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Yahoo hooks up with digital TV

News Starting today, consumers will be able to schedule recordings on their TiVo box from a special Yahoo portal. From any Yahoo TV episode page, users can click the 'Record to my TiVo box' button, the companies said.

7 November 2005, 9:53

Microsoft TV dealt blow Down Under

News Telstra had been in discussions with Microsoft to conduct a trial using the Microsoft TV IPTV set-top-box software but decided it was premature to move forward. Last month, Swisscom said it would postpone the commercial launch of its Bluewin TV...

23 June 2005, 9:00

Will the Dell Mini launch on Thursday?

News That time is apparently this Thursday, 4 September, according to Box.net, a company partnering with Dell on the ultraportable. Box.net makes OpenBox, an application for online file management that will be one of the preinstalled programs on the...

Tags: sharing, dell, ultraportable, michael dell

3 September 2008, 9:20

News.blog: 'WoW Burning Crusade' collector's edition revealed

News Contained in the spiffy box -- Blizzard released a similar collector's edition box with the original version of WoW in late 2004 that these days fetches in excess of $300 (£160) on eBay -- the collector's edition will include the game on CD and...

5 October 2006, 10:41

Photos: Apple's 'showtime'

News This little box connects a Mac or PC to your TV or home-cinema system over a wireless network. At San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, chief executive Steve Jobs touted some of the company's newest products, including a new video iPod...

13 September 2006, 10:23

Apple unveils device to link PC to TV

News Apple TV, as discussed in September, is a small white box that plugs into a flat-panel TV and wirelessly connects to a Mac or PC over an 802.11n network, allowing content stored on the computer to play on the television.

10 January 2007, 9:35

Apple takes aim at TV

News Cable and satellite companies, along with their set-top box partners, have invested heavily in providing their customers with on-demand shows and pay-per-view movies. Lost in all the hoopla over the iPhone at Macworld was Apple TV, sort of a cross...

Tags: apple, television, demand, watching

13 March 2007, 10:31

Slingbox gets new US siblings

News It allows input from either a DVR, cable box or satellite receiver. The funky, trapezoid-shaped box can beam the channels or TV services you've paid for at home via a broadband connection to a PC, laptop, Windows-based mobile phone or portable PC...

28 September 2006, 10:06

News.blog: Police search for 'cell phone bandit'

News According to reports, she walked into the bank with a box under her arm and a mobile phone to her ear. The box contained a note demanding cash, which she presented to a bank clerk while appearing immersed in a phone conversation.

15 November 2005, 9:29

Microsoft signs cable deal for HDTV support

News The pact, with the industry's technical arm, CableLabs, means that PCs with Microsoft's Media Center features will be able to display digital cable -- both standard and high-definition flavours -- without a set-top box.

17 November 2005, 8:58

Philips invents TV ad enforcer

News According to a recently published patent, the apparatus could work inside a set-top box. The writer of the patent warns that viewers may become confused by the freeze and blame the set-top box manufacturer employing the device instead of the...

20 April 2006, 10:20

MovieBeam video service launches across US

News At $199 (£115) for the set-top box required for the service, plus a set-up fee, plus $3.99 to watch a new release, it's not a cheap proposition. Think of us as the back wall of the video store, where all the new releases are, but in a box connected...

14 February 2006, 9:11

Top 10 alternative uses for an iPod

News Record flight data The little white box can also be used as black box. You may be used to seeing people listen to iPods on the train. You may even use one yourself in the gym or while walking the dog.

20 March 2007, 10:33

Microsoft allows Vista 'downgrade'

News Fujitsu has been among the most aggressive, starting last month to include an XP disc in the box with its laptops and tablets. Vista Ultimate Edition have always had the right to downgrade to XP, but in practice this could be challenging.In June...

24 September 2007, 9:44

News.blog: No merge likely for Google and YouTube

News As of yesterday, when you type "cats dancing" in Google Video's search box you will get relevant video from YouTube too. YouTube's results were already being included in the main Google search box. Google says its YouTube viral video-sharing site...

26 January 2007, 9:39