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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.

TiVo Appoints Cal Hoagland Interim CFO

Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 by MegaZone

As you may recall Steve Sordello left TiVo last month for LinkedIn, and TiVo has been without a CFO since his departure. They have now appointed Cal Hoagland, a principal of Financial Leadership Group LLC, as interim CFO. Nice work … Continue reading →

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TiVo Subscribers Can Now Browse, Purchase and Rent Amazon Unbox Videos Directly From Their TiVo Box

Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 by MegaZone

I was wondering why TiVo didn’t have a press release up yesterday – looks like it popped up later: You can now browse, purchase, and rent movies and television shows from Amazon Unbox on TiVo without leaving your couch and … Continue reading →

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TiVo News #105: Swivel Search your way to TV bliss!

Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 by MegaZone

TiVo’s latest newsletter:

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Galleon 2.4.1 released

Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 by MegaZone

John Kohl has released Galleon 2.4.1. John is doing a great job of reinvigorating Galleon development. Version 2.4.1: ———————- * Turned off HD for applications that don’t need it (e.g. top level menu, Weather since its maps are small) * … Continue reading →

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It looks like TiVo has even less to fear from the GPLv3

Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 by MegaZone

I’ve previously explained why TiVo doesn’t really have to worry about the GPLv3, but it looks like they have even less cause for concern now. Linux Torvalds, the guiding light behind Linux, voiced some pretty strong opinions in a post … Continue reading →

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