Posted 14 weeks ago

Helio: Don t call us a phone company. NH: Okay then I had high hopes for Helio, I really did. In early 2006, I was invited to a briefing on this exciting new venture between SK Tele

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Posted 17 weeks ago

With the pomp and fanfare of THE BIG announcement from WWDC over, the iconic iPhone is all set for world domination, a la RAZR. The planets are aligned for Apple 3G connectivity check. Shocking

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Posted 17 weeks ago

At CES 2007, Sandisk gave us a sneak preview of TakeTV, a little flash-based device that allowed you to easily move content from your PC to the TV. I had a very simple, familiar and easily understoo

Posted 18 weeks ago

tru2way, the latest brand for the open cable platform envisioned by the 1996 Telecom Act, has at its heart ' a Java-based middleware software layer enabling interactive television service and applic

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Posted 20 weeks ago

Word is out that Akimbo, the pioneering over-the-top VOD provider that has had a million different business models, just shut its doors. I remember first getting the Akimbo pitch in 2004, when they we

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Posted 21 weeks ago

I'm glad NPD came out with their numbers after I had forecasted Blu-ray to be another 12+ months from take off. No one liked me jumping the bandwagon. But this isn't a lull for Blu-ray, it hasn't

Posted 22 weeks ago

Today Coppergate, the primary provider of HPNA 2.0 silicon, acquired the HomePlug AV assets from Conexant. Conexant, which continues to be parted out like a 67 Chevy (it announced the sale of its set

Posted 23 weeks ago

Yes, another standard to add to the large collection of phoneline, powerline and coax standards. Since I am on the road, I have yet to get briefed by the folks representing HomeGrid, the new standard,

Posted 25 weeks ago

Got back from Vegas last night, and overall have to say it was a very good show. Lots of interesting stuff going on in the digital media space, with all of the large hardware, software and enabling te

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Posted 26 weeks ago

This Ars article states the obvious, that we don't need another proprietary STB for a single service online video provider. If you haven't seen the gravestones littering the proprietary STB service gr

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