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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.

Engin begins their TiVo push in Australia

Posted on Monday, July 2, 2007 by MegaZone

Australian broadband telephony vendor Engin has begun a AUD$5 million marketing effort which will focus on their VOIP and DSL services, and later the Australian launch of TiVo. Engin has exclusive distribution, brand management and content development rights for TiVo … Continue reading →

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The life of Tom Rogers, TiVo’s CEO

Posted on Sunday, July 1, 2007 by MegaZone

Tom Rogers, TiVo’s CEO, lives in Harrison, NY, in Westchester County, to TiVo in Alviso, CA every week. He flies out Monday morning and flies back Thursday night. Lower Hudson Online has an article in which they interview him and … Continue reading →

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Five free Blu-ray site is live

Posted on Friday, June 29, 2007 by MegaZone

The previously posted promotional site www.blueraysavings.com is now up. It clarifies some things and introduces a new restriction – the 21 available titles are divided into five groups, and you have to pick just one from each category. The qualifying … Continue reading →

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Unbox 2.0 Beta Release

Posted on Friday, June 29, 2007 by MegaZone

A beta of version 2.0 of the Amazon Unbox PC client is now available. Download it here. According to the Amazon Unbox Blog: Key features of the new version of the Amazon Unbox Video Player include: A fresh, new look: … Continue reading →

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The GPLv3 was released today – is TiVo doomed?

Posted on Friday, June 29, 2007 by MegaZone

Yep, the GNU General Public License, version 3, was released today. The GPL is the license that governs a large proportion of open source projects, under its (until today) current v2 form. This includes the Linux kernel. Of course, one … Continue reading →

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