Monthly Archives: May 2008

CBS Buys CNet For $1.8 Billion

Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 by MegaZone

Here’s a marriage of old and new – CBS just made a deal to buy CNet Networks for $1.8 Billion, according to MarketWatch. CBS is paying a 45% premium for CNET, they must want to expand their Internet presence rapidly. … Continue reading →

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TiVo Product Lifetime Is Back for $399, $299 For Existing Subscribers

Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 by MegaZone

It looks like TiVo’s product lifetime service is back, and not as a special promotion this time. I won’t say it is back for good, since it went away before, but there doesn’t seem to be a set date for … Continue reading →

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Get Laplink PCmover FREE – Today only!

Posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 by MegaZone

Today, Thursday, May 15th, is Laplink‘s 25th birthday, and to celebrate they’re giving away copies of their PCmover product, normally $49.95, for FREE! And in addition to the free copies of PCmover, they’re offering steep discounts on other products, including … Continue reading →

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EchoStar To Show Off The SlingModem At The Cable Show

Posted on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 by MegaZone

Last August, I was the first person to realize that Sling Media was working on a combination Slingbox/cable modem, which was later announced as the SlingModem at CES this year. To emphasize the separation and Dish Network and EchoStar, and … Continue reading →

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Heads-Up for a Small Subset of Computer Users

Posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 by Gryphon

If you have a Hewlett-Packard desktop computer with an AMD processor and are running the factory install of Windows XP, you may wish to know that, as configured from the factory, your computer will stop working, in a way that … Continue reading →

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