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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.

Watch your favorite shows anytime, anywhere.

Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 by MegaZone

The fourth, and supposedly final, email from MyTiVoGetsMe.com arrived today. Honestly, the subject line makes me think of Sling Media more than TiVo. (A cute touch – the banner header on the four emails are the four TiVo colors – … Continue reading →

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Mixed HD DVD & Blu-ray Disc news

Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 by MegaZone

A handful of articles appeared today, on CNET, TWICE, and Bloomberg.com. CNET is reporting that Toshiba has lowered their sales target for HD DVD players, not projecting a total of 1 million Toshiba HD DVD decks in North America by … Continue reading →

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PalmOS SlingPlayer Beta 2 released

Posted on Tuesday, June 12, 2007 by MegaZone

The second public beta of the Palm OS SlingPlayer Mobile client was released today. The first public beta was released back on March 28th. The new release fixes a number of issues reported on the first beta, as well as … Continue reading →

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Five days left for $200 TiVo Series3 rebate and Father’s Day deals

Posted on Monday, June 11, 2007 by MegaZone

As previously posted TiVo currently has a $200 rebate on the Series3. But that rebate only runs through this Saturday, June 16th. So don’t hesitate much longer if you’re considering taking advantage of it. Amazon has the S3 for $606.95, … Continue reading →

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Apple takes Safari into Windows jungle

Posted on Monday, June 11, 2007 by MegaZone

Today Apple released the Safari 3 Public Beta, which has a few new features – not the least of which is that it also runs on Windows (XP or Vista). Until now, Safari has been restricted to MacOS X. But … Continue reading →

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