Author Archives: MegaZone

About MegaZone

MegaZone is the Editor of Gizmo Lovers and the chief contributor. He's been online since 1989 and active in several generations of 'social media' - mailing lists, USENet groups, web forums, and since 2003, blogging.    MegaZone has a presence on several social platforms: Google+ / Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / LiveJournal / Web.    You can also follow Gizmo Lovers on other sites: Blog / Google+ / Facebook / Twitter.

Charter Adds The TiVo Preview And Multi-Room To Their TiVo Offering

Posted on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 by MegaZone

We’ve known since the initial announcement that Charter planned to offer TiVo as a whole-home solution, it was right there in black and white: “as well as upcoming multi-room and non-DVR platforms”. That’d be the TiVo Preview, currently deployed by … Continue reading →

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Sling Media Launches Embedded SlingPlayer

Posted on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 by MegaZone

Remember last November when Sling Media launched SlingPlayer for Facebook and I tried to see if the player was embed-able in other sites, with disastrous results? No? Well, that happened. Anyway, they’ve now launched an actual Embedded SlingPlayer, which you … Continue reading →

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Apps, Games, Music, Movies, And Books? It’s Time To Play

Posted on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 by MegaZone

Today Google got a little more serious about competing in the content market, with the launch of Google Play. Google Play pulls together content that was formerly spread across several different sites – Google Music, Google eBookstore, and Android Market. … Continue reading →

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Boeing 777 – Past & Future

Posted on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 by MegaZone

Boeing has released another video celebrating the 1,000th B777 produced, featuring the chief model pilots for the B777. First flight of the 1000th aircraft was scheduled for today.

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Verizon: It’s An Old Person’s Nightmare – SNL

Posted on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 by MegaZone

This past Saturday Night Live had a great skit near the end which I just had to share. I figured readers of this blog would really appreciate it. We may live and breathe this tech, but it is just gibberish … Continue reading →

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