Daily Archives: Friday, July 29, 2011

TiVo Cites NY Times In Urging FCC to Intensify CableCARD Oversight

Posted on Friday, July 29, 2011 by MegaZone

Apparently TiVo felt the same way that I did about a recent NY Times Gadgetwise Blog entry detailing the author’s difficulties in getting a TiVo Premiere provisioned with Time Warner Cable. The entry is typical of user complaints about cable … Continue reading →

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Cable MSOs Get A Week’s Reprieve from New FCC Rules

Posted on Friday, July 29, 2011 by MegaZone

Remember the new FCC rules which, among other things, mandated CableCARD self-installs starting August 1st? Well, due to a technicality, they’re now going into effect August 8th instead. Basically, while meant for August first, they take effect 30 days after … Continue reading →

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Asus Eee Pad Slider Gets Reviewed – In Romanian

Posted on Friday, July 29, 2011 by MegaZone

The Asus Eee Pad Slider is sibling to the best selling Eee Pad Transformer. While they share similar specs – 10.1″ 1280×800 screen, 1Ghz dual-core Tegra 2 CPU, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, 16GB or 32GB storage, etc., and both offer keyboards, they … Continue reading →

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Android 3.2 Lands on the Asus Eee Pad Transformer

Posted on Friday, July 29, 2011 by MegaZone

As announced on Twitter, starting on Thursday Asus began pushing out an Android 3.2 update to the Eee Pad Transformer, bringing the best selling Android tablet the latest & greatest Android release. Liliputing uncovered some info that indicates note everyone … Continue reading →

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Android Owns 39% of US Smartphone Market, Apple 28%, RIM 20%

Posted on Friday, July 29, 2011 by MegaZone

According to Nielsen’s June data, Android now controls 39% of the US smartphone market. Apple’s iOS comes in second at 28%, and RIM’s Blackberry OS has fallen to 20%. Windows Mobile & Windows Phone 7 together give Microsoft 9% of … Continue reading →

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