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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.

Mediacom Communications Corp. filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. Mediacom Communications is the nation's eigth largest cable television company and one of the leading cable operators focused on serving the smaller cities and towns in the United States.

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.

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.

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 Mercury MoviePix DV-80 DV camcorder captures quality MPEG-4 movies. Using MPEG-4 technology, you can capture more footage with less space.

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.

NBC's "Sunday Night Football" continues its reign as the most-expensive fall program for advertisers, with a 30-second ad commanding an average of $339,700, according to an Advertising Age survey of media buying firms.

The line between television and the internet is set to blur further on Sunday, when TiVo will go on sale in New Zealand.

This TiVo-in-a-box comes with everything you need for PC DVR goodness. It's been awhile since I've sung the praises of TV tuners, which let you watch and record shows on your PC, TiVo-style. Well, now you can get more than just the style: Nero's LiquidTV TiVo PC brings the actual TiVo software to your system .