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TiVo has announced that it will be offering two new digital video recorders in early April: the $299.99 Premiere and the $499.99 Premiere XL. Both models feature a new interface that several tech bloggers have described as “TiVo meets IMDB”. The new interface is based on Flash and will support …

Here’s an early image of the upcoming TiVo Premiere interface. The company will be unveiling all the new bells and whistles in about an hour. For now, check out this image from Sulekha and let me know what you think (please). I can’t wait for the next-generation of TiVo! My …

N8R’s RPad.tv Firefox persona is available! Click here to check it out and download it. Thanks N8R!!!

Thanks to the excellent N8R, there will be an RPad.tv FireFox Persona available shortly. Check out the sample above! The persona has been submitted and hopefully you’ll be able to download it within a week (I’m totally guessing how long the approval process takes). I can’t wait!!!

The votes are in and Barbie fans have selected the doll’s latest career: computer engineer! That’s right, in Winter 2010 you’ll be able to meet Computer Engineer Barbie. Here’s a snippet from Mattel’s press release:
Computer Engineer Barbie, debuting in Winter 2010, inspires a new generation of girls to explore this …

Are any of you using Google Buzz? I’ve been playing around with it. There are some things that I really like and some things I’m not digging. I’ll post more thoughts on it later. For now, if you’d like to follow me and help me test it out, head here.
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In its ongoing effort to take over the world (would that make Eric Schmidt and Sergey Brin tech’s Pinky and the Brain?), Google has announced that it’s launching an experimental fiber Internet service that will be available to 50,000 to 500,000 people. Product manager James Kelly stated:
We’re planning to build …

Aiming to keep its users attached to its products (and away from social networking services like Facebook, Twitter, etc.), Google has introduced a new feature to Gmail: Google Buzz. Gmail users will be able to share photos, videos, updates, and more. Check out the video below for more information.

As someone …