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Laurie J. Flynn / New York Times:
TiVo to Transfer Shows to iPods, Sony PSP — SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20 - TiVo, the maker of digital video recorders, plans to announce a new feature on Monday that will let TiVo owners watch recorded television shows on Apple's video iPods and on Sony's handheld PSP game machine.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
TiVoToGo programs can now go farther — Recording service expanded to iPods, PSPs — SAN JOSE, Calif. — TiVo Inc. is expanding its video recording service so users will be able to transfer recorded television shows onto Apple Computer Inc.'s iPods or Sony Corp.'s PlayStation Portable …
Julie Tamaki / Los Angeles Times:
TiVo to Expand Portable Features — It is expected to allow users to transfer TV programs to iPods and PlayStations. The service could be available early next year. — TiVo Inc. today is expected to announce a service that allows its digital video recorders to save programs to iPods …
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Steve Gillmor / Steve Gillmor's InfoRouter:
Time is on our side — When Dare Obasanjo and Jason McCabe Calacanis come out swinging against forward motion in attention, you know something important is happening. Both are important figures in this reboot we're calling Web 2.0, and their concerns should be examined carefully.
USA Today:
Cingular will be sold under name of AT&T — NEW YORK — SBC, which closed its merger with AT&T on Friday, plans to sell Cingular Wireless under the fabled AT&T name, Ed Whitacre, the chairman and CEO of the combined company, has confirmed to USA TODAY. — Cingular, the USA's No. 1 wireless company …
Rob Pegoraro / Washington Post:
Ground Rules for Buying on the Cutting Edge: home computer — Shopping for a computer would be easy, if it weren't for that whole Windows-versus-Mac thing. — Fortunately, that may be a simpler choice than you think — and making that call first can greatly simplify the rest of your home-computer shopping.
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Tom Sanders / vnunet.com:
Gartner: piece of tape defeats any CD DRM — Anti-piracy technologies 'easily defeated', reports analyst — The highly controversial XCP digital rights management (DRM) technology bundled by Sony BMG on 52 of its audio CD albums can be defeated by applying a small piece of tape to the discs, according to analyst firm Gartner.
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Anick Jesdanun / Associated Press:
Study: Search Now No. 2 Among Web Tasks — NEW YORK — The number of people who use Internet search engines to find information has jumped over the last year, claiming a solid No. 2 spot behind e-mail among online tasks, a new study finds. — Of the 94 million American adults who went online …
Philip Young / mediations:
Revealing personality — Have you heard the one about the Irishman, the American and the (sort of) Dutchman..? — Organising a conference on something that is as new and fast changing as the New PR (whatever that means) is a challenge. You don't know who will come …
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Om Malik / On Broadband, VoIP …:
Skype's Risky Retail Strategy — This past week, Skype folks dropped by to Business 2.0 offices, hoping to brief me on some news which was under embargo. I refused to chat about anything under embargo, because it was clear that the news would find its way onto the web. I did not want to be shackled.
Arik Hesseldahl / Business Week:
Where the Tech Buffs Shop — NewEgg.com has carved out a loyal following among shoppers looking for the latest computer gear — Earlier this year, Stephen DiFranco, a vice-president for consumer sales at chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, noticed an unusual trend in sales.
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Russell Shaw / IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband:
Attention Skype-haters: SkypeKiller lets you wipe Skype from your network for good — And no, I am not talking about the Uninstall feature activated from Add/Remove Programs. Something far more effectual. — I've found a site called SkypeKiller, the Web presence for a freeware program …
Jenstar / JenSense:
Separate bidding on content network introduced by AdWords — Yahoo Search Marketing has long supported the model of allowing separate bidding on the content and search networks, which enabled advertisers to decide how much they were willing to pay dependent on whether it showed …
Justin Nolan / 360 Insider:
Play some Xbox 360 multiplayer without Xbox Live — Xbox Live might be "free" this generation, but not if you want to do some multiplayer gaming. You still need to shell out the $50 a year (which, in my opinion, is more than worth it). As with the old Xbox, XLink Kai is to the rescue.
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Chris Anderson / The Long Tail:
FIRST TAKE: XBOX 360 MEDIA CENTER EXTENDER — Thanks to my cool day job, I got an early Xbox 360 and spent some time today running it through its paces. I'll leave the reviews of the release-day games to others (although I found Amped 3, a top-notch snowboarding game …
John / ProgrammableWeb.com:
diggdot.us — Digg + slashdot + del.icio.us/popular are a regular browsing cycle for some folks so the diggdot.us mashup combines them into a unified format, eliminates duplicates and adds a few extras. It's brand new so it will likely go through refining shortly (ex: some duplicates still get through).
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