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Distro Issue 67: Weird science and strange medicine with bestselling author Mary Roach
While some of us prepare to spend a bulk of the day sampling a smorgasbord of festive culinary delicacies, we here at Engadget HQ would like to offer all of you a brand new issue of our tablet mag a wee bit early. Snagging top billing this time out is a glimpse at the scientific oddities and other peculiar discoveries that make up the world of bestselling author Mary Roach. On the review front, we get cozy with Samsung's Galaxy Camera, Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga 13 and HTC's Droid DNA before offering our in-depth analysis of all three. Eyes-On takes a peek at mice for the serious gamer, Rec Reading looks at the role of technology in the Obama campaign and photographer Ryan Russell stops by for the Q&A. Go ahead and snag your copy now, because you'll definitely need something to look forward to after surviving all of those Black Friday sales. Distro Issue 67 PDF Distro in the iTunes App Store Distro in the Google Play Store Distro APK (for sideloading) Like Distro on Facebook Follow Distro on Twitter
DirecTV adds HD locals in 25 markets
DirecTV continues to roll out MPEG-4 local channels in HD across the country, today announcing 25 markets that will be added during the fourth quarter. This brings the total number of local markets with HD to 67, representing nearly three-quarters of US households. As always, customers will need a new dish and receiver to get the ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox channels. No extra cost for the programming, which is available to all with Total Choice programming including local channels, but it might also be a good time to upgrade to the new HR20 DVR. This rollout seems to have gone pretty smoothly, starting at the end of 2005 with just New York and LA to this, and DirecTV still plans to have capacity for 150 national HD channels in 2007 thanks to two new satellites. The list follows after the break.
