Davis Freeberg’s Digital Connection

Posted on September 24th, 2007 by Davis
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NBC has announced that they are introducing a program that will let you automatically download some of their shows to your PC. With the announcement came the latest round of TiVo doom and gloom articles, that assert that this technology will some how be able to replace a DVR. While I like that NBC is [...]

Posted on September 20th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: Disclosure - I own stock in co. mentioned, Marketing, Media, TV, Technology, TiVo, VOD | 1 Comment »

Posted on September 20th, 2007 by Davis
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It’s not very politically correct, but I’ve always been fascinated by dead pools. I’ve never actually participated in one, but there is something about wagering on life and death that appeals to the degenerate gambler in me. Since I’m pretty sure that participating in a dead pool is illegal in San Francisco, I suppose that [...]

Posted on September 20th, 2007 by Davis
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Update – Unfortunately Hold On Kenny was pulled and is no longer available. I looked for other copies, but this may have been a one of a kind video. I thought it was awesome and would be disappointed if it was pulled because someone at Viacom couldn’t see the promotional value in a user generated [...]

Posted on September 17th, 2007 by Davis
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Last week, Sling Media announced that they were partnering with UPC, in order to introduce the Slingbox into the Netherlands. UPC is a major cable conglomerate in Europe and could end up being an important resource for Sling. They offer triple play services in ten different countries and are a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty [...]

Posted on September 17th, 2007 by Davis
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It was a long and boring summer for television this year, but with the fall TV schedule just around the corner, I’m starting to get excited about some of the new shows that are popping up. At the start of the summer, I thought that I would have lots of exciting new shows to check [...]

Posted on September 17th, 2007 by Davis
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There are a lot of gadget nuts out there, but when it comes to the microchips, they don’t really get a lot of buzz. I think part of why they don’t get more attention, is because you have to have an advanced Engineering degree, in order to understand most of it. Even after hundreds of [...]

Posted on September 5th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: HDTV DVDs, Media, Microchips, TV, Technology, VOD | 2 Comments »

A few months back, scientists at the University of Alberta built a piece of software that could not lose at the game of checkers. Even if you played the game perfectly, at best you’d end up with a tie. Somehow I doubt that most online gamers are looking for games that they can’t beat, but [...]

Posted on September 4th, 2007 by Davis
Filed under: Robots, Technology, Video Games | 4 Comments »