Comcast will no longer use Microsoft's TV software
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| The next big test for Microsoft TV will be the fate of its IPTV
| initiatives, Rosoff said.
|
| [...]
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| Comcast says GuideWorks also will support future
| "cross-platform features" that integrate its Internet,
| cable and digital voice offerings.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/315614_msftcomcast15.html
The company has made some surprising moves recently and it bets on Open
Source on the face of it.
Recently:
Comcast invests in Vyatta, open source router maker
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| The company has raised a total of $18.5 million so far. The
| investment indicates that cable carriers are getting serious
| about chasing the small and medium sized businesses, and
| competing with the telephone companies in more than just
| consumer markets.
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http://gigaom.com/2007/04/01/vyatta-comcast/
TiVo and Comcast to test set-top DVR in spring
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| TiVo Inc. said on Monday it hopes to start
| testing its first integrated digital video recorder
| service with Comcast Corp. the
| leading U.S. cable operator, this spring, two years after
| they reached an agreement to develop the service.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070108/tc_nm/electronics_show_tivo_dc
Comcast picks Zimbra for online e-mail
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| Broadband and cable TV company Comcast has hired open-source software
| company Zimbra to power a service called SmartZone that provides
| subscribers with e-mail and other online services.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6181737.html
Related [Rival]:
Microsoft blamed for AT&T TV hiccups
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| Microsoft has a spotty history on the gogglebox. In 1997 it
| spent about $425m to purchase WebTV Networks but failed to
| make the much-hyped phenomenon a success.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37231
Slot machine suffers blue screen of death
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| However, it appears that this particular design is not quite ready
| for the prime time as, when we stopped by, the game had hung
| completely with a classic blue screen of death. Now that's going
| to seriously annoy you if you've just won the jackpot! We came back
| an hour later, and the game was still in the same condition.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37215
Verizon takes over Microsoft TV code
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| Unhappy over the memory footprint of applications and delays in rolling
| them out, Verizon has ditched some of Microsoft's television software and
| has chosen instead to write its own.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060914-7742.html
FiOS TV and MSFT: When End-to-End Becomes Best of Breed
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| Quoting: "With the project in danger of running behind schedule, Verizon
| sent its own employees to oversee the work between Microsoft and Motorola.
| Engineers from all three companies had several meetings a day to nudge
| the project along. Eventually, Verizon took over the development of the
| program guide altogether from Microsoft, and ended up writing a new
| version of the software that was less memory-intensive."
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http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/laszlo/archives/017055.html
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