States anytime soon though. Microsoft is launching its new service in the next … Continue reading
July 27, 2009
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If, and I underline the word ‘if,’ there’s an Apple Tablet for us to buy this Christmas, it’s not going to be, as some would have it, a replacement for the Apple TV. More >
June 24, 2009
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The latest version of the Apple TV firmware, Apple TV 2.4, doesn’t have any major improvements, but it does include a few nice, new features and, from what I can see, gives the Apple TV a real performance kick. First, … Continue reading
June 23, 2009
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This just came in over the press-wire, and I’m already interested. Cisco has announced on June 23 that a new Linux powered router, the Linksys by Cisco Wireless-N Broadband Router with Storage Link, the WRT160NL is out. At first glance … Continue reading