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.

TiVo Reports 4Q and Fiscal Year End 2012 Financial Results Tomorrow

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 by MegaZone

Tomorrow (Thursday) TiVo reports their 4Q and full FY12 results at 5pm ET/2pm PT, with the live webcast available online. It’ll be interesting to see how the holiday season went, and how all of their MSO deals are doing. From … Continue reading →

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Chrome for Android

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 by MegaZone

As a little experiment during my recent wedding & honeymoon trip (which is why I haven’t been posting, BTW) I didn’t take my laptop. Rather I relied exclusively on my Android phone & tablet, a Galaxy Nexus and ASUS Transformer … Continue reading →

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GE Gives Jet Engines A Cold Reception

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 by MegaZone

There’s a nice post in the Aviation Week Things With Wings blog on the new GE Engine Testing, Research and Development Center (TDRC), developed in partnership with StandardAero in Winnipeg, Canada. The facility is for testing GE’s jet engines for … Continue reading →

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Get to Know SlingPlayer for…

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 by MegaZone

Sling Media today released a slew of videos in a “Get to Know SlingPlayer for [insert platform here]” series. The current generation of clients are very nice, so it is good to see them promoting them. It would be nice … Continue reading →

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SpaceX Tests the SuperDraco Engine

Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 by MegaZone

I really love SpaceX, I hope they continue to deliver on their plans successfully. They’re working on the SuperDraco engine for the Dragon capsule. It will be used for the pusher launch abort system, as well as for powered descent … Continue reading →

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