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	<title>Davis Freeberg's Digital Connection</title>
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		<title>To The Victor Belong The Spoils</title>
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		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/09/23/to-the-victor-belong-the-spoils/</link>
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		<title>TiVo Granted Patent For Burning TV Shows To DVD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ahh, the DVD. Love it or hate it, it&#8217;s still one of the best ways to store data. I&#8217;ve yet to meet a hard drive that can survive for 5 years without failing, but as long you&#8217;re not using them for frisbees, the DVD can easily make it a decade or more without being damaged. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/08/17/tivo-granted-patent-for-burning-tv-shows-to-dvd/</link>
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		<title>DirectTV Delays Nationwide Rollout of TiVo Until (at least) 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo by Mike Demers It&#8217;s hard to believe that it&#8217;s almost been 3 years since TiVo announced that they were rekindling their relationship with DirectTV and yet consumers are still waiting for the DVR to drop. I&#8217;d say that even for TiVo, this kind of delay has to be some kind of record, except we&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/08/04/directtv-delays-nationwide-rollout-of-tivo-until-at-least-2012/</link>
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		<title>Why Won&#8217;t AT&amp;T Protect Your Grandmother&#8217;s Data?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo by Thomas Hawk While going over my finances yesterday, I noticed a strange anomaly with my bills. After 3+ years of sending out a regular phone bill in the mail, all of a sudden AT&#038;T stopped. Concerned that there could be a mix-up with my account, I contacted AT&#038;T&#8217;s customer support line and was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/08/03/why-wont-att-protect-your-grandmothers-data/</link>
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		<title>Did Motorola Get Caught With A Smoking Gun?  TiVo Demands Source Code Access To Secret DVRs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TiVo&#8217;s Motion To Compel Source Code(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })(); (Above you&#8217;ll find a copy of a motion to compel that TiVo filed against Motorola on July 22nd, 2011. On July 25th, the judge in the case gave [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/07/28/did-motorola-get-caught-with-a-smoking-gun-tivo-demands-source-code-access-to-secret-dvrs/</link>
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		<title>Netflix Gone Wild</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Netflix may have one of the best movie recommendation engines out there, but from time to time, their suggestions do get thrown off the track. I&#8217;m not sure whether this is proof that Skynet Netflix still has a long ways to go before it becomes self aware or evidence that their algorithms are so good, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/07/25/netflix-gone-wild/</link>
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		<title>Google Is Dialing Wrong Number When It Comes To Phone Spam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It may not be the most polite thing to do, but we&#8217;re all guilty of it. The phone rings and some random number pops up on your screen. 10 years ago, I would have answered it, but now thanks to caller ID, whoever it is can go straight to voicemail. Of course when they don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/07/22/google-is-dialing-wrong-number-when-it-comes-to-phone-spam/</link>
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		<title>Why Doesn&#8217;t AMC Want My Money?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AMC Empire Originally uploaded by imoteph9 Most businesses are thrilled when someone wants to give them money, but for some crazy reason whenever you&#8217;re dealing with Hollywoodnomics, logic seems to get turned on it&#8217;s head. Case in point: MoviePass I love the movies, in fact I&#8217;d argue that I&#8217;ve probably seen more films than 90% [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/07/05/why-doesnt-amc-want-my-money/</link>
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		<title>Netflix Makes Deal With The Devil &#8211; Now Streaming Snuff Film Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always enjoyed violent movies. A quick look at my Netflix&#8217;s rating history reveals a pantheon of horror films. Whether we&#8217;re talking Michael Myers or Alfred Hitchcock, there&#8217;s something about gratuitous violence that tickles my funny bone. When it comes to real life violence though, I am generally much more squeamish. Nearly ten years after [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/06/01/netflix-makes-deal-with-the-devil-now-streaming-snuff-film-online/</link>
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		<title>Ohio University Bans Netflix During Finals Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Universities across the US have been at war with P2P for a while now, but this is more than a little bit ridiculous. In an attempt to manage their network, Ohio University has banned access to Netflix. A copy of the university&#8217;s email was originally posted to Reddit &#8220;OHIO Students, Due to extremely high demand, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/03/15/ohio-university-bans-netflix-during-finals-week/</link>
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		<title>Probst Tell Survivor Fans: TiVo Doesn&#8217;t Help Our Ratings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, I&#8217;ve had more than one love affair with a TV show, but no matter how much I&#8217;ve enjoyed epic hits like 24, Alias or Joey Grecco&#8217;s Cheaters, none of them have been able to generate the level of excitement that I feel when I watch Survivor. I&#8217;m not sure if it&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/02/17/probst-tell-survivor-fans-tivo-doesnt-help-our-ratings/</link>
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		<title>Unable To Raise Money Blockbuster Turns To The Lucrative Used DVD Market</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Blockbuster Store Closing Originally uploaded by Michael Kappel Poor Blockbuster, even after wiping out their debt via bankruptcy they still can&#8217;t seem to figure out the home entertainment market. When he noticed that a nearby Blockbuster was closing down, Dan Rayburn with StreamingMedia.com decided to pop in for some bargains. After a closer look however [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/02/14/unable-to-raise-money-blockbuster-turns-to-the-lucrative-used-dvd-market/</link>
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		<title>FCC&#8217;s &#8220;Handcuffs&#8221; On Comcast Will Allow Internet Rates To Rise At More Than Twice The Average Rate Of Inflation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Screenshot showing Comcast&#8217;s current prices in the bay area as of 1/19/2011 I&#8217;ve got to hand it to Comcast, it may have taken them a year to get their merger approved, but the &#8220;handcuffs&#8221; that the transaction will impose may as well have been handed to them on a silver platter. Frankly, I&#8217;m less concerned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/01/19/fccs-handcuffs-on-comcast-will-allow-internet-rates-to-rise-at-more-than-twice-the-average-rate-of-inflation/</link>
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		<title>TiVo Plans To Give 1 Free Month Of Hulu+ To Subscribers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was surfing YouTube and came across an interesting ad announcing the launch of Hulu Plus on TiVo. It appears that the ad was uploaded by the agency that created it, so it&#8217;s hard to tell what this means in terms of timing, but one tidbit that I was able to glean from the spot, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/01/11/tivo-plans-to-give-1-free-month-of-hulu-to-subscribers/</link>
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		<title>The Compuservation of Television</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The more things change, the more things seem to stay the same. Over the last ten years, the internet has redefined nearly every aspect of our lives. Whether it&#8217;s how we communicate with old friends, how we get our news or how we do our shopping, I could give you countless examples of how this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/01/11/the-compuservation-of-television/</link>
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		<title>Why Are Cable Prices Moving Higher?  Because There Are More Of You Than There Are Of Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking for more proof that the pay television industry still doesn&#8217;t believe that cord cutting is really a threat? Analysts are predicting that those of you who haven&#8217;t cut the cord yet are likely to see price hikes across the board in 2011. Given all of the cool digital distractions that are out there, one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/01/10/why-are-cable-prices-moving-higher-because-there-are-more-of-you-than-there-are-of-me/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Time For Netflix To Say Goodnight To Silverlight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2006, Netflix scored a grand slam when they announced a $1 million prize for anyone who could improve their recommendation engine by at least 10%. It took 3 years for a team of scientists to actually accomplish this feat, but the prize was ultimately worth far more than a million dollars in publicity and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/01/09/its-time-for-netflix-to-say-goodnight-to-silverlight/</link>
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		<title>The Next Big Big Thing In Advertising</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I managed to get stuck in traffic during the middle of the day today and had the opportunity to listen to old people talk radio while I waited. There was some cranky guy on who was clearly worried about his own job in media. During the program he bemoaned Facebook&#8217;s $50 billion valuation, the demise [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/01/04/the-next-big-big-thing-in-advertising/</link>
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		<title>Has The DMCA Created A Legal Bermuda Triangle For Downloads?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the last several years, the entertainment industry has been doing their darndest to put The Pirate Bay out of business. Whether it&#8217;s been suing TPB&#8217;s users, going after TPB&#8217;s hosting providers or trying to make the site&#8217;s founders criminally liable for the behavior of their customers, it&#8217;s clear that TPB doesn&#8217;t have many friends [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2011/01/04/has-the-dmca-created-a-legal-bermudia-triangle-for-downloads/</link>
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		<title>Comcast Raises DVR Prices For East Bay Residents Yet Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think that most people realize that TiVo is about 1000 times better than the DVR that you get from your cable company, yet the cable companies still continue to rent out their DVRs by the truckload. This mostly has to do with the convenience of getting your set top box directly from your television [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://davisfreeberg.com/2010/12/30/comcast-raises-dvr-prices-for-east-bay-residents-yet-again/</link>
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