Netflix vs the ISP and the first casualty is the consumer

Netflix to raise prices

Netflix has changed its pricing plans, angered customers and effectively separated its streaming movie and DVD rental businesses. Why did Netflix change such a successful pricing plan? Netflix has recently discovered that it will have to pay higher content costs going forward and now it is us, the consumers that will have to pay for it. (more…)

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Big Brother Apple

Apple’s latest patent, “Systems and Methods for Identifying Unauthorized Users of an Electronic Device,” was filed in February 2009, but recently published Aug. 19 by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. (more…)

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The AV Professional's Theme Song

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Apple announces Summer Release of 4.0 for iPhone

iPhone OS 4.0

Today Apple announced the newest iPhone / iPod operating system – OS 4.0 due to be released this summer. 4.0 boasts over 100 new features such as Create playlists, 5x digital zoom, tap to focus on video, gift apps, geotagging, places in the photo app, change the homescreen wallpaper, bluetooth keyboards, and spell checker just to name a few. (more…)

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"Green" products should come in "Green" packaging

"Crestron is dedicated to the "green" initiative, providing the most energy efficient and environmentally safe systems on the planet." - Crestron website.

 Crestron makes some of the best automation products in the industry, which is why we are very proud to be associated with them as dealers. However, I just could not help but comment on the huge package I received from the Crestron engraving departement today containing 24 very small keypad buttons. (more…)

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Can a Huge House Be "Green"?

Too big to be "Green"?

Can a huge house, however efficient, really be green? This question has dogged several prominent eco-minded people who live large, including former vice president Al Gore, who has a mansion located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville that has been reported consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year. (more…)

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Apple announces release date for the iPad

Apple has finally announced that April 3rd will be the official release date for their new iPad. 

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Is your home network ready for Skype TV?

Forget all the hype about 3D enabled TV’s, I think the real advancement coming from the new crop of LED Televisions is the ability to connect a web cam and make video calls right from your living room TV set. (Didn’t I see this in “Back to the Future part 2“?) (more…)

Tags: HDTV, LED TV, LG, Networks, Panasonic, Samsung, Skype, Video Chat
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If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!

Microsoft is currently running a promotion where they are actually going to give away two Apple 15″ MacBook Pro laptops……and they aren’t even boot-camped with Windows 7 , which they probably should have done because it is my experience that Windows runs much better on a Mac than on a PC anyway.

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Tags: Apple, Contest, Giveaway, MacBook Pro, Microsoft, Office for Mac
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Non-Verbal Depositions

Couple weeks back on a Monday morning, a messages from an attorney friend, “Have you got videoconferencing up and running in your place.  If so, can I rent by the hour?”  Short story long… Friday marked the first video teleconferencing (VTC) deposition in our boardroom.  “You really need to get the word out to the other attorneys in our area.  Your room had a great quality high-definition image. Their voices were clear and facial expressions were clearly visible. The room was spacious, inviting and comfortable. There is nothing like it around.” (more…)

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