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.

Akimbo pulls out of the HW business

Posted on Tuesday, May 8, 2007 by MegaZone

Just as we’re hearing about the new ‘Vudu’ set-top box for broadband video, comes word, via Om Malik, that established player Akimbo is pulling put of that market and discontinuing the RCA Akimbo Player. Service to the boxes will be … Continue reading →

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Get eSATA working on the Series3!

Posted on Saturday, May 5, 2007 by MegaZone

Wow – this is interesting. Engadget is reporting a kick start code to enable eSATA on the Series3! It looks like it was found by user Spike2k5 on the TiVo Community forum. Reportedly, this only works on unmodified Series3 boxes … Continue reading →

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Verizon FiOS Q&A

Posted on Friday, May 4, 2007 by MegaZone

Brian Whitton, Executive Director of Access Network Design and Integration for Verizon, answered questions via IM and email for a Q&A session with PolicyBlog. It was posted in two parts: part one and part two. Before the Q&A Dave Zatz … Continue reading →