Monthly Archives: October 2008

Roxio Toast Only $30.99 After Rebate At Buy.com

Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 by MegaZone

Through November 2nd, Roxio Toast is only $30.99 after rebate at Buy.com. List price $99.95, Buy.com price $50.99 with a $20 mail-in rebate to bring it down to $30.99. Roxio toast is the only officially sanctioned application for Mac for … Continue reading →

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Netflix Shines Silverlight, Streams To Macs

Posted on Sunday, October 26, 2008 by MegaZone

Netflix has begun rolling out the second generation of their Watch Now streaming player, this time using Microsoft’s Silverlight technology. Silverlight is most easily thought of as Microsoft’s competitor to Adobe’s Flash technology. The big change with this second generation … Continue reading →

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Requiem 1.8.1 Released, Works With iTunes 8.0.1 – On Mac

Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2008 by MegaZone

When iTunes 8.0 was released, Apple changed the FairPlay DRM encryption in such a way that it broke the Requiem DRM stripping tool which had worked with earlier versions of iTunes. Now Requiem 1.8.1 has been released, and it works … Continue reading →

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This Weekend’s Amazon VOD Sale

Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2008 by MegaZone

This weekend Amazon VOD has a few special offers. The Notebook, The Big Lebowski, and Then She Found Me are $0.99 rentals, while The Forbidden Kingdom and What Happens in Vegas are available for $1.99. There are also ten horror … Continue reading →

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CNET’s Matthew Elliott Gives Up On Comcast TiVo

Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2008 by MegaZone

In what can’t be a good sign for the progress of the TiVo software for Comcast, CNET’s Matthew Elliott has posted in their Crave blog that he’s finally given up in frustration and returned to using the standard non-TiVo Comcast … Continue reading →

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