SlingCatcher Is Real!
A few months back, I stumbled upon some patent applications by the Krikorian brothers (AKA Sling Media founders and execs) that alluded to a device designed to receive broadcasts — as opposed to the S...
The new new journalism
I have seen the future of journalism and his name is Andy Abramson. — I happened to be looking at Techmeme last night, and I saw that the lead story - at the very tippy top of the heap - was a piece...
Fastap On Major US Carrier Fall '07
Even though Fastap's been around for a while, no major carrier—don't kid yourself Alltel—has it. Digit Wireless tells us besides launching on a major Mexican carrier next week, a major US carrier has...
BitTornado Bans All BitComet Users
BitTornado developer John Hoffman, better known as Shad0w, decided to ban BitComet users from accessing his client. Shad0w says that BitComet is gaming the system and stealing precious bandwidth, whi...
Review: Mac OS X Shines In Comparison With Windows Vista
Amid the hype surrounding the release of Windows Vista, Mac users are taking solace from the fact that OS X is still a champ on many fronts. Here are some reasons our reviewer John C. Welch opts for ...
Researchers Use Wikipedia To Make Computers Smarter
Using Wikipedia, Technion researchers have developed a way to give computers knowledge of the world to help them "think smarter," making common sense and broad-based connections between topics just as...
Bubble, Bubble, Bubble
The startup ranks are starting to thin. We've added three companies to the TechCrunch DeadPool in the last week (Raw Sugar, FilmLoop and Browster). Even Google got into the spirit of things when the...
Will Venice Project be net neutrality's calling card?
Back in the heady days of the (original) dot-com bubble, there was a site called ICraveTV that provided free streaming video of all the channels from a basic cable provider in Toronto. Copyright viol...
[CES] Niveus to Show Dual-Tuner CableCard Receiver (OCUR) for Vista Media Center
Niveus Media, purveyor of high-end Media Center PCs, is showing at CES 2007 (Sands 71413, and Venetian 205) an external CableCard receiver that accommodates two CableCards for use with Vista PCs.
Bloggers at CES
Interesting to see how many bloggers are covering CES. Far too many to link to here. It will be interesting to see how different folks see the show through their eyes. It's also going to be interes...
CES: NetGear To Offer Home Digital Media Receiver, Dual-Mode Cordless Phone That Supports Skype
Several new products from NetGear (NTGR) today at their press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show. The press releases are all over the Web - check netgear.com - but here is a quick rundown.
Nikko's R2-D2 Skype callin' and media playin' oddities
It's hard to tell if this is some sort of elaborate hoax or just hasn't hit the wires yet, but a certain nikkor2d2.com purports to detail some rather decked RC R2-D2 bots, and who are we to stand in t...
Matsunichi updates Photoblitz line
CES Unveiled - Just in case you were wondering why on earth would you want to part with your hard earned money for a digital picture frame, Matsunichi decided to take a step forward by introducing a b...
Fastap On Major US Carrier Fall '07
Even though Fastap's been around for a while, no major carrier—don't kid yourself Alltel—has it. Digit Wireless tells us besides launching on a major Mexican carrier next week, a major US carrier has...
Verizon to Announce Plan for TV Shows on Cellphones
Verizon Wireless is expected to announce on Sunday that it will offer full-length programming to its cellular subscribers from several major television networks, according to people apprised of the de...