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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.

Amazon leaks Slinglink Turbo

Posted on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 by MegaZone

Gizmodo is reporting on an ‘oops’ by Amazon that exposed a new Sling product. The Slinglink Turbo looks like a new powerline Ethernet adapter that uses the HomePlug 1.0 Turbo standard to support 84Mbps traffic over power lines, as opposed … Continue reading →

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TiVo lowers one-year rates

Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 by MegaZone

TiVo appears to have lowered the one-year pre-paid rate from $199 to $179, and the monthly rate from $19.95 to $16.95. See the pricing plan page. The up-front cost on the Series2DT appear to have gone up – $99 for … Continue reading →

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A little TiVo humor

Posted on Sunday, February 18, 2007 by MegaZone

The Order of the Stick isn’t one of the webcomics I normally read, but a friend of mine forwarded me the link to this one and told me I must read it immediately. You’ll see why. The Order of the … Continue reading →

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A TiVo Tour video

Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 by MegaZone

There was recently a TiVo promo about careers at TiVo which included a tour given by TiVo Shanan – and now she’s posted it on YouTube.

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I think I know what happened to the TiVo corporate blog…

Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 by MegaZone

Well, at least part of it. I was playing around on LinkedIn today, updating my profile, and I started looking for people I knew to add to my network, then went a bit wider, and I found the profile for … Continue reading →

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