May 11th, 2006

Tech News Tidbits

By Chief Gadgeteer, Gizmos for Geeks
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews.

Quite a few news bits that we didn’t think needed their own stories:

Yahoo has gotten into the DVR game, by buying up a software DVR company, Meedio, and re-launching the product as Yahoo Go to TV. The sw turns your PC into a DVR; just hook your computer up to your TV/cable box. So far, it’s only in beta and it shows in the lack of hardware support and features. CNET reviews it.
Skype has managed to snag 100 million customers, up from 50M in Sep 2005. Not bad.
Internet2 researchers announced that they’ve set a new speed record - 8.8 gigabits per second. Download an entire movie in seconds. *drool*

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