DirecTV faces setback in dubious antipiracy campaign. Good.
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In a victory for programmers and security researchers, DirecTV faces a setback in lawsuit against alleged signal thieves who dared to order smart-card programmers.
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I have good news, bad news, and worse news.  The good news is that I managed to get MythTV working well enough that it now plays standard definition channels better than the cable box alone, even though it's getting its signal from the cable output of the cable box.  I get this benefit because MythTV allows me to tweak various parameters that you can't change on the cable box.   The bad news is that high definition channels still look worse through MythTV than they do if I watch then directly from the cable box.  I don't expect to solve this problem. The cable box may be able to handle HDTV itself, but it outputs a digital signal in 480p, which is basically standard definition. The fact that I have two HDTV-capable tuner cards does me little good.  Here's the worse news. I had to learn way too much to get this far.
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Satellite television provider  DirecTV Inc. said it may take up to $1.6 billion in charges to  write down the value of satellites it would use for  broadcasting instead of high-speed data services.
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Cable provider's costly services, combined with its pricey stock, should give pause.
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LOS ANGELES  - With so many popular TV series having run their course on DVD, it would seem the stock of marketable programs is getting depleted.
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Analysis: AT&T now needs to deal with the fallout after it admitted it's working on a way to filter copyrighted material.
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Company rolls the dice on a broadcasting venture. Is it a smart move, or a hasty jump into a fad?
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LimeWireÂs counterclaim against the record industry accuses it of a Âmodern conspiracyÂ to aquire a monopoly over copyrighted music.
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Microsoft Windows users need to watch out for several flaws in non-Microsoft media players.
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The cable television company has taken an aggressive and, critics say, sometimes heavy-handed, approach to protecting its interests in the Maryland county.
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Slammed for touting unavailable but unlicensed content
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Why is the government paying for our consumer electronics? A contrary opinion on the voucher program for mandatory analog TV conversion. In Gadget Lab.
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Rumors of an Apple-TiVo deal may be overdone.
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Plans to ease licensing restrictions would have won company plenty of fans, so why did it reverse course at the last minute? There's plenty of head-scratching and speculation.
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Plus:  TiVo swings to a loss...HP profit gains on cost cuts, cheaper components...Dell execs skewed numbers to meet earnings targets.
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The video rental company takes a pointed swipe at Netflix -- but will it matter?
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Plus: Write-downs widen DirecTV's loss...Time Warner net income slips...Cell phone unit shores up Verizon.