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What Home Entertainment Technology Will Win?

There has been a lot of new news lately around the idea of home entertainment and media and I wanted to write a post reflecting on recent announcements coming out of Microsoft on their Media Center platform in Windows 7, the new XBox 360, an increasing role for Netflix's "watch now" technology and today's announcement regarding Netflix by TiVo.

Sirius: Google's Satellite Of Love?

This hot little rumor has been bouncing around through the weekend: Google could be willing to purchase satellite radio provider Sirius.

New Satellite To Serve Google Earth

Google’s got a new satellite, and it’s watching you.  Or, to be more accurate, DigitalGlobe’s got a new satellite, it’s watching everything, and the resulting imagery will wind up in Google Earth.

Sydney Gets Fuzzy Under Google Maps

Views of Australia's well-known metropolis on Google Maps have diminished in their clarity, resulting in conspiracy theories and denials from the search company.

Clearwire Partners With Satellite TV Companies

Clearwire Corporation has entered into a distribution agreement with DIRECTV and EchoStar Communications.   Clearwire Finds Partners

Google Could Dish Satellite TV Ads

It has long been a dream of Google CEO Eric Schmidt's that he not have to see advertising for certain products of a feminine nature while watching a football game. Google may be closer to being a player in the TV advertising market through a rumored deal with Dish Networks.

Al Jazeera Launches English Service

Arab TV network Al Jazeera launched an English-language service yesterday that, inevitably, attracted criticisms in the US and elsewhere where some see the station purely as a mouthpiece for Osama Bin Laden.

Googles Big Deals

Google's had some big deals the last week, and I'm going to lay them out quickly for anyone who didn't read about them elsewhere while I was gone.

The Nation's First: A Kentucky Fried Satellite

When you think of Kentucky, you think of (if you're being polite like you should be) horses, bourbon, the Colonel, and the nicest darn people this side of the Pearly Gates. But would you, in a million years, think space program? Not government subsidized acreage, ya hickthe satellite business.

AT&T Enters Satellite Broadband Ring

A large percentage of the U.S. is still dialing up Internet service, especially in rural areas where broadband is unavailable due to lack of infrastructure. The expense of laying that infrastructure has Internet providers looking to satellite-based services as a work-around.