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Verizon gets official with 22 new FiOS TV HD channels {Engadget HD}
Jul 2nd 2008 1:06PM VZ isn't keeping the roll out a mystery. Sure, there isn't much documentation on the Web, but the info is available. For example, I learned that North Jersey will be receiving the new channels on July 30, according to a message on my STB.
REPORT: Tata and Mahindra interested in HUMMER {Autoblog}
Jun 6th 2008 3:40PM Rar, you are certainly right that the military's HummVee's are made by AM General, but Samurai Jack is on to something. As pointed out over at Dealscape, an M&A blog, the civilian Hummer brand provides an opportunity to share the cost of military vehicle production with a civilian variant. And both Tata and Mahindra are competing for an Indian military contract to make HummVee alternatives.
http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2008/06/indians_interested_in_gms_humm.php
Nissan shuffles trim level designators {Autoblog}
May 30th 2008 2:54PM Um, SE wasn't the step up from the S when I leased a Murano in 2005. Back then the model designators were:
S -- a just introduced base trimline
SL -- the step up
SE -- Performance model
SE-R -- High performance model
Some models like the Altima had an "S with Value Package" option, but most S's carried few options.
Verizon preparing to enable internet scheduling for FiOS TV {Engadget HD}
May 30th 2008 2:45PM Wayne is right that these boxes may resemble each other, but have a few key differences -- hence the model numbers. The QIP models not only sport Qam over IP unlike the DCT models, but all seem to have HDMI instead of DVI and often have larger hard drives. However, the biggest difference is the operating system. The original QIP boxes had some horrible OS that made the Comcast OS seem refined.
However, Verizon has finally rolled out its updated MSTV-based IPG to all customers earlier this year. The new OS is certainly more modern than the Comcast one, but it has a serious flaw with its DVR scheduler. After the update, which happened during the writers strike, old series recording information appeared in the scheduler, but was ignored by the box. Consequently, users missed shows. Verizon didn't inform its customers that they needed to reprogram their DVRs. It was rather nettlesome. Even now, my boxes sometimes lose schedule info, but so far we haven't missed anything as it has restored the info just before air time.
Hopefully the inclusion of online scheduling means they have a bug-fix for the scheduler.
Dell's CFO resigns, will be replaced by Brian T. Gladden {Engadget}
May 19th 2008 3:14PM Yes, Donald J. Carty of Dell is the same Donald J. Carty of AMR fame.
Save $10 on any 360 game at Target stores {Xbox 360 Fanboy}
May 14th 2008 3:46PM Damn, if I had this last week when they were clearancing DDR pads for $9.98, I could have basically snagged them for nothing, and resold on eBay for $25 for pure profit! Anyway, I saw the coupon earlier in the week on CheapAssGamer.com.
CNN's Beck 'could care less' about games, bloggers are 'losers' {Xbox 360 Fanboy}
May 8th 2008 5:35PM What's not to get, sir? These posts are traffic drivers. Look how many comments posts about anti-gaming media receives?
Kerkorian's boy says Ford should offload Mercury, Volvo {Autoblog}
May 2nd 2008 2:48PM MMM is right, the Chinese or Indians would kill for the Mercury name. As for demographics, they wouldn't care. They simply want the name brand and the dealer networks, not the actual cars. Those would be replaced with their own models, and may diverge from Ford's design language.
Infiniti wants a 1-series competitor {Autoblog}
May 1st 2008 5:02PM My sister-in-law drove something like that called the G20. It was a dog -- the car, not my sister-in-law.
Grand Line Auto: Almost failure to launch (Boston edition) {Joystiq}
Apr 29th 2008 2:59PM Indeed, you are correct about the rise of Blue Laws nationwide. I read a story about it on Slate about a week or two ago. Anywho, were Menino and his brown shirts at the Pru taking photos of the buyers? You have to love the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts.
