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#remainders

Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)

Google and the Phantom Town of Argleton...10 Years of Steve Jobs' Apple Product Unveilings...AT&T's Foray Into In-Car Satellite TV Goes Miserably Wrong...Robots Will Soon Learn How to Smell Fear More »

11/03/09

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By Wilson Rothman

#advertising

Obnoxious Local Ads Coming to DirecTV in 2011

The WSJ is reporting that DirecTV has conscripted the talents of software startup Invidi to show targeted—meaning local—ads to its customers, starting in 2011. More »

06/17/09

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By John Herrman

#china

How An Illegal Filipino Satellite Combated the Censorship of Obama's Speech in China

While Americans had millions of ways to watch Obama's inauguration speech, here in China, I'm giving thanks for my one: gray-market Filipino satellite. Without it, I would've missed anything past where Obama muttered "communists." More »

01/21/09

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By Elaine Chow

#satellitetv

AT&T Cruisecast: 20 Satellite TV Channels For the Car

Come this spring, parents will have another tool at their disposal when it comes to shutting up kids in the backseat. Called Cruisecast, it's AT&T's foray into car-based satellite TV, and it's expensive. More »

01/11/09

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By Jack Loftus

#att

AT&T to Dump Dish Network, Start Selling DirecTV

09/27/08

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#satellite

New Dish Network Satellite Launched, More HD Channels On the Way

07/16/08

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#att

AT&T Dumping Dish TV (Is Satellite Screwed?)

07/03/08

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#espionage

News Corp. Hires Hacker to Break Into Dish Satellite Network, Steal Security Codes for Pirate Cards

This is classic corporate espionage/sabotage at its finest. Dish Network is accusing News Corp.—which used to have a 39 percent stake in DirecTV and still provides its security tech—of hiring hacker Christopher Tarnovsky to break into Dish's network, steal the security codes, and use them to make pirated cards to flood the black market. It sounds insane, but Tarnovsky admitted in court he was paid James Bond villain style, with $20,000 cash payments mailed from Canada hidden inside "electronic devices." More »

04/24/08

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By matt buchanan

#dvrs

DirecTV buys ReplayTV for MoneyTV

12/13/07

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#ineedmyhdtv

What Satellite Service is Better for Your HDTV?

On Black Friday, some of you walked home with your first HDTV. Or second. Discount voodoo is understandably hard to resist. But unless you've got HD content, you've got nothin' but a pretty frame. Since it's the holidays, you probably don't wanna screw around in customer service hell. If you've narrowed your choice down to satellite because of where you live or a prior (bad) experience with cable, we've done some homework for you, sorting through the near-legalese of HD packages and talking to chipper sales reps from the two majors, Dish Network and DirecTV. Which one offers the most HD goodness at the best rates? More »

12/03/07

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By Matt Buchanan

#satellite

Sirius SCV1 Satellite Tuner Brings Satellite TV to the Car

Sirius' SCV1, also known as Sirius Backseat TV, is their latest product that receives three channels of TV programming as well. The three channels—Nickelodeon, Disney and Cartoon Network— are all geared to keep kids entertained in the backseat while you're listening to regular Sirius music in the front seat. The SCV1 brings in 130 channels of audio, and works in 4:3 aspect ratio in just about any car with an on-board rear-seat video monitor. Retails in the fall for $300. [InfoSyncWorld]

08/15/07

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By Jason Chen

#satgoorsatnogo