Monthly Archives: December 2011

Supersized New THR22 DirecTiVos On The Way From WeaKnees

Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 by MegaZone

While the new THR22 DirecTiVo is only in limited distribution, and only available directly from DirecTV, WeaKnees.com is planning ahead. The THR22 will be in wide release in early 2012, including through resellers like WeaKnees. They’ve managed to get their … Continue reading →

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Stratolaunch Systems – You Can’t Say They Don’t Dream Big!

Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 by MegaZone

What do you get when ex-Microsoft tycoon Paul Allen pulls together Burt Rutan’s Scaled Composites, home of SpaceShipOne, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX, home of the Falcon series of launchers? A new company, Stratolaunch Systems, with a truly audacious plan for … Continue reading →

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Building the Airbus A330-200

Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 by MegaZone

I’ve been posting a lot of Boeing related videos lately, but they’re not the only major airliner vendor. Airbus released this time lapse video of final assembly of an A330-200 wide body. For me the best part is the Beluga … Continue reading →

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The Final F-22 Raptor

Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 by MegaZone

I remember when the USAF launched the ATF (Advanced Tactical Fighter) program which eventually led to the fly-off between Northrop’s YF-23 and Lockheed’s YF-22. I always kind of liked the YF-22 better, but the YF-23 did look pretty cool. It’s … Continue reading →

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Larry Yang on Google TV

Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 by MegaZone

Larry Yang, a Google TV product manager, held a hangout session on Google+ to do Q&A on Google TV. It is a bit dry, but if you’re interested in learning a bit more about Google TV it is worth watching … Continue reading →

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