The trouble with Apple TV
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| That's the problem with hyping a product before it comes out. It's
| bound to disappoint no matter how good it is, and if it isn't quite
| as good as advertised, well, I suppose we'll be surprised by some
| other cool thing.
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http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/06/11/100060835/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
http://tinyurl.com/26na4l
CNN thinks that only Apple and Microsoft exist in the technology world. Very
typical.
Dialing into your cell phone with ads
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| With Microsoft and AOL diving into the mobile-ad business, get ready
| for a barrage of commercials on your mobile phone
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/29/magazines/business2/ads_mobile.biz2/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
http://tinyurl.com/ys97h4
10 minutes of brainwash for every minute of conversation?
Related:
Microsoft patents Tivo for commercial breaks
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| Microsoft has patented the idea of inserting fresh advertisements
| into old recordings on personal video recorders, to ensure you see
| today's ads even if you're watching a recording from last week.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7946&Itemid=1063
Linux is running on APPLE TV
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| I've got the linux kernel booting on my Apple TV. It was not easy,
| but after reading over the information on how they got it workin on
| the mac mini, I was finally able to figure out how to make it work
| on the ATV also.
|
| There are sevral changes that need to be made to the lilo bootloader
| just to get it to boot the kernel. It does not boot fully into linux
| yet, but it gets pretty far before giving a kernel panic. There are
| still a lot of drivers missing that will need to be compiled in to
| get it to boot up all the way, but this is a start.
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http://www.appletvbbs.com/showthread.php?t=61
AppleTV could the perfect MythTV Frontend
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| Apple's new AppleTV sounds like the perfect hardware to use for a
| MythTV Frontend, or other similar device. It's an Intel based device
| that includes a 40GB hard drive and a high end selection of video out
| ports. I'd venture a guess that it probably has a MPEG decoding chip
| hiding in there as well.
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| Linux (and mythfrontend) are crying out to be loaded onto this device.
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http://www.mythpvr.com/mythtv/AppleTV/linux.html
Apple TV hacked already
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| Enthusiasts from Something Awful forum were annoyed by the general
| lack of third party movie support for Apple's latest product, Apple
| TV - and went on to create something useful with it. Awkward and
| Sabretooth modified Apple's little box and got it working with
| Xvid files with no problems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38498
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