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Australasian TiVo licensee Hybrid TV has surprised the market with the announcement of its latest Australian ISP partner: iiNet.

On assignment: Kim Knight settles in to her day at the office. Remember how TiVo got Sex and the City's Miranda and Steve back together? Things I don't own : An iPod.

I love to use my DVR to fast-forward through commercials. In a one-hour show, I can knock out generally just under 20 minutes of advertisements.

IT'S ALL IN HERE: TiVo set-top box and packaging. The convergence of television and the internet could spell bad news for crims.

Satellite TV operator DirecTV Group Inc. was one of the few pay-TV companies to gain subscribers in the third quarter, though earnings stayed steady because of the higher costs it incurred attracting and serving those new customers.

A box containing a Philips DVR compatible with TiVo and DirecTV is displayed at a Best Buy store June 11, 2004 in Niles, Illinois.

TiVo has gone ahead and released an update for TiVo Desktop .A Along with Windows 7 support, version 2.8 also includes a number of new features and capabilities.A Here's a complete list of the new features taken directly from the update's readme file: TiVo Desktop has the following improvements: The folders on your PC can now display when viewed ...

Silicon Valley golden boy Mike Volpi caught in eBay Skype legal battle Mercury News Not that long ago, Michelangelo "Mike" Volpi, 42, was one of the most important people in Silicon Valley.

TV admits it was wrong about PVRs - Boing Boing Tim from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, "Digital Video Recorders, once considered a mortal threat by the entertainment industry, have now become its new best friend.

Digital Video Recorders, once considered a mortal threat by the entertainment industry, have now become its new best friend.

DVR results added 26 percent to live ratings for "The Office." The reason is not simply that more households own DVRs - 33 percent compared with 28 percent at this point in 2008 - helping some marginal shows become hits.

Question: I'm not happy with my digital camera's flash. It causes harsh shadows and washed-out subjects.

What Are the Better Options for Camcorders or DVRs This Christmas Season? The hottest new camcorders and digital video recorders for Christmas 2009 are now hitting the shelves all over North America.

The convergence of television and the internet could spell bad news for criminals.

Public Address - Hard News New Lounge Toy Update Oct 30, 2009 10:56 It was press day for TiVo yesterday, ahead of the New Zealand TiVo launch next Friday, and the emphasis was on features beyond its role as a twin-tuner Freeview recorder.

I honestly do not know how modern people function without DVRs. Since the day my TiVo came into my life , I have not watched television in the same manner.

The scene: A comfortable suburban home. The Philips Prestigo 15-Device Universal Remote lands in a small basket of remote controls on a coffee table in front of a couch.

If it were a television series, it would be called "Defying the Odds." Five weeks into a new TV season, three of the four top broadcast networks have bigger prime-time audiences than they had in 2008.

It's not called the electronic baby sitter for nothing. The Nielsen Co. says in a study released Monday that children ages 2 to 5 watch more than 32 hours of television each week.

STMicroelectronics , one of the world's leading suppliers of silicon chips for set-top boxes , today announced that its highly integrated single-chip STi5197 cable STB decoder is now shipping in high volume to leading STB makers in China.