Recent Comments:
CEO of failed WiMAX operator calls the technology a "disaster" {Engadget}
Mar 24th 2008 2:21AM WiMAX is here today, and Clearwire and Sprint certainly see it working well... sorry some Australian carrier couldn't cut it. LTE is still pie in the sky... and Sprint is poised to have a two year head start on 4G.
I for one am not waiting for LTE. I'm going to have a lot of 4G fun starting next month.
- Christopher Price
http://www.phonenews.com
Comcast TiVo hamstringed in the worst places? {Engadget HD}
Dec 29th 2007 5:12AM MegaZone, as I responded more in-depth on the link, I think its quite clear most were unaware of these limitations. Im sure the TiVo-addict crowd is, this post was mostly aimed at the typical DVR user. So, when you say everyone would know most of this, I think you mean, every TiVo zealot already knows most of this. And youre probably right but most typical people dont.
Also, as I outlined above, Comcast did copy-protect local channels with 5C encryption previously in select markets. I had calls into the FCC, the 1394 TA, and Comcast technical directors. It still took almost 90 days to fix that (and I got involved nearly six months after Comcast started breaking the law with that mess). This was part of Comcasts campaign to deter DVR makers from adding FireWire as a capture option and it sure did work. Please, dont call it FUD when Comcast blatantly breaks the law.
Snatch back wasted disk space from Leopard's jaws {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Nov 8th 2007 2:38AM Just to clarify a few things:
1) Doing a custom install will still leave you with about 825 MB of language files. Apple forces them onto your hard drive even if you uncheck all the language options.
2) 2 GB might seem trivial and not detrimental to available disk space... add iLife, iWork, and third-party applications, and I've seen 10 GB. That means 1 in every 6 MB of a Mac mini hard drive is being eaten up by language files. It's much worse on older systems.
