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Cox to begin testing TiVo adapter this week — only in O.C.

October 28th, 2009, 2:31 pm by

Cox working with Motorola on TiVo adapter.Cox Cable will begin testing this week a brand new Motorola device to help TiVo users access all the TV channels Cox offers.

A small handful of customers have been clamoring for such a device for months after realizing that they couldn’t get all the channels and video-on-demand options other customers do.

This only affects customers who use TiVos and CableCARDs, a small device that slides into a TiVo (or some computers and TVs) so the customer can skip the bulky set-top box. Customers with TiVos and set-top boxes are not affected.

According to Cox spokeswoman Lana Ong, TiVo has already pre-selected 50 Orange County customers to participate in the test. If all goes well, Cox will offer the free adapter to any customer sometime in late November.

I mentioned this Motorola test in early September (see “Cox O.C. will be first to test TiVo adapters from Motorola“). The test was scheduled to start in September but was postponed when Cox rolled out new video-on-demand software instead (see earlier story, “Cox fix for TiVo users delayedRead the rest of this entry »

Microsoft overwhelmed with free Windows 7 beta offer

January 9th, 2009, 8:52 pm by

As mentioned during Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer’s keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show, the beta version of Windows 7 became available today for 2.5 million people to prod and poke and play. The beta will expire on August 1, 2009. More details on the download are HERE.

But demand was apparently more than Microsoft expected. The download page posted this note:

“Thanks for your interest in the Windows 7 Beta. The volume has been phenomenal — we’re in the process of adding more servers to handle the demand. We’re sorry for the delay and we’ll re-post the Beta as soon as we can ensure a quality download experience.”

I guess that’s what you get when you announce a beta in front of a bunch of geeks who are in Las Vegas to check out the latest tech online and offline.

The official Windows 7 blog posted the delay update at 2:53 p.m., adding that it’ll inform everyone via the blog when Windows 7 is ready for download. From the comments on that post, it looks like not many people downloaded the software at all. One guy said he’d been trying since 6:30 a.m.

If you still want to give the new Windows a shake, check back at microsoft.com/windows7 or bookmark the Windows 7 blog. Good luck!

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