Author Archives: MegaZone

About MegaZone

MegaZone is the Editor of Gizmo Lovers and the chief contributor. He's been online since 1989 and active in several generations of 'social media' - mailing lists, USENet groups, web forums, and since 2003, blogging.    MegaZone has a presence on several social platforms: Google+ / Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / LiveJournal / Web.    You can also follow Gizmo Lovers on other sites: Blog / Google+ / Facebook / Twitter.

Highlights of the SpaceX Dragon’s Historic Mission to the ISS

Posted on Thursday, July 19, 2012 by MegaZone

SpaceX released a video highlighting the historic mission of their Dragon capsule, launched on their Falcon 9 booster on a mission to the ISS. Dragon is the first privately developed vehicle in history to launch to the ISS. Previously only … Continue reading →

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JVC Plans 55-Inch LCD HDTV With Embedded SlingPlayer

Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 by MegaZone

Consumer Electronics Daily reports that JVC is planning to release a new Internet connected 55-Inch LCD HDTV with SlingPlayer built in this fall, according to comments made by JVC parent Amtran Video Corp (AVC) during the recent CE Week in … Continue reading →

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Win An ASUS Transformer Pad & Keyboard Dock From TechnoBuffalo

Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 by MegaZone

TechnoBuffalo is starting a series of giveaways called Tegra Tuesdays, where each week they give away a device powered by an NVIDIA Tegra processor. The first giveaway is an ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 with a keyboard dock. And it is … Continue reading →

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Farnborough International Airshow 2012 Video Roundup 2

Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 by MegaZone

Following up my post from last night, another raft of videos has washed up from the Farnborough International Airshow 2012. Boeing shared their highlights from Day 3: Eurocopter shared this video of their EC175 helicopter flight display: Airbus had a … Continue reading →

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Understanding the Bandwidth Needs of SlingPlayer

Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 by MegaZone

Sling Media’s SlingSupport channel released this video which helps explain the bandwidth requirements for SlingPlayer for streaming content. While tech geeks likely already understand everything in the video, I think it is useful for the less technical user who may … Continue reading →

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