Not to be out done by Comcast Fios users can schedule recordings from a dedicated Android application. For some reason I think this is cooler than the web portal version, but that would be my Android bias kicking in.
via Engadget via Zatz not funny
Comcast's Motorola Crap DVRS catch up with functionality that Orb users have had on Window Media Center since 2004. Way to listen to the people Cast. Now all we need to do is get MS or Comcast or Verizon or even Tivo to copy the Replay TV "federated recording" feature and DVR's will finally catch up with where they should have been in 2005. I think DirectTV owns the ReplayTV intellectual property and have squandered their chance to make that blockbuster feature a reality. Imagine multiple DVR's on your network, and they decide if one of the DVR's is in use when it needs to be recording to have one of the other DVR's record it for you. Another bonus is you don't have to worry which DVR has your content because it streams around your network for you!
Gizmodo via ZatzNotFunny via Comcast
As someone that recently passed on the Palm Pre because it lacked the ability to expand it storage I can personally attest to the importance of ever growing storage options for your mobile experience. In my case it was a phone, but with the Airstash I think that we could see a day when you load your media, neigh your whole computer environment and run it from a device that can be connected to sans wires. I really dig this devices potential for other markets than the Cellphones, but think that the expanding iPhones and Pre's will be the first order of business for these devices. Breaking into that market would give them a lot of clout to pursue other markets with this class of device. If the experience can be as slick as the Zune wireless sync is (not the slow social, but the home syncing) this could easily be a hit.
Gizmodo via Engadget
There you have it a device that gives Wifi Devices access to DTV, is it me or does this tech seem like a solution looking for a problem? I have watched daytime TV and lets just say it leaves much to be desired, I suppose it could really kick up the rerun market on some stations, but the times that I would use this are in the morning, sometime over lunch and in the early evening. Currently there is basically nothing interesting on the TV at those times, but the existence of the potential market could push some demand for good daytime television.
If your interested in watching DTV on your mobile here is the link via Engadget
Hopefully this proves to be the egg to the metaphorical chicken of good daytime programing.
I really wanted to want a Palm Pre. The UI is really amazing, I played with it in the store and was impressed by how intuitive it was for me. I love the size and shape, it really works for a pocketable device, but what finally killed it for me was the 8gb of non-expandable storage. I tried to get over it. I mulled it around for the last few days and finally came to the conclusion that if my 30gb zune was too small 8gb was never going to cut it.
Better luck next time Palm, I wanted your phone I really did. I am sort of dissapointed with the overall size of the HTC hero I will be getting, but expandable storage of 16gb now and 32gb sometime in the future sealed the deal.
Slashdot is running a story on a possible link between Alzheimers and sleep deprivation. The results as with all studies require additional studies, but if the plaques that from in the brain are linked with Alzheimers and the plaques build up faster when the protein identified are higher, and the protein is higher when you are awake it would give insight into a lifestyle prevention of Alzheimers.
New Scientist via Slashdot
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