http://www.ecoustics.com/latest/links Latest links, updated every five minutes http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/601058.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:04:00 -0500 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/181290 The $2.99 app lets you pause and rewind public radio streams, and more. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:46:00 -0500 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/600039.html Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:34:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-13506_3-10374391-17.html?part=ecoustics-cnet DVR maker says Blockbuster OnDemand is available to TiVo Series2, TiVo Series3, TiVo HD, and TiVo HD XL owners. Movies will priced from $2.99 up. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:36:14 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/howto/173111 Left unchecked, Windows' DVR features can eat up your entire hard drive. But there's a simple way to limit storage availability. Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:54:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20940 At this week's Intel Developer Forum, Intel formally unveiled "Sodaville," a new 45nm system-on-a-chip based on the comapny's Atom processor that's designed specifically to bring interactive, Internet-based services and content to televisions, set-top boxes, and peripherals like DVD players and DVRs. The chipset supports both Internet and broadcast applications, and has enough processing horsepower to handle both video and audio processing and 3D graphics in real time."Traditional broadcast networks are quickly shifting from a linear model to a multi-stream, Internet-optimized model to offer consumers digital eRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20781 Just how much is DVR functionality worth? For EchoStar and corporate parent Dish Network, the answer may be more than $400 million: A U.S. District Court has awarded TiVO another $200 million in damages in the company's long-running patent infringement suit with EchoStar, bringing the total damages assessed against the satellite TV operator to around $400 million—and that's not counting lawyers' fees. The amount works out to about $2.25 per month per EchoStar DVR subscriber—although maybe EchoStar is counting itself lucky, since TiVo was seeking $1 billion in penalties.EchoStar and Dish Networks are appealing the patent infringement decision, and are looking to have TiVo's patent declared invalid. The companiRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:15:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-1023_3-10345910-93.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Federal judge orders Dish Network to pay TiVo nearly $200 million for continuing to sell DVRs it has determined infringe on a TiVo patent. Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:22:08 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20725 DVR pioneer TiVo has been in a long-running dispute with Echostar regarding its core DVR technology…and while the case seemed to be tilting in TiVo's favor, Echostar recently saw a glimmer of hope in a preliminary ruling that declared the patent invalid. TiVo doesn't seem to worried about the possibility its patents might be set aside, however: the company has just filed suits against AT&T and Verizon for infringing on threRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:00:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-1023_3-10318899-93.html?part=ecoustics-cnet TiVo alleges AT&T and Verizon are violating three of its DVR patents, in a repeat of the tack it took against Dish/EchoStar. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:25:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20587 DVR pioneer TiVo has announced that is has implemented support for accessing hundreds of new Web-based videos from its TiVo Series3, TiVo HD, and Tivo HD XL set-top boxes, including video from mainstream sources like G4, Fox, CBS, and Oprah as well as any video podcast that has a consistent URL. What's more, users who subscribe to video podcasts using TiVo's Season Pass feature can have new video episodes downloaded automatically to their Now Playing List as they become available. Podcasters just been to use RSS syndication and H.264 video."What makes this announcement unique is that everyone has the ability to publish their content to the TiVo DVRRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:10:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20567 DVR pioneer TiVo has been engaged in a long-running patent dispute with Echostar, in which Echostar has been found guilty of infringing on TiVo's so-called "time warp" patent for time-shifting broadcast content. Although infringing Dish Network DVRs are still functioning pending appeal, TiVo has been awarded more than $200 million in damages after the "time warp" patent wasRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:30:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-17938_105-10302755-1.html?part=ecoustics-cnet The TiVo competitor gets a multi-room option, along with some other minor software upgrades. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:02:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-13506_3-10302767-17.html?part=ecoustics-cnet TiVo has lost an important battle with EchoStar. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected two of the claims in TiVo's DVR patent. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:16:51 -0400 http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/583448.html Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:57:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20509 Ultraportable and netbook computers might be all the rage for the on-the-go generation, but those teeny computers often omit an optical drive to save bulk and weight. That's fine&hellp;until you need an optical drive. To save the day, Pioneer has announced its new DVR-XD09 portable DVD/CD writer, which weighs just eight ounces, can write dual-layer DVD media, and is barely larger than a music CD jewel case."With more than three decades of optical disc advancementRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:20:00 -0400 http://news.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/10381/582604.html Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:05:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/166965 PC World's concept design, and a wish list of features borrowed from the most innovative DVR products currently available. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20366 DVR pioneer TiVo and consumer electronics retailer Best Buy have announced a broad partnership agreement that will see Best Buy promoting TiVo products heavily in its stores, while TiVo will look into rolling a special version of the TiVo platform just for Best Buy, along with working with Best Buy brands (like Insignia and Dynex) to integrate TiVo technology. The deal will also see Best Buy using TiVo technology to market Best Buy services and product offerings directly to customers, along with consumer education tips and insights.Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20322 TiVo vs. EchoStar: it's another patent infringement case that will not go away. Following a ruling last month in which EchoStar was ordered to pay another $103 million to TiVo for infringing on its DVR patents and ordered EchoStar to deactivate infringing technologies in its DVRs;an appeals court yesterday granted EchoStar a stay, meaning DVR functionality will remain alive and kicking on EchoStar DVRs until EchoStar's appeal is heard. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found EchoStar's case had enough merits to be heard…but the court was also mindful that this case has been stumbling through the courts for yearsRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:50:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20294 Since 2007, cable operator CableVision has been attempting to launch a network DVR service, in which subscribers' programming choices would be recorded on servers in data centers maintained by CableVision, rather than on set-top boxes in users' homes. The plan immediately ran into legal trouble from broadcast networks and movie studios, who argued that storing content on behalf of a subscriber and sending it down the wire later amounting to re-broadcasting the content—something that wasn't covered under the cable operator's license to carry the content in the first place.A U.S. District Court agreed and blocked CableRead | Permalink | Linking Blogs Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:40:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/dt/news/20121 LaCie has updated its LaCinema line of multimedia servers to include the LaCinema Black Play and LaCinema Black Record, each designed to connect to a user's home network (via Ethernet or Wi-Fi) and provide access to videos, music, photos and more stored on either the LaCinema itself or on computers throughout the home…then push it out to a connected high-definition television. The LaCinema media players will handle 1080op video, an upscale standard-definition material to 1080i—and the LaCinema Black Record also includes DVR functionality to record standard-definition television.Read | Permalink | Linking Blogs Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:15:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-1023_3-10256593-93.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Dish Network DVRs can temporarily remain functioning despite Tuesday's contempt ruling. Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:09:00 -0400 http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/8301-17852_3-10248849-71.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Microblogging service partners with some big names in the entertainment industry to create a reality TV show "putting ordinary people on the trail of celebrities in a revolutionary competitive format." Bet you can't wait. Mon, 25 May 2009 13:05:00 -0400 http://www.ecoustics.com/pcw/news/165282 Cablevision is set to roll-out a DVR service that stores video remotely with the cable company. Time to say goodbye to your Tivo? 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