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Speculation on the Google-Motorola Deal and TiVo

Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by MegaZone

I just made a pretty damn long post about the Google buyout of Motorola Mobility. But there was one other aspect that I felt was better off in a separate post. And here it is. This acquisition has spurred talk … Continue reading →

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One Week Before the Deadline, Cox is Allowing CableCARD Self-Installs

Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 by MegaZone

With five says left before the August 1st deadline, Cox Communications has begun allowing customers to self-install CableCARDs, according to this post on TiVo Community from Sunday. They’ve even released self-install guides to help users with their Cisco or Motorola … Continue reading →

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Android Tablets Claimed 30% of the Market Last Quarter

Posted on Friday, July 22, 2011 by MegaZone

In the second quarter of 2010 Apple’s iPad owned 94% of the global tablet market, and Android tablets had just 2.9%. The tablet market was really exclusively iPad. How things can change in a year. For the second quarter of … Continue reading →

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Cisco Updating Tuning Adapter Firmware Just In Time For New FCC Rules

Posted on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 by MegaZone

A new raft of FCC regulations, originally published October 14, 2010, go into effect August 1st, 2011. One of those new requirements is that MSOs provide their cable subscribers with tuning adapters that support a minimum of four content streams: … Continue reading →

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Comcast Begins Deploying SDV Tuning Adapters

Posted on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 by MegaZone

Last Friday TiVoCommunity member jtmal0723 received a letter from Comcast informing him that they’d begin offering the Tuning Adapter for Switched Digital Video channels this Monday, October 6th. And he ran right out and picked one up yesterday. In his … Continue reading →

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