Profilactic Launches V2

Seeded on Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:04 PM EDT (profilactic.com)

Profilactic is a great site where you can show people your activity online. It lets you aggregate the stories you digg, your bookmarks from delicious and your photos from Zooomr. It can handle anything with an RSS feed.

web2-0, technology, profile, website

TiVo Wins Patent For Uncrackable Password

Seeded on Fri May 11, 2007 3:18 AM EDT (davisfreeberg.com)

TiVo has been awarded a patent related to securing content on hard drives. According to their filing, they've invented a method of securing content where the password is so hard to guess, that it would take longer than the life of the hard drive to figure out.

media, technology, television, patent, tivo, techology, dvr

5 Ways To Fix TiVo's Suggestion Box

Seeded on Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:25 PM EST (Blog)

TiVo suggestions might be one of my favorite aspects of TiVo's technology, but it's also one of the most frustrating.

technology, tv, search, television, tivo, dvr, pvr, recommendations

TiVo Found In UFO Crash Wreckage

Sat Sep 2, 2006 1:59 PM EDT

TiVo has really been known more for their ad zapping technology than the commercials that they've produced, but one of TiVo's more die hard fans came across a fascinating video originally hosted on TiVo's own website which documents TiVo's true orgins and how they got their a …

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entertainment, underground, advertising, marketing, tivo, viral, funny, aliens, conspiracy, hidden

What to do when you chance upon a LOST set?

Seeded on Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:07 AM EDT (uneasysilence.com)

A couple of college guys vacationing in Hawaii stumbled upon the set where they are filming Lost season 3 and like any good opportunist took advantage of their fortune to stockpile Dharma brand canned goods and to take photos of the set.

entertainment, tv, lost, television, citizen-journalism, sneak-peak

Will Microsoft Revolutionize Ad Based TV?

Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:17 PM EDT

Microsoft recently 'leaked' their own version of the Office onto the internet and while the show itself is remarkably entertaining the bigger story may be how they bypassed the major studios and went directly to the net with their film.

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technology, tv, advertising, marketing, vod, televsion

Is NBC Running An Illegal Lottery?

Seeded on Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:34 AM EDT (davisfreeberg.com)

With the rise in popularity of texting based contests on TV, networks have seen tremendous demand for these contests.

technology, tv, ethics, cell-phones, gambling, nbc

Spout Launches Beta 2.0 Upgrade

Seeded on Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:15 PM EDT (davisfreeberg.com)

Spout is a DVD social networking site that allows users to rate, tag and discuss their favorite (or sometimes least favorite) films. The site is a lot like the IMDB combined with Flickr.

netflix, technology, web-2-0, dvd, community, news, movies, social-networking, flickr, imdb