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TiVo’s Botched Announcement
While they are putting a lot of positive spin on the March 2, 2010 announcement, here’s the real deal with the new TiVo Premiere. New UI – It’s supposedly faster, and let’s you search for a lot of things, but who wants to spend a lot of time looking for movies starring Brandon Routh? The... »
TiVo Event – March 2, 2010
On March 2nd, TiVo will be making some sort of announcement. The slogan seems pretty bold, and I wonder if they can actually back up what sounds like a significant update to the DVR world. There are a number of problems that TiVo, as a company, has. They’re slow to innovate and update. Their sales... »
Is Email Really Dying?
There have been several articles over the past few years predicting the demise of email in general. I will admit that I have not been a subscriber to that theory as I use email all day long for work purposes, and have a good amount of email flow through my personal account as well. However,... »
Dropbox: Top Pick For Online Backup and Storage
So I haven’t jumped on the bandwagon of massive online file backup and archiving systems such as Carbonite, Mozy, Windows Live Mesh, Box.net, etc. My upload stream at home and work is less than adequate for even web publishing half the time, so the idea of uploading 100’s of GB’s of data seems like... »
YouTube Movie Rentals
I could be wrong, but I think it’s only a matter of time until the sale of movies becomes the exception rather than the rule. Personally, I only know a handful of people who even consider actually buying a DVD anymore, and don’t know anyone that buys full length digital movies. As I’ve talked about... »
How Will Our Gadgets Evolve?
Here we are, at the beginning of 2010, and we’ve come a long way in the last 15 years. The question is, where do we go next? This year’s CES was somewhat of a dud, in my opinion. There were feature upgrades to a number of products, but nothing that seemed terribly original. 3D televisions... »
CES 2010 Thoughts
With this year’s CES wrapping up tomorrow, I thought I’d take a few minutes to point out a few things about the announced products. Not everything that was shown off will make it to market, and that’s probably for the best. There are too many eBook readers. Not only are there too many in general,... »
eBook Reader vs Tablet PC preview
CES, which kicks off today in Las Vegas, is going to be rife with eBook readers of all shapes and sizes. The two most popular ones have already been released (Kindle and Nook) and seem to be selling very well. There are some early leaks that show a lot of variety in that segment... »
2010 Gadget Predictions
As 2009 winds to a close, I find myself wondering where we’ll be focusing our attention this time next year. So, here are a few prognostications. Cell phones iPhones will still be “the” phone to have, but there will be a large number of Android phones sold of varying types. The app space will also still... »
Google Wave – Invited
I got my Google Wave invitation this morning. I clicked the link, verified my login, and got to the main screen, as seen below. The next step is to figure out what to do with it. Then get more people invited so collaboration can begin. »