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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.

Pace The Latest Hardware Vendor To Support TiVo

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 by MegaZone

Pace, a maker of set top boxes, has licensed TiVo’s Hardware Porting Kit and is working with TiVo to produce a TiVo-verified platform for cable operators world wide. Pace is joining the likes of Cisco and Samsung, both providing hardware … Continue reading →

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AT&T AdWorks To Share Data With TiVo

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 by MegaZone

Fresh on the heels of their legal settlement with AT&T it seems there aren’t any hard feelings, as TiVo and AT&T have entered into an agreement to share viewing data between TiVo and AT&T AdWorks. The agreement will allow TiVo … Continue reading →

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Verizon Wireless Quietly Renting Slingboxes

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 by MegaZone

Over a year ago Sling Media announced a deal with Verizon Wireless to rent a Slingbox to Verizon Wireless customers for uses with their mobile devices. Instead of buying a Slingbox at retail users would be able to rent a … Continue reading →

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TiVo to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 by MegaZone

In addition to announcing their financial results tomorrow, TiVo will be presenting at two investor conferences next week. First up, on Tuesday 2/28, TiVo President & CEO Tom Rogers will present at the Deutsche Bank 2012 Media and Telecommunications Conference. … Continue reading →

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New DirecTiVo THR22 Widely Available

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 by MegaZone

This bit of news broke while I was off on my honeymoon and if this is something you were waiting for your probably already aware of this. While WeaKnees had expected the DirecTiVo to release wide around 1/30, they weren’t … Continue reading →

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