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Too lazy to grab your TV remote? Use Siri instead

Posted by on Wednesday, 30 November, 2011

Siri hasn’t been caught cooking dinner yet, but hackers worldwide have boldly taken Apple’s personal assistant to a whole new level by incorporating its functionality with a plethora of different devices. We’ve seen Siri use custom commands, change the temperature in your house, and even allow select car owners to utilize their automobile’s Bluetooth integration. Nifty, no doubt, but this assistant’s evolution towards greater heights isn’t over yet. Vimeo user toddtreece has whipped up a slick demo of the iPhone 4S’ right hand gal (or guy) taking command of his television set. From changing channels to turning off devices, with the help of a proxy and a few parts, you can get your own home setup running on voice activation. Feeling a bit guilty for your sudden interest in slothfulness? Fret not — Siri’s apparently quite good at calling you out. Have a look just after the break.

[Thanks, Jesse]

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Vestel shows off a prototype BitTorrent Certified TV at IFA

Posted by on Monday, 5 September, 2011

Far from sneaking in to the living room, Vestel had a BitTorrent Certified television on display at IFA 2011 this past week. That official stamp means it packs the usual suite of connected TV features including playing local media across the network, and it’s guaranteed to work with BitTorrent approved files from the internet. There’s no word on any official release for this prototype — and we haven’t been able to locate anyone who got a hands-on demo, let us know if you saw it — but it definitely shows how BitTorrent is trying to expand its platform in a manner similar to DivX and XBMC / Boxee. Check out the press release after the break, we’ll be sitting back and watching some totally legal content we just torrented.

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Are the Cord-Cutters Just the People Who Can’t Afford Cords? [Cable]

Posted by on Wednesday, 10 August, 2011

193,000 people quit their paid television plans last quarter. Sounds like a lot, and it is! But as any horse-breeder will tell you (I would guess?): it’s about quality, not quantity. And the people leaving cable behind, GigaOm reports, aren’t the ones the cable companies care about. While high-value consumers—the folks who’ll shell out for multiple DVR boxes and fire up the VOD services—are staying and paying, it’s the basic cable grunts who are saying goodbye. More »








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The Insignia TiVo TV: A "Smart" Television that Isn’t Dumb [TVs]

Posted by on Monday, 1 August, 2011

With Miracle Day, Torchwood Becomes First-Rate Science Fiction About Ideas

Posted by on Sunday, 10 July, 2011

There’s seldom been an hour of television that brought up as many fascinating ideas about the nature of humanity as Torchwood: Miracle Day’s first episode, which just aired. Russell T. Davies may have hit on his most fertile premise yet.

The previous Torchwood miniseries, Children of Earth, had a darkly sardonic premise that could almost have …



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Killer Approaches To Get The Best Movie Online Rental Websites

Posted by on Saturday, 21 May, 2011

Movie online rental sites are extremely numerous and simplify the process of obtaining your fingers on various films you might normally need to drive down-town so that you can have the ability to watch them in your own home. As soon as you have signed up on this kind of a website and have selected to pay the month-to-month fee in compliance with the quantity of films you feel you may watch in one moth’s interval, you could benefit from a variety of solutions and membership functions.

First, searching for a movie is very easy. Techniques may include search by title, year, name of movie director or lead actor, genre, film ranking and many more. This way you could effortlessly recognize a film you might prefer to watch because you missed on Television but don’t know precisely the name of.

When it comes to delivery, most Movie Online Rental shops include transport of your Dvd disks within the membership fees. Most offer two-way shipping for absolutely free, yet keep in mind to cautiously read the conditions of agreement when you become a member because there are some movie online rental stores that do not include the delivery price on their own.

An additional benefit of a few movie online rental sites is that you might not need to order the DVD and then wait for it to arrive because these sites also provide a live streaming support. Nevertheless, this support isn’t available for all of the films but merely for a limited number and you might need to check whether the one you might prefer to watch is available to watch in your pc by doing this. In some instances, movie online rental sites don’t even require you to become a member; they might allow individuals to watch a small quantity of movies online using absolutely free trial variations as a method to attract fresh customers.

Furthermore, these online rental stores allow their customers to rent as numerous movies as they might like. The membership plan could differ and be modified to each consumer based on how devoted of movie watching that person is. Customers could choose to alter their membership plans from one month to the next; therefore if you decide that for that following two weeks you are going to remain indoors and tuck in your bed watching films all day long you could choose the fifty or the 100 movie plan and merely appreciate watching your most favorite. Therefore, turning into a consumer of a movie online rental shop could present a lot of advantages for film fans.

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