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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.

www.tivolovers.com

Posted on Saturday, December 3, 2005 by MegaZone

Last night I had the idea to register TiVoLovers.com, and setup LJ’s domain mapping feature. So now, in addition to http://www.livejournal.com/community/tivolovers/ or http://tivolovers.livejournal.com/, http://www.gizmolovers.com/ will point here. Which makes it easier to refer people here – “Just go to TiVoLovers.com.”

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TiVo and Sony get into the game

Posted on Saturday, December 3, 2005 by MegaZone

TiVo’s announcements made a bigger splash: through its content partnership with Yahoo, TiVo Series 2 devices now offer a section for podcasts, with listings taken from the Yahoo Podcasts site. What’s more, TiVo, whose talks with Apple broke off recently, … Continue reading →

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What comes after CableCARD?

Posted on Saturday, December 3, 2005 by MegaZone

With CableCARD just gathering steam, and TiVo’s HD CableCARD system due in mid-2006, the cable industry is already talking about what comes after CableCARD. Their concept is the Downloadable Conditional Access System (DCAS). DCAS would eliminate the need for specialized … Continue reading →

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What creature will succeed the couch potato?

Posted on Saturday, December 3, 2005 by MegaZone

For decades, the Nielsen Media Research audience measurement service has told networks and advertisers roughly how many people are watching, for example, ABC at 9 p.m. on a Wednesday. But as a growing number of people use TiVo or another … Continue reading →