Monthly Archives: May 2012

A Winglet By Any Other Name

Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 by MegaZone

Airbus is launching a new winglet design for the A320 which they’ve dubbed ‘Sharklets’. Personally I hate the name, it sounds like someone let marketing run wild. They’re winglets, plain and simple. They’re basically Airbus’s version of the blended winglet, … Continue reading →

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Boeing 787 Dreamliner Dream Tour Continues, And South Carolina Builds Jets!

Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 by MegaZone

It has been several months since we last heard about the B787 Dream Tour marketing tour. Last time Boeing shared an update from the tour it was hitting Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, but this time it is a little closer to … Continue reading →

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TiVo And Pace Announce The Pace XG1 Multi-Tuner Video Gateway

Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 by MegaZone

Well, that was fast. It was only February when TiVo announced a partnership with Pace to bring TiVo’s software to Pace’s hardware, and today they unveiled the first fruit of that partnership, the Pace XG1 Multi-Tuner Video Gateway. They even … Continue reading →

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Congratulations SpaceX! Falcon 9 Launch Good, Dragon In Orbit!

Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 by MegaZone

And that is how you do that. The launch abort Saturday morning was disappointing, but as I said, it was a successful failure. The abort process worked, the rocket was safed, and they were able to troubleshoot the issue, resolve … Continue reading →

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TiVo’s Cable Show Booth Unveils Two New Content Partners

Posted on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 by MegaZone

It pays to observe carefully, you never know what you might spot. Like this photo that I snapped of something I noticed in TiVo’s booth at The Cable Show 2012 today. It is the kind of thing your eyes might … Continue reading →

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