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    Image of frigg frigg
    12/17/09

    In reply to Free Dragon App Gives Voice to Your iPhone Searches
    Does this one send any private information to their servers, or have they stopped that for now?
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    Image of beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid
    12/16/09

    In reply to EyeTV 3 Users Can Now Stream Live TV From Home to iPhone For Free
    Someone seriously needs to write a firewire capable STB streaming app, that works with an iPhone app.

    One can already stream from a firewire capable STB, using Apple's Firewire SDK and VLC, now to just streamline it with remote channel changing, and an iphone app capable of playing a stream from VLC, or something similar.
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    lpranal promoted this comment beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid was starred beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid was unstarred
    Image of lpranal lpranal
    12/16/09

    @beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid: Totally. though channel control seems like it could be tricky, the last time I tried it, all I could get was the video stream working.
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    Image of beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid
    12/16/09

    @lpranal: channel change can be done through the firewire sdk as well.

    I've done this... check this out:
    [www.blyon.com]

    I use a utility (which I had to modify) called "clover", that changes channels via command line, and can start recording. If it can record, it can open up the stream to transcoding to a streaming server. To tell you the truth, if I just knew a little more about xcode I could probably pull the proper bits out of the firewire sdk to accomplish this. The problem however is turning a command line tool into a listening application, that listens for channel changes. That is beyond me.

    Next problem is what kind of live streams can be played back on the iphone... RTSP does not work, I have tried... since I run an RTSP server at work. Don't know enough about the iPhone SDK to know what would work, or what wouldn't. If there was a streaming protocol available via safari... this could all be done with ZERO iphone app development.

    This is so close in my eyes... it's painful to not see someone do it.

    #notAprogrammerBTW

    /endgeekrambling
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    Image of lpranal lpranal
    12/16/09

    @beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid: do you know if there's anything similar for the PC that might work better? my HTPC is actually running windows 7 w/ media center, that thing runs all the time as it is. I tried ORB but that's using a crappy little USB tuner and the sound doesn't work. Still don't understand why I can't basically just use my STB as a tv tuner in windows media center.
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    Image of beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid beekerstudios: you are inane and stupid
    12/16/09

    @lpranal: [stream-recorder.com]

    This might be what you're looking for... looks like you can connect the device with using one command... NICE!

    Now I gotta figure it out for OS X.

    BTW, that requires you have a compatible STB, with firewire out. My Pace RNG110 HD tuner provided by comcast works, for os x anyways.
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    12/16/09

    In reply to EyeTV 3 Users Can Now Stream Live TV From Home to iPhone For Free
    It's just a shame that Comcast breaks the hell out of most mac based cable tuners I've tried, which is depressing when you spend a couple hundred bucks on Elgato's premiere offering at the time.
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    Image of PaintTheSkyGrey PaintTheSkyGrey
    12/16/09

    @thechansen: Are you sure? The channel lineup is different when running cable directly into your TV versus running it through a cable box. I had this issue on my bedroom TV, when I couldn't get some of the "regular" channels I could with a cable box in the other room.
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    thechansen promoted this comment PaintTheSkyGrey was starred PaintTheSkyGrey was unstarred
    Image of thechansen thechansen
    12/16/09

    @PaintTheSkyGrey: I didn't expect premium channels in the least bit, but I expected to get about the same line up that was available with my on TV plugged straight into the wall with no cable box. I had two one for over the air high def (el gato eyetv 500 which I sold because I left Philadelphia and no longer had need for it, proper reception with my little antenna) and a the first eyeTV to handle cable, which it did find when I had Time Warner (a tiny slice of west Philadelphia is served by TW instead of Comcast which blew my mind). This one crapped the bed when I tried it with Comcast. I received PBS, NBC, and CBS. 3 Channels. I built a gaming PC a year ago, and through in a tuner, thinking "the eyeTV one I had for my Mac was ancient maybe this one will be better", same result just on a different platform. I'm thinking of just spending the money and getting a cablecard pcie card and Orb.
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    Image of PaintTheSkyGrey PaintTheSkyGrey
    12/16/09

    @thechansen: Yeah, it sounds like what happens when you try to autoscan Comcast's channels. Try this:

    Go here
    [www.silicondust.com]

    Switch it to US, type in your zip, and a list of over-the-air channels should appear. There's a dropdown box at the top of the list with which you can change the listing to Comcast.

    Try some of these channels by manually entering them and see if they work. Did it for me.
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    Image of thechansen thechansen
    12/16/09

    @PaintTheSkyGrey: I only get Cablevision or Digital antenna, no Comcast on the list.
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    Edited by thechansen at 12/16/09 3:08 PM thechansen was starred thechansen was unstarred
    Image of PaintTheSkyGrey PaintTheSkyGrey
    12/16/09

    @thechansen: Try a different zip, maybe one of the nearest major city/town? Chances are it's gonna be that lineup.
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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    12/16/09

    In reply to New DoubleTwist Release Supports Nexus One, Adds Amazon MP3 Store for Windows
    I think it's a little silly for companies to claim Nexus One support when what they're really doing is supporting Android in general.

    Or is DoubleTwist suggesting that they'll support the Nexus One and no other Android devices?
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    Image of Yinzers Are People Too Yinzers Are People Too
    12/16/09

    @atrus123: I think what they're doing is attempting to get in on Google searches for "Nexus One" to boost their download count.
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    FigNinja promoted this comment Yinzers Are People Too was starred Yinzers Are People Too was unstarred
    Image of fryhole fryhole
    12/16/09

    @atrus123: DoubleTwist already supported my G1, and it was my understanding that if it was drag-n-drop based, DoubleTwist would support it.

    My guess of what's going on here: it'll probably just tell you that a Nexus One is connected, instead of something more generic.
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    atrus123 promoted this comment fryhole was starred fryhole was unstarred
    Image of Mikestan Mikestan
    12/16/09

    In reply to An Apple-Approved Crappy Video Recording App for Pokey Old iPhones
    Is it me or does this make you feel like Apple is making fun of 3G owners and 1st gen users?

    "Your able to record but we're not officially giving it to you."\

    And yes I am aware that you can record with a jailbroken phone since the 1st gen.
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    Image of rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy
    12/16/09

    In reply to An Apple-Approved Crappy Video Recording App for Pokey Old iPhones
    is apple trying to encourage people to jailbreak? surely they aren't cocky enough to believe that gimping the software in the older models won't trick people into buying (un-necessary) newer hardware. surely apple isn't the company that would do that...
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    Ninety-9 promoted this comment rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy was starred rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy was unstarred
    Image of Ninety-9 Ninety-9
    12/16/09

    @rimplestultskin: LOL, giving it decent video-taking software would make the old iPhone almost equivalent to the new one. :P

    Leaps and Bounds, my friend. Leaps and Bounds.
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    Image of RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile? RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile?
    12/16/09

    In reply to An Apple-Approved Crappy Video Recording App for Pokey Old iPhones
    Mr. Freeman should take a shot at sticking Cycorder in the App Store. Or does Apple fear that this will create competition between the 3GS and their older counterparts?
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    RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile? was starred RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile? was unstarred
    Image of otko otko
    12/16/09

    @RuBBa_cHiKiN: The real question is can it fit in the Batmobile?: That's not a bad idea. I think he has a shot. Erica Sadun said yesterday that Apple has loosened up on the API's a bit and she was thinking of resubmitting her AppFlow app.

    But Google Voice sits in limbo. Makes me sick.
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    Poop Cooper promoted this comment otko was starred otko was unstarred
    Image of deciBels deciBels
    12/14/09

    In reply to Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?
    You can't consider them to be taking internet seriously until Flash is supported on the iPhone.
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    Image of Odin Odin
    12/14/09

    In reply to Remainders - The Good, Bad and Ugly Things We Didn't Post (and Why)
    Robot movement is getting pretty damn advanced. If only we could come up with a lightweight efficient power system for them then we could have mechs one day...
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    Image of blash blash
    12/14/09

    In reply to Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?
    So long as all my old songs are grandfathered into the system... there's a good amount of stuff I've lost completely and being able to redownload stuff I've paid for at one point or another would get me to start buying from iTunes again.
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    Image of S-Express S-Express
    12/13/09

    In reply to Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?
    Is Apple taking the internet seriously now?

    WTF?

    Let's start with iTunes - without the web and the iTunes store, the whole ecosystem would never have grown at the rate it has.

    Then let's look at the web being used for sign-up for the original iPhone - allowing people to take the iPhone home and register in their own tiem.

    Then the App store - the store that changed the face of mobile computing..

    Then let's look at OS and firmware updates, for the iPhone for example. The phone you bought months/years ago is now transformed, for free, by an automated download when you sync.

    Oh, and let's not forget the cloud - you know, MobileMe - auto sync of desktop yo laptop to iPhone, automated back-up storage, web hosting for i-apps....

    I think Apple got the whole Web thing down a while ago - they just did it so well, no one noticed...
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    Image of airmanchairman airmanchairman
    12/14/09

    @S-Express: Word, man, word.
    The entire Apple Mac/PC/iPod/iPhone/(desktop & Mobile) Safari/iTunes/Mobile Me eco-system is the best seamless implementation of Cloud Computing by a single vendor out there in the, uh, Cloud...
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    NorwoodIsMyHero promoted this comment Edited by airmanchairman at 12/14/09 5:28 AM airmanchairman was starred airmanchairman was unstarred
    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    12/14/09

    @airmanchairman: Uh. I'm not a big fan of the "cloud" but I think maybe you're misinterpreting what the word means.

    I think the idea is that you aren't tied to any one piece of hardware, which Apple's eco-system does. I could be wrong there but I think thats the idea.
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    Image of airmanchairman airmanchairman
    12/14/09

    @NorwoodIsMyHero: sadly, Cloud computing is offered by different vendors (Amazon's EC2 is an example) and you may have the right idea and ideal, but not the reality.
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    Edited by airmanchairman at 12/14/09 9:23 AM airmanchairman was starred airmanchairman was unstarred
    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    12/14/09

    @airmanchairman: I know that's not the reality. What I'm saying is that when these "digital yuppies" think of the cloud, they aren't thinking of the Apple eco-system. They are thinking of something with even less constraints. I don't think any of them would say its really happened yet though. many are probably hoping that with the advent of the Tablet that Google and even Apple will make it a reality.

    Personally I could care less. II don't need the cloud right now and like the speed of having stuff locally.
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    Image of barrygeorge001001 barrygeorge001001
    12/13/09

    In reply to Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?
    it would help if Apple would at least make Flash work on the iPhone. I love my iPhone and alot of apple methedology but taking the internet seriously involves ALL of the internet.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/13/09

    @barrygeorge001001: I'll only welcome flash support if an ad-blocker is also added on, because the "real" internet is full of lots of superfluous crap that I'd rather not have in the way.
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    Image of voxmatt voxmatt
    12/13/09

    In reply to Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?
    Apple tends to wait on markets until they've matured into revenue producing vehicles. If there's no money, there's no Apple.

    Which is indicative both of why they've held off on "the cloud" so far and why it's almost a certainty that they'll enter in a big way at some point. As much hype as there is surrounding netbooks, Google apps, and client-server software in general, most of it still sucks in very real ways. For example, I've tried to use Google docs seriously, but please...

    And Steve Jobs remembers the Rockr—Apple is very wary to enter a market until the technology's there to do it right.

    With LaLa specifically, take all of the above and then throw in the paranoid mess that most entertainment execs are about their IP (and Apple's growing hegemony), and, well, I'm not holding my breath on a cloud based music service anytime soon... not that I don't REALLY want it.

    Finally, Matt (the author) is absolutely kidding himself if he thinks we're ever going to see LaLa's 10¢ rate. My bet would be on (whenever Apple enters the arena) augmenting the existing downloads with the ability to stream online. Or (I think this is less likely) a sort of streaming ZunePass.
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment Edited by voxmatt at 12/13/09 7:49 PM voxmatt was starred voxmatt was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    12/13/09

    In reply to Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?
    I am looking forward to the twist that Apple might give us with Inet. They make an impact on any market they touch, and there is no end of innovation to be had, as we have seen in the explosion in technology over a relatively short span of time. I also firmly believe that if Apple didnt think there was money to be made, they wouldnt do it. They are, after all, a bottom line too.
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    Image of Manly_McBeeferton Manly_McBeeferton
    12/13/09

    In reply to Is Apple Taking the Internet Seriously Now?
    Am I the only one who thinks LaLa is kind of silly? Why would you want to buy digital music, (okay, the cheaper price IS tantalizing, but who is really going to re-buy all/most their music in a digital form?) especially if you're someone who isn't connected to hi-speed internet 24/7.

    (coughthankscomcastcough)

    I travel out of town often to pick up my nephew and when I leave the city and embark on the 1.7 hours of boring driving I need some music to listen to, and the only device with respectable speed is my iPhone, but once I leave the city I lose my 3G and only have Edge. Hell, occasionally I even lose Edge. What am I supposed to use for music? A CD?! What is this, the 90s?

    I can see how it would be nice for at-home/work use, though. However, I am finicky about digital downloads. What if their servers are down or they get hit with a nuclear bomb? Or what if Apple just decided to boot my "account" for whatever reason/deny me access of my music?

    I think the internet is still too fragile to start introducing a completely digital age where everything is streamed on the internet, especially when it comes to something like music. Because I need my music, and if I can't get to it when I want it, it would blow. :(

    Oh, and what's the point if we already have the technology to steam music/files/etc. from home/work to work/home?

    This isn't meant to be a rant, I am actually curious...
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    Image of blazedshaggy blazedshaggy
    12/13/09

    @Manly_McBeeferton: You don't have to re-buy your entire music collection if switching to LaLa. Their music uploader scans your collection and sends all music that you have to the "cloud". If you already own music they offer, they will let you listen to it for free. If their servers don't have music that's in your collection, it will upload that music for your listening pleasure. The LaLa model is the perfect way to transition your music library from local storage listening to cloud streaming.
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    Image of Manly_McBeeferton Manly_McBeeferton
    12/13/09

    @OMFG! Horny Manatees!: Oooooh. That's a very smart move on their part. Didn't know about that.
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