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TiVo readying 802.11n Wi-Fi adapter?

Sean Portnoy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:18:49 PST

It's been a tough slog for TiVo, whose once-innovative DVR ecosystem has been co-opted by cable companies' own DVR services. (Though some offer the TiVo interface for an additional charge.) The company and its devices still have their champions, but it's difficult to achieve mass success when buyers have to pony up a minimum of $149.99 (for a new standard-definitio Series 2 DVR) and a monthly fee, instead of just paying a few bucks a month for an HD DVR box from their cable provider. One of the many things TiVo offers that cable boxes do not (yet) is Wi-Fi capability, which you can add via a $60 802.11g adapter. Among other things, it allows you to connect two TiVos...

The real pros and cons of server virtualization

Paul Murphy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:15:58 PST

PC style virtualization, derived from IBM's zVM ideas and now supported in both AMD and Intel hardware, is a revenant of data processing's failure to adapt to the age of digital computing - an expensive, user punishing, detour into 1920s management ideas in pursuit of that period's holy grail: 100% systems utilization.

Scary study on how lack of IPOs is harming US economy

Tom Foremski — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:16:08 PST

A new study proposes sweeping changes in stock market regulations to help drive new IPOs and catch up with Asian markets...

Bridging the gap between BPM and SOA: look to the repository

Joe McKendrick — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:42:37 PST

The key to BPM-SOA alignment is having a common service registry/repository

Pre-Copenhagen climate talks end in Barcelona

Harry Fuller — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:12:42 PST

Copehagen is in one month. Talks in Barcelona produce verbal emissions.

Update on Chinese wallboard with a side order of sulphur

Harry Fuller — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:36:42 PST

Chinese sulphur-exhaling wallboard: the latest.

Microsoft 'Geneva' identity wares approach the finish line

Mary Jo Foley — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:35:28 PST

Microsoft is making available for download the near-final Release Candidate (RC) test build of its "Geneva" framework, the technology officially known as Windows Identity Foundation. Meanwhile, a new test build of the Microsoft Oslo modeling platform is waiting in the wings.

Google classic homepage sports Motorola Droid ad

Andrew Nusca — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:27:44 PST

Notice anything different about Google's classic homepage? Yep -- there's an ad for the Motorola Droid smartphone on it.

Facebook profile privacy: Take control, student style

Zack Whittaker — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:25:32 PST

Gone through all of your privacy settings and now feel safer as a result? Read this and think again, because there are more things to take into consideration.

Seeking a bright idea on light bulbs

Harry Fuller — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:24:31 PST

Department of Energy and utilities offering prize for best new light bulb.