iTivo
Im not sure if you guys have seen this yet, but its such a bad hoax, you have to check it out just to laugh at it.
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**Video Details of Apple iTiVo Revealed** -- Based on unconfirmed
but reliable reports from within Apple, the company is planning to
release its own digital video recorder (DVR) device, based on
technology licensed from TiVo, Inc. (see "TiVo: Freedom Through
Time-Shifting" in TidBITS-594_). Tentatively dubbed "iTiVo," the
device adds television viewing to Apple's digital hub concept by
enabling owners to record television programs to the iTiVo's
massive 160 GB hard disk, play the programming back at the their
leisure, and transfer shows to a FireWire-connected Mac as
QuickTime movies - ideal for PowerBook and iBook owners wanting to
watch TV on the go. Although early reports suggest that Apple
ported the TiVo's Linux-based software to run under Mac OS X,
leaked video footage of the device in use suggests that Apple has
changed little with the existing TiVo software (much the way
Handspring and Sony use slightly modified versions of the Palm
OS). Technical specifications remain sketchy, but - at least based
on the video linked below - the iTiVo appears to support memory
and hard disk upgrades, AirPort access (for setting recording
options from your Mac instead of relying on the included remote
control), and Apple's innovative industrial design. [JLC]
<a href="http://www.tidbits.com/resources/623/itivo.html"; target="_blank">http://www.tidbits.com/resources/623/itivo.html</a>;
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**Video Details of Apple iTiVo Revealed** -- Based on unconfirmed
but reliable reports from within Apple, the company is planning to
release its own digital video recorder (DVR) device, based on
technology licensed from TiVo, Inc. (see "TiVo: Freedom Through
Time-Shifting" in TidBITS-594_). Tentatively dubbed "iTiVo," the
device adds television viewing to Apple's digital hub concept by
enabling owners to record television programs to the iTiVo's
massive 160 GB hard disk, play the programming back at the their
leisure, and transfer shows to a FireWire-connected Mac as
QuickTime movies - ideal for PowerBook and iBook owners wanting to
watch TV on the go. Although early reports suggest that Apple
ported the TiVo's Linux-based software to run under Mac OS X,
leaked video footage of the device in use suggests that Apple has
changed little with the existing TiVo software (much the way
Handspring and Sony use slightly modified versions of the Palm
OS). Technical specifications remain sketchy, but - at least based
on the video linked below - the iTiVo appears to support memory
and hard disk upgrades, AirPort access (for setting recording
options from your Mac instead of relying on the included remote
control), and Apple's innovative industrial design. [JLC]
<a href="http://www.tidbits.com/resources/623/itivo.html"; target="_blank">http://www.tidbits.com/resources/623/itivo.html</a>;
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