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My life as a customer. This week, it's cable television and the proposed digital television transition... not be confused with that other digital TV transition … as Tweeted today . If you read my post about my email and Tweet exchanges with Comcast ,
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An interesting metaphor given the wet, rainy weather we have this week in the Redmond area: 40 days and nights from now, the television world should be changing to digital broadcast in the States. But not if Obama’s team request for a delay in digital
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As I Twittered (tweeted? I'll get this right), sometimes you forget to do something: pick up milk on the way home, feed the cat or empty the dishwasher. On the whole, not so serious. And with a digital vide recorder or a Media Center PC, you
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If you are interested in catching up with all the Olympics but don't have the time to wade through (or be awake for) the sporting event of you choice (the freestyle swimming, fencing, soccer and the Decathalon here at home), we're pleased to announce
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Last year I posted an entry on how to choose the best computer which included an article by Mike Himowitz , columnist at the Baltimore Sun. Himowitz wrote the article " Sticker tells shopper key parts of a laptop " which covers "the specific components
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For those of you going to CES, Nick reports on the Windows Vista blog today that there will be one more way (aside from ) to cruise around Viva Las Vegas... the new the Windows Vista Media Center Express: "This year at CES we're partnering with PodTech
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In MSN Tech & Gadgets (love that subsite) there's an informative post from by PC World columnist Lincoln Spector on the " Best Products for Streaming Audio and Video With Ease ." "Want to watch your movies in the bedroom or listen to your albums in
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Unless you are buying a workstation-class comuer for development or high-end use (video gaming, video editing), chances are that your next computer will be a notebook. And for most consumer purchasers, this seems to be even more likely. The industry analyst
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Long Zheng reports in his blog earlier this week that "a trademark application in Australia... looks to be for a video-on-demand service from Microsoft yet to be identified has been made available publically." Ars Technica picked up on Zheng's report
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Do you have a TV antenna connection that plugs directly in to your TV or Media Center PC? If so, think about how you will prepare for a transition that is finally coming in the industry: on February 17, 2009, the US will make the transition to digital
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AP reported yesterday that "people who buy certain Windows personal computers this holiday season will be offered free or heavily discounted coupons to upgrade to Microsoft Corp.'s new operating system, Windows Vista, under a program designed to spur
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As a follow up to my , the New York Times has on article on Apple's Plans to Inhabit Living Room. " Steven P. Jobs , Apple Computer ’s chief executive, concluded a much-anticipated company event on Tuesday with his usual tease, noting that he had “one
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As I mused in my guess on Apple's next "showtime" , Apple did announce today an upgrade to iTunes, some new iPods (including a new iPod, iPod shuffle and iPod nano ) as well as a device to stream television programming to the TV with Apple's "iTV"...
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News.com reports that Apple Computer has invited the press for a "Special Event" next week in San Francisco. News and most reports following Amazon's Amazon.com's Unbox Internet movies and TV show service guess that... "The early bet seems to be a new
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Over the weekend I talked about From the Expert Zone: Xbox 360 as a Media Center Extender. A quick visit during a meeting this morning, looking at the Xbox site, showed this connection point on how to... See this link as this page provides more on the
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