Monthly Archives: July 2008

Apologies For the Downtime

Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 by MegaZone

The server that houses GizmoLovers.com experienced a little glitch shortly before noon Eastern. Unfortunately that broke MySQL’s socket connection, and it wasn’t until I noticed the site was down around 17:00 Eastern that the problem was realized. It was fixed … Continue reading →

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Another TiVo Amazon Feature Update Sneaked Out

Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 by MegaZone

Amidst all the coverage of Product Purchase another TiVo & Amazon feature has been overlooked. Well, it is more an update to the existing Amazon Unbox on TiVo functionality. Users can now browse the complete Amazon Unbox catalog from their … Continue reading →

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More Information On The TiVo-Amazon Product Purchase Feature

Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 by MegaZone

There has certainly been a lot of coverage today for TiVo and Amazon’s new Product Purchase partnership. Here’s some of the highlights – Shelly Palmer covered it in today’s MediaBytes (also available via TiVoCast). Dave Zatz over at Zatz Not … Continue reading →

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TiVo And Amazon Announce ‘Product Purchase’

Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 by MegaZone

I’ve been saying TiVo should do something like this for literally years now – ecommerce right from the couch with your remote. And now TiVo is working with Amazon to offer just that, through a new feature prosaically named ‘Product … Continue reading →

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CableLabs Approves Motorola And Cisco Tuning Adapters

Posted on Sunday, July 20, 2008 by MegaZone

The Motorola MTR700 and the Cisco STA1520, which we knew were slated for Wave 60 certification testing at the end of June, have both passed, as reported by Multichannel News. With both major vendors’ Tuning Adapters certified, cable MSOs should … Continue reading →

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