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Comcast, TiVo plan system to put fresh
ads into recorded programs

Comcast, TiVo plan system to put fresh
ads into recorded programs 04/05/2005 07:50 PM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 5 2005 11:21PM GMT

TiVo plans to replace old commercials
with new

TiVo plans to replace old commercials
with new 04/07/2005 03:19 AM
One of the best things about watching TiVoed content is skipping through commercials. TiVo and Comcast have come up with a new feature they hope will keep you from hitting fast-forward.

TiVo signs on with Comcast

TiVo signs on with Comcast 03/17/2005 02:53 AM
In good news for fans of TiVo, the company has signed a deal under which Comcast will offer TiVo-branded DVRs to its subscribers. Will the deal cause DirecTV to rethink its relationship with TiVo?

Comcast takes on TiVo

Comcast takes on TiVo 12/03/2003 06:04 PM
The cable giant is developing a digital video recording service in partnership with TV Guide that will be available by year's end.

Comcast loves Tivo

Comcast loves Tivo 03/17/2005 03:48 AM
From the Tivo / Comcast Press release: Under the terms of the agreement, Comcast and TiVo will work together to...

Comcast and TiVo in distribution deal

Comcast and TiVo in distribution deal 03/17/2005 03:49 AM
Computer Business Review Mar 17 2005 7:27AM GMT

TiVo giving away PVRs to spite Comcast

TiVo giving away PVRs to spite Comcast 12/19/2004 03:45 PM
TiVo is giving away PVRs in the San Francisco Bay area for a limited time, hoping to bring some joy to Comcast customers who have waited in vain for Comcast's own PVR.

TiVo Lives: Comcast Partnership
Officially Announced

TiVo Lives: Comcast Partnership
Officially Announced 03/17/2005 03:52 AM

Well just leave it to everyone's favorite DVR company to wait until the 11th hour to find a way to resurrect themselves. TiVo and Comcast today announced a strategic partnership wherein TiVo will develop new software to be integrated into Comcast's existing DVR platform. TiVo's vice chairman toyed a bit with grand understatements:

It is very important that TiVo has found a way to work with the nation's largest cable operator on a cooperative basis to develop a state-of-the-art TiVo Service, fully integrated with a cable set-top box, that will make TiVo available to millions of cable viewers.

As a TiVo subscriber and one of those loyal fans you hear so much about (or from, rather), I didn't want to believe the reports about TiVo's forthcoming demise. Rather, I grabbed onto whatever thread of sunshine I could, praying TiVo wouldn't fall asunder. Just like an old-time Nintendo fan, (which I also am) my blind loyalty has paid off, at least for now, and TiVo will live to see another day. Besides, I actually enjoy using TivoToGo.

Press Release [TiVo via ArsTech inca]

Comcast subscribers flock to free TiVo
recorders

Comcast subscribers flock to free TiVo
recorders 12/19/2004 03:35 PM
Thousands lined up at TiVo's headquarters to get a free recorder and give a gift to charity.

Comcast declaring war on TiVo with the
Motorola 6412 - Engadget -
www.engadget.com

Comcast declaring war on TiVo with the
Motorola 6412 - Engadget -
www.engadget.com 12/27/2004 03:32 PM
Engadget had a short post .. this story at Engadget

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"The USDA, fresh from categorically
refusing to protect us from mad cow
disease, has classified batter-coated
french fries as a fresh vegetable"

"The USDA, fresh from categorically
refusing to protect us from mad cow
disease, has classified batter-coated
french fries as a fresh vegetable" 06/17/2004 11:33 AM

Fresh Direct's fresh approach to
expansion planning

Fresh Direct's fresh approach to
expansion planning 09/24/2004 03:39 PM
InternetRetailer.com Sep 24 2004 7:47PM GMT

Time Warner, Comcast Get Adelphia,
Comcast Celebrates By Turning Off DNS

Time Warner, Comcast Get Adelphia,
Comcast Celebrates By Turning Off DNS 04/08/2005 12:13 PM
It looks like Adelphia cable broadband customers who are about to get shifted over to Comcast have plenty of outages to look forward to. The same evening that it's announced that Time Warner and Comcast will jointly devour what's left of Adelphia for about $18 billion, Comcast had major DNS issues leaving many of their users offline. Of course, in explaining the widespread outage, Comcast is using their favorite phrase: "scheduled maintenance." That's the same thing they told me when Comcast turned off my service nearly every weekday last October. I would call every morning and be told that it was "scheduled maintenance." However, when I asked what the schedule was and if I'd have service the next day, I was told they had no idea. Apparently, it doesn't become scheduled until it actually cut you off.

Stale Wonder Bread?

Stale Wonder Bread? 08/30/2004 02:08 PM
Rancid revenues and restatements leave the bread and Twinkies maker on the verge of bankruptcy.

Freshen Your Stale Web Site

Freshen Your Stale Web Site 06/01/2004 02:31 AM
tinyEdit’s new software allows websites with out-of-date content stay fresh. With tinyEdit companies no longer need to depend on their web designer for simple content updates. tinyEdit runs on Windows and Unix web servers that support PHP and clients with Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater. [PRWEB Jun 1, 2004]

Krispy Kreme Goes Stale

Krispy Kreme Goes Stale 05/07/2004 04:35 PM
Plus, Pixar's future unfolds, and oil hits $40.

Comcast Outages Prevent Comcast From
Commenting On Comcast Outages

Comcast Outages Prevent Comcast From
Commenting On Comcast Outages 04/14/2005 01:21 PM
Last week, we noted that Comcast was having widespread outage problems, which they chalk ed up to "scheduled maintenance", even though no one was actually informed of said schedule ahead of time. It turns out that schedule is pretty crowded, because all week long, there have been continued reports of recurring outages all across the Comcast network. Comcast, of course, continues to be pretty much silent on the issue, leaving its increasingly fed up call center staff to deal with incredibly angry customers who feel they're getting no information at all. How hard is it to admit that they screwed up and they're working on fixing the problem? Instead of chalking it up to bogus scheduled maintenance or pretending there's nothing wrong, admit what the problem is and give people real updates. People would still be unhappy, but at least they'd feel like the company wasn't ignoring them. Of course, maybe they can't do that because Comcast staffers don't have any internet access either...

Ruby Tuesday's Stale Stock

Ruby Tuesday's Stale Stock 04/04/2005 01:50 PM
A lowered forecast for the fourth quarter leaves this restuarant looking bland.

Domino's Arrived Cold and Stale

Domino's Arrived Cold and Stale 07/14/2004 03:12 PM
Fatty, flabby Domino's Pizza's IPO was little more than an opportunity for insiders to cash out.

Rehashing the same stale file sharing
argument

Rehashing the same stale file sharing
argument 04/05/2005 11:48 AM
Over on Dangerousmeta I saw a link to this Op-Ed by Daniel Henninger from the Wall Street Journal,Can Justice Scalia Solve the Riddles Of the Internet? Without profit even the digital world will break down. Having recently read the excellent profile of Justice Scalia in The New Yorker (which frustratingly doesn't appear to be online), I was curious to read the article. I was disappointed to discover it rehashed the same old fallacious arguments about people "stealing" music online, and worse, that it got mired in questions of morals. One would expect the article, beginning with its subtitle, "Without profit even the digital world will break down," to espouse a pro free-market stance (it is the Wall Street Journal, after all), but one only has to read half of the piece before Mr. Henninger begins to crow for old business models to be locked in place by the government if "the people" (Pirates, I'm looking in your direction...) won't follow the old rules: [T]here will always be another wave of digitized aliens hacking through the copyright walls. There has to be a better way.There is. It's called right and wrong.It may seem quaintly old school to suggest that people should stop downloading culture without paying simply because it's the right thing to do. But that may be the best option available.For starters, if "the people" don't solve this problem themselves, Congress will, and you won't like the solution--unless you enjoy the tax code. Why it's up to "the people" to solve a problem that's surely not theirs I don't know. Worse, the presumably pro free market writer Mr. Henninger, (who is the deputy editor of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page) threatens/encourages/suggests government intervention rather than identify the real source of the problem: the media companies themselves. Instead he hints that downloaders may just well be a bunch of Commie freeloaders! I would push this even further; it requires a moral or at least philosophical commitment to the legitimacy of profit. Absent that, there's no hope. If only Mr. Henninger, the RIAA, and those enamored of their old business models predicated on tangible media would stop litigating for the past, they would see there's a whole lot of hope out there. According to this Pew Internet & American Life Project March 2005 Data Memo (warning: pdf): Current file downloaders are now more likely to say they use online music services like iTunes than they are to report using p2p services. The percentage of music downloaders who have tried paid services has grown from 24% in 2004 to 43% in our most recent survey. There are two things happening with online file sharing: 1. It's the market's way of saying not that it doesn't see profit, per se, as legitimate but that the prices charged, for example, by BMG for Shakira's CD don't reflect its perceived value. 2. People are willing to pay when there's a means available for them to do so that embraces what's great about the digitization of media (easy access, portability, recommendations/sharing with friends and family, etc.). Just because large companies chose to ignore this technology rather than embrace it doesn't mean the market should as well. The market is actually working as it should, and consumer demand is driving the development of stores like iTunes. The people/market aren't wrong, it's the companies who'd rather litigate instead of catching up, or leading. What if big media companies -- instead of pouring millions into lawsuits like Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer v. Grokster -- invested money to: 1. Digitize all the content in their catalogues, and offer it for sale through iTunes or some other online music store of choice. During the 2003 Eldred v. Ashcroft case, the Supreme Court found that 98 percent of all copyrighted works are not commercially available. Digitize all that, and suddenly there's a whole lot more to sell. 2. Continued to explore and expand ancillary revenue streams from all the album extras like concerts and merchandise. I seem to recall from a New Yorker article that this is where a lot of the money comes from anyway, and a large amount isn't from CD sales. 3. Embrace the web -- not just to create a distribution mechanism for the digital bits, but also for the fans. Create lively sites for each artist, populate them with real consistent content, create conversation space for aficionados (what fans have already done with sites like green plastic radiohead, a fan site for the band Radiohead) and build the traffic. Make money off of the ad revenue. How hard is it to adapt and evolve one's business model to the changing time? I think that's what irks me the most about all this -- taking it to the courts to ensure that because something once was, it should (be legislated to) always be. All this "copyright" is just code for "profit." P.S. What about a bumper sticker that says, "Your failed business model is not my problem"? P.P.S. In retrospect, this is such a stupid article, I can't believe I wasted any time responding to it, when I could be enjoying the glories of Paris!

TiVo Tying TV To The Net Looking to tie
television to the Internet, digital
video recording makers TiVo on Jun

TiVo Tying TV To The Net Looking to tie
television to the Internet, digital
video recording makers TiVo on Jun 06/10/2004 10:28 PM
AVN Online Jun 11 2004 2:45AM GMT

Friends finale and NBC Tivo-b0rking --
TiVo Strikes Back

Friends finale and NBC Tivo-b0rking --
TiVo Strikes Back 05/07/2004 10:49 AM
Following up on yesterday's post about NBC's apparent attempts to b0rk potential TiVoers of the Friends finale, BoingBoing reader Douglas Clark says,

I am a loyal Tivo user and Tivo did send out a message alert to users about the Friends episode. It was more along the lines of "if you manually extend the time of a recording, you may miss the beginning of the friends final episode." I find that Tivo is pretty good about catching unusual start times and other wonky tricks the networks play. The previous comment about HUT and ratings was right on the money...

Link to previous BoingBoing post.

Tech maven Meg Hourihan adds, "Even weirder is that I got a message on my Tivo warning me that the finale of Friends would have abnormal times. The message warned that if I wasn't just using the automatic "start on time" and "end on time" settings (i.e. I manually set the start time as 8 PM) that I might miss some. What makes things weirder and worse is that Tivo still didn't record the whole show! I made sure my settings were what the message instructed, and happened to watch the show live. Tivo kicked in to record at 8:59 PM (which is what it listed the start time as) but stopped at 9:59! According to the time on my digital cable box, the program didn't end until 10:03 PM. So if I hadn't watched it live, I would have missed the last four minutes. Seems like a major screw-up on Tivo's part, especially after sending out that message!"

TiVo users not happy TiVo is spying on
them

TiVo users not happy TiVo is spying on
them 02/10/2004 02:44 AM
Well TiVo's boosting that it Janet Jacksons Garment malfunction was the single highest re-watched event has many TiVo users asking...

TIVO Bug Shuts Out Many Series 1 TiVo
Owners?

TIVO Bug Shuts Out Many Series 1 TiVo
Owners? 07/26/2004 05:24 PM

Intel and Tivo Team Up on Tivo-to-Go
(But How?)

Intel and Tivo Team Up on Tivo-to-Go
(But How?) 06/06/2005 12:09 AM

Reuters is running a story about Intel that is chocked full of goo info, including information that their 'Manitoba' mobile chipset has finally found a customer in mmO2 Pic (the Manitoba came out two years ago, to little fanfare, let alone actual adoption by phone manufacturers). But the big news is that Intel will be working with Tivo to provide Tivo-to-Go functionality in future laptop chipsets, like their popular Centrino.

What that is, though, is unclear. Is it just a branding initiative? Tivo-to-Go already works on laptops (that's half the point), so will it be some sort of native support that makes it easier to move the Tivo content around? We don't know—the article is very vague—but at least Tivo is getting some name dropping love from a mega-vendor (considering it was unlikely they were going to get much help from Microsoft, considering they sell a competing product to Windows XP Media Center). (Thanks, Pat!)

UPDATE 1-Intel's cell communications chip finds a customer [Reuters]

TiVo.com | TiVo Press Releases

TiVo.com | TiVo Press Releases 01/09/2004 10:10 PM
bang for the buck .. extension .. TivoToGo

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MP3 Request: "Tivo, My Tivo"

MP3 Request: "Tivo, My Tivo" 06/08/2004 09:07 AM

Does anyone have an MP3 of the song "Tivo, My Tivo" from the off-Broadway [hit | miss] The Gayest Straight Man Alive? Because I'd really like to hear it. Also, could someone explain what "surprisingly straight" means? Is that, like, no dicks at all? Not even your own? (Thanks, Peter, for the "tip.")
Read [NYTheatre]

Update: While I'm exploiting the good humor of our readers, do any of you 1) live in Canberra, Australia, and 2) take PayPal? I need to get a few cases of VB delivered to some game developers and am having a surprisingly hard time of it.

replace 2.22

replace 2.22 05/21/2004 08:08 PM
Replace ASCII or hex strings in text or binary files

replace 2.23

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Replace ASCII or hex strings in text or binary files

Text-Replace-0.05

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query-replace-by-example.el 1.1.0

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Get replace string by example.

Text-Replace-0.06

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Text-Replace-0.07

Text-Replace-0.07 05/11/2004 05:52 PM

Photoshop Tip: Replace the Sky

Photoshop Tip: Replace the Sky 09/20/2004 04:34 AM
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Replace Your Music....Again

Replace Your Music....Again 11/13/2003 11:15 AM

Replace and defend

Replace and defend 10/31/2003 08:19 AM
Reading the Longhorn SDK docs is a disorienting experience. Everything's familiar but different. Consider these three examples: ...

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AD Search&Replace will allow you to search for files containing symbols and replace a line with another. It can also search inside ZIP archives. [Shareware $19.00 773 KB]

Will WiMax Replace DSL?

Will WiMax Replace DSL? 09/21/2004 09:08 PM
Techzonez Sep 22 2004 1:06AM GMT

JPJ To Replace Computer System

JPJ To Replace Computer System 06/10/2004 06:33 AM
Bernama Jun 10 2004 10:35AM GMT
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A $1,700 subscription for free

A $1,700 subscription for free 07/24/2004 03:02 AM
The National Journal opens up its doors to the public for two weeks every four years. Best known for its ann ual vote ratings (which declared John Kerry most liberal senator of 2003), there's also ads galore, snarky coverage of the media, and more polls than you can shake your fist at.

Free Wired Magazine Subscription

Free Wired Magazine Subscription 06/29/2004 08:49 AM

I used to think these free magazine things were a scam, until we started getting, like, six copies of Seventeen a month. DiscountMags has a free year's subscription to Wired, if you're not already signed up. Sure, it'll have all the stories we've already covered, but you'll get them on shiny paper.
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Free WIRED Subscription; 1 Year, 12
Issues!

Free WIRED Subscription; 1 Year, 12
Issues! 06/30/2004 04:40 AM
free 1-year subscription to Wired

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"free complimentary 1-year subscription
to Wired magazine"

"free complimentary 1-year subscription
to Wired magazine" 06/30/2004 02:42 PM

Pop-up Killer Pro Software Included Free
with Subscription to Privasafe's Email
and ISP Services

Pop-up Killer Pro Software Included Free
with Subscription to Privasafe's Email
and ISP Services 06/22/2005 02:53 AM
Privasafe is now including pop-up blocker software as part of its suite of privacy protection software that is free to users with a monthly subscription to Privasafe. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

Free PC Cleanser Offered as Part of
Software Bundle with SurfSafe
Subscription

Free PC Cleanser Offered as Part of
Software Bundle with SurfSafe
Subscription 06/22/2005 02:53 AM
SurfSafe, a consumer products company offering subscription e-mail and ISP services, also offers a suite of privacy protection software that includes PC Cleanser software from Logical Innovations [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

Pioneer's DVR-A08XL DVD burner includes
a free trial subscription to Netflix.

Pioneer's DVR-A08XL DVD burner includes
a free trial subscription to Netflix. 08/08/2004 03:41 PM
Now this sounds dangerous: Pioneer's DVR-A08XL DVD burner includes a free trial subscription to Netflix.

Free Anti-Virus Software with
Subscription to SurfSafe's E-Mail and
ISP Services

Free Anti-Virus Software with
Subscription to SurfSafe's E-Mail and
ISP Services 06/22/2005 02:53 AM
SurfSafe will now offer anti-virus software as part of its bundle of online protection software. The entire package, free with the standard monthly subscription to SurfSafe, includes spyware protection, a pop up blocker and internet accelerator software along with the new anti-virus software. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

Free Anti-Virus Software with
Subscription to Privasafe's E-Mail and
ISP Services

Free Anti-Virus Software with
Subscription to Privasafe's E-Mail and
ISP Services 06/22/2005 02:53 AM
Privasafe will now offer anti-virus software as part of its bundle of online protection software. The entire package, free with the standard monthly subscription to Privasafe, includes spyware protection, a pop up blocker and internet accelerator software along with the new anti-virus software. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

Pop-up Killer Pro Software Included Free
with Subscription to SurfSafe's Email
and ISP Services

Pop-up Killer Pro Software Included Free
with Subscription to SurfSafe's Email
and ISP Services 06/22/2005 02:53 AM
SurfSafe is now including pop-up blocker software as part of its suite of privacy protection software that is free to users with a monthly subscription to SurfSafe. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

Free PC Cleanser Offered as Part of
Software Bundle with Privasafe
Subscription

Free PC Cleanser Offered as Part of
Software Bundle with Privasafe
Subscription 06/22/2005 02:53 AM
Privasafe, a consumer products company offering subscription e-mail and ISP services, also offers a suite of privacy protection software that includes PC Cleanser software from Logical Innovations [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

Pop-up Killer Pro Software Included Free
with Subscription to Antivirus E-mail's
Email and ISP Services

Pop-up Killer Pro Software Included Free
with Subscription to Antivirus E-mail's
Email and ISP Services 06/22/2005 02:53 AM
Antivirus Email is now including pop-up blocker software as part of its suite of privacy protection software that is free to users with a monthly subscription to Antivirus Email. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

PC Cleanser Offered Free as Part of
Software Bundle with Antivirus Email
Subscription

PC Cleanser Offered Free as Part of
Software Bundle with Antivirus Email
Subscription 06/17/2005 03:43 PM
Antivirus Email, a consumer products company offering subscription e-mail and ISP services, also offers a suite of privacy protection software that includes PC Cleanser software from Logical Innovations [PRWEB Jun 15, 2005]

Free Anti-Virus Software with
Subscription to Antivirus Email's E-Mail
and ISP Services

Free Anti-Virus Software with
Subscription to Antivirus Email's E-Mail
and ISP Services 06/22/2005 02:53 AM
Antivirus Email will now offer anti-virus software as part of its bundle of online protection software. The entire package, free with the standard monthly subscription to Antivirus Email, includes spyware protection, a pop up blocker and internet accelerator software along with the new anti-virus software. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

Free PC Cleanser Offered as Part of
Software Bundle with Antivirus Email
Subscription

Free PC Cleanser Offered as Part of
Software Bundle with Antivirus Email
Subscription 06/22/2005 02:53 AM
Antivirus Email, a consumer products company offering subscription e-mail and ISP services, also offers a suite of privacy protection software that includes PC Cleanser software from Logical Innovations [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

Antivirus Email Offers Free Anti-Virus
Software with Subscription to it's
E-Mail and ISP Services

Antivirus Email Offers Free Anti-Virus
Software with Subscription to it's
E-Mail and ISP Services 06/17/2005 03:43 PM
Antivirus Email will now offer anti-virus software as part of its bundle of online protection software. The entire package, free with the standard monthly subscription to Antivirus Email, includes spyware protection, a pop up blocker and internet accelerator software along with the new anti-virus software. [PRWEB Jun 15, 2005]

TiVo goes mobile with new free service

TiVo goes mobile with new free service 01/03/2005 09:54 AM
The DVR maker unveils its TiVoToGo service, which lets subscribers transfer programming to their laptops.

Free TiVo for Bay Area Cable Subscribers

Free TiVo for Bay Area Cable Subscribers 12/19/2004 03:01 PM

TiVo will be giving away 40GB Series 2 units at its Alviso, California, offices tomorrow between 11 am and 1 pm to anyone who brings in their cable bill and a gift for charity. It's not exactly charity work, however, as its generally being taken as a snipe at Comcast, who was supposed to have a DVR solution available for people in the San Francisco area already, but have run into some snags in their deployment. Whatever, really—if it gets you a free TiVo, who cares if they're being fussy.

TiVo freebie has lump of coal for Comcast [CNet]

Validate on subscription?

Validate on subscription? 01/18/2004 09:15 AM
I've thought about Brent's proposed compromise, and to borrow a phrase that is a favorite of Tim Bray, I think that there is a way that 80% of the value can be obtained with 20% of the effort.  Is there really a market requirement to be selectively pedantic on a feed by feed basis? ...

Will Subscription Software Take Over?

Will Subscription Software Take Over? 03/19/2003 10:25 PM

One-Click Subscription

One-Click Subscription 02/01/2005 09:44 PM
Recently, Dave Winer pointed out that there’s a problem in how people go about subscribing to to RSS feeds, and made a proposal to address it. Dave’s idea—essentially One Great Big subscription dispatcher—should work, near as I can tell, so any problems would be around business and politics, not technology. John Robb does some more thinking, as does P hil Windley. If we can’t find the business creativity, Atom has another solution that RSS could maybe borrow...

Is Subscription the Next Thing?

Is Subscription the Next Thing? 07/15/2004 07:10 PM
Source: John Battelle's Searchblog - Can I imagine giving Google $40 a month to get the WSJ, Times archives, BBC archives, all my favorite blog archives, and whatever other universe of paid content I might want to add elegantly served...

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