Archive for July, 2008

MSNBC: Microsoft partners with Netflix on Xbox Live

 Hallelujah! Amidst all of the Yahoo baloney, Apple ads and general media pummeling comes this welcome news. Netflix rocks.  I’ve been streaming movies lately, and have benefitted from my recent upgrade to 10Mbps.  This is what I’ve been waiting for to give me a reason to go out and by my 3rd Xbox (2nd 360). [...]

Independence Day! Com[edy]cast Defeated By the Death Star

There was very little fanfare, just a disconnecting of a single coaxial cable and plugging in a a new wireless gateway router, but it’s now done: I’m a subscriber of AT&T U-verse for video, Internet and WiFi hotspot, kicking Comcast to the technology curb. Background: we live in a new development, and I had hoped [...]