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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.

Viral on Veoh joins the TiVoCast lineup

Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 by MegaZone

Veoh’s Viral channel “is an internet television channel with programming geared toward internet television producers and their viewers.” On Thursday TiVo’s E. Stephen Mack announced this channel is now available via TiVoCast. As always, you can subscribe via the TiVoCast … Continue reading →

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Roxio and TiVo confirm TiVoToGo troubles on the Mac

Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 by MegaZone

Since the 9.1/9.2 software update hit, some Mac-using TiVo owners have experienced troubling using Roxio Toast 8 or Popcorn 3 for TiVoToGo. Dave Zatz dug into the issue and received a confirmation from both TiVo and Roxio that they are … Continue reading →

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TiVo: Cable DVR software “much easier said than done”

Posted on Saturday, November 10, 2007 by MegaZone

Broadcast Newsroom has a new article on TiVo’s software development efforts for Comcast, which shed some light on the lengthy development process. “The idea was” if you could somehow take a generic [set-top] box and download the TiVo software over … Continue reading →

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Sony CEO calls high-def disc war a ‘stalemate’

Posted on Friday, November 9, 2007 by MegaZone

An AP story has Sony’s CEO, Howard Stringer, calling the format war between Blu-ray Disc (which Sony backs) and Toshiba’s HD DVD a ‘stalemate’: The head of Sony Corp., Howard Stringer, said Thursday that the Blu-ray disc format the company … Continue reading →

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Time again for the weekly Amazon Unbox 99-cent sale

Posted on Friday, November 9, 2007 by MegaZone

This week Amazon Unbox is offering up Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, License to Wed, Knocked Up (Unrated), Perfect Stranger, 300, and The Lives of Others as their $.99 rentals. They’re also running a Special on NBC videos … Continue reading →

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