There have been a number of challengers to Tivo's share of the DVR (Digital Video Recorder) market. But until now, Tivo always had a partnership with DirecTV to supplement its offerings in the "Stand Alone" market. And, for months, there have been stories that the partnership may be in danger.
Last night, a more comprehensive story was published detailing DirecTV's plans to release its own DVR device. With that, DirecTV will continue to offer Tivo boxes, but only to customers who request them. Some say this will be the end
A new worm is tearing through the internet this week. Just as in the past, vulnerabilities in Microsoft based Windows operating systems are to blame. This time it is a security issue found in Windows 2000.
Once again, we prepare to play the blame game. It is true that Microsoft released a patch for this issue on August 9th with a rating of "critical." To those accustomed to Microsoft's severity scale...
A post just went up at Divx Labs. They have released Beta 1 of Divx Fusion Codec. And, if you're like me, this will be big news for you. Divx on the Mac has been painful with several codec's coming and going over the years. Each one of them had differing degrees of success. Then, with the release of 10.4...
The battle for ultra-broadband is now heating up. Major providers from all over the US are fighting to one-up each other and bring the fastest possible internet connections to consumer's homes.
This story from Reuters details some of the operating plans of some of the biggest names in the industry. But with all of the info provided here, I can't help wondering...
Time travel has been a staple of the Sci-Fi world as long as mankind has dared to dream. There have been countless books and movies based on a number of theories. But where does science meet...
BPL, or Broadband over Powerline, may be the future of high-speed internet access in the United States and around the world. If rolled out country wide, it would mean that every home in the US that has electricity would have broadband internet. And, at theorized speeds of up to 200Mb...
There is no doubt about it, RSS news feeds are finally heating up the web. Given that Google's Personalized Page (http://www.google.com/ig) now lets users add any RSS feed, RSS is finally useful for the average user. Similar support has also been added to Yahoo's My Yahoo page.
Simply put, if you know a news web site provides information in an RSS feed, you just need to add the URL of the feed to the Google of My Yahoo page. Once you do, the news headlines will appear on that web page whenever they are updated on the original news site. There is only one way this could be easier. Very poor instructions are provided to show users exactly how to add feeds to Google or Yahoo.
With that in mind, I am in the process of putting together a QuickTime movie that shows just how easy it is to add RSS feeds to Google or Yahoo, provided you know where to look.
In the mean time, Google News has made a massive leap forward in aggregating the news into RSS feeds. First of all, if you are not familiar with Google News, you are missing out. Visit http://news.google.com for all manner of news from around the world. It is categorized into topics such as Top Stories, World, Business, Technology, and Entertainment...
This week, Apple introduced its first multi-button mouse, called Mightymouse. But, apparently, this is not the first time that Apple has used that particular name. This article is extremely interesting and tells the tale (pun intended, sorry) of the first mouse design Apple ever produced...
Project Motorsport started out as a fun way to spend an afternoon. We set out to shoot some motorcycle video and have a good time. Once when we brought the video back and began to edit, we realized we had the making of a music video.
Check out the video and see for yourself. And, if your interested in further information on the project, we give you that too!
The Freedom to Switch:
In 2003 Apple Computer released a marketing campaign with the intention of showing Wintel users how easy it would be to "switch" platforms.
One of the Mac's main selling points, ironically enough, was Digital Video Editing. Apple wanted the world to see how easy it was to edit video on the Mac platform. And, in overwhelming response, Mac users set out to show the world just how easy it really was.
The campaign was effective for Apple, but also spawned a unexpected parody campaign in the Mac underworld. Users from all of the world whipped out their camcorders and set to work making spoofs in the same cinematic style as the acclaimed commercial line.
With this, Maclive.net rose to the challenge and shot our own spoof. We think it proves that a Mac can be a powerful tool in the wrong hands. It also shows how far a couple of Mac fans will go for a laugh. We hope you enjoy our contribution, aptly named The Freedom to Switch.
There have been a number of challengers to Tivo's share of the DVR (Digital Video Recorder) market. But until now, Tivo always had a partnership with DirecTV to supplement its offerings in the "Stand Alone" market. And, for months, there have been stories that the partnership may be in danger.
