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VUDU Rocks !!
Here is an interesting article that discusses Apple TV, XBox, UnBox, and TIVO. Mere mention of VUDU (at the very end and ever so briefly). They need to take a look at this Blog posting where I reviewed VUDU. VUDU still rocks in our house! Saturday night at the movies has returned. We have 20…
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Comcast Tracy Upgrades HDTV Channels
Comcast has once again upgraded their HD offerings in Tracy, CA. I posted the last change here. Now they have made a few changes to their existing channels (mostly in naming conventions) and added nine more channels, some of which could be interesting. Here is the current list: 903–KCRA NBC904–KQCA My58906–KVIE PBS908–KTXL Fox910–KXTV ABC912–KMAX CW31…
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Yahoo! for Teachers
A couple of days ago, I stumbled across an interesting Yahoo! application that makes it easy for teachers to “create and share classroom projects that meet state standards. Yahoo! for Teachers makes it easy for you to find and connect with other colleagues around the country”. Right now, this offering is in Beta, but, if…
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Best Buy Prepares for Digital TV Conversion
YeOldeTechy received an email today from Best Buy. They are preparing for the conversion of television to digital in the following ways: +++ -Beginning in early 2006, Best Buy began providing consumers with in-store and online information about the DTV broadcast transition including brochures and a dedicated page at BestBuy.com/DTV. -In October 2007, Best Buy…
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Adobe PhotoShop Express
What is Adobe PhotoShop Express? It is a free web-based version of PhotoShop with a limited set of features. Here is the web site. What are some of the Features of Express? There are quite a few very cool features for editing a photo (cropping, red eye touch up, sharpening, balancing, sketching, distorting, and more),…
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Proclaim by Netbriefings News
In a previous blog entry I took a look at Proclaim which I consider one of the best streaming applications around. Today I received an email with this link. Take a peek, it is very interesting. Short corporate messages are becoming more and more important (and you can save $$ on travel, save the environment…DUH).…
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Telepresence
There is a lot of talk and hoopla about “telepresence”. To most, the current definition of telepresence has evolved to mean: A very expensive room-based super-high-quality videoconferencing capability. And you need to buy two. Many years ago (starting in 1992) we developed a concept called “Personal Telepresence” . This was based on your personal…
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Cell Phone Earpieces
“Hello, how are you” says the stranger you just walked by. “I’m fine, how are you?” you reply. The stranger gives you the evil eye as he or she continues talking. You feel like a dork. My daughter, Kristen, and I have been thinking about how the world will look with millions of people wandering…
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Billy Crystal is a Yankee!
OK, this is not “technical” except for the the YouTube video, which is pretty grainy. I give it 1.5 WaterTowers for quality. But in case you did not know; YeOldeTechy grew up on Long Island and lived and breathed the Yankees as a kid. My Yankees: Mantle, Maris, Skowron, Kubek, Boyer, White, Richardson, Lopez, Ford….I…
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WiLife Evaluation and Review
UPDATE Feb 28, 2019: Time marches on. See what I wrote about the Arlo Pro Security Camera in 2018 / 2019. Quick Overview: WiLife is a home and business camera security system. Before you read watch this wonderfully produced video using video clips from the WiLife security camera. Interesting Experience It all started shortly after…
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