Monday, January 03, 2005

TiVo Unveils Portable Transfer Service  TiVo Inc. pioneered digital video recording as a new way of watching television — when you want it. Now it could be TV where you want it, too. 11:11:29 PM

The Delicate Task of Showing Corporate Concern for Tsunami Victims. Advertisers are seeking ways to show that they care about the tsunami, but they are also striving to avoid the appearance of capitalizing on the disaster. 11:09:49 PM

No End in Sight to Supply of Cheap TV's. Industry experts say that the financial trouble of one of the biggest Chinese makers of television sets will not affect the market much. 11:09:28 PM

Radio and Youth: Why Your Taste In Music Is Held Hostage. It doesn’t matter whether you get your music from traditional radio stations, Internet Radio, Satellite Radio or your iPod. Your musical tastes become programmed into your brain and most people follow this programming all their life. 5:39:45 PM

A mirror that frowns back at you. Alf Linney, a specialist in facial reconstruction, and artist Alexa Wright have designed Alter Ego which allows people to interact with a mirror that takes on a life of its own. Sitting in front of it, the viewer is captured on video and the dimensions of their face are mapped onto a generic model (with a simplified version of the technology Linney uses for surgery). After some 30 seconds, the reflection begins to react to the person's facial expressions. "We can make the model do whatever the person in front of it is doing smile or laugh or we can give it an alter ego, a sort of a mind of its own", explains Linney. 5:38:55 PM

RFID Signal Strong in 2005. Radio Frequency Identification technology is going to ring in the new year in more ways than one. 5:36:31 PM

Hate Spam? So Did This Radio Reporter - Who Got Fired Because of It. Radio reporter and freelance writer, Rachel Buchman, got pretty tired of one particular spammer. So, she called them and gave her a piece of her mind. The spammer complained to her radio station and she got canned. Was it justified? 5:34:55 PM

SBC's Set-Top Box. Some time ago SBC announced that Microsoft would provide the software for their video over DSL service (that should start popping up in 2005, pending network upgrades). Apparently 2wire will provide the set-top hardware. 5:30:58 PM

Google's Billion-Dollar Idea for Inventory Reduction. Google's plans for an inventory-reduction service could be worth billions to global companies. 5:29:19 PM

TiVo Untethered and Ready to Go. A new portable service will allow people to transfer shows recorded by TiVo to PCs or laptops and take them on the road. But don't try sending programs over the web. 7:35:41 AM

Stalking the Wild Wi-Fi Network. Several devices on the market will help you find a Wi-Fi network, but the same price doesn't mean the same performance. 7:35:09 AM

Morning Broadband Bytes. Wireless politics may determine future of digital democracy. Softbank broadband takes no prisoners. US still the major source of spam. Super 3G' technology proposed for next-gen cell phones. 7:34:24 AM

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