I am testing a new (4th generation, Oct 2015) AppleTV as a replacement for my 2nd generation AppleTV (Sep 2010 ( Read more... )

I just updated all my 2nd generation AppleTV's and to save the current firmware blobs and then re-applied the Seas0nPass jail-break for v5.3 to install XBMC again. Each time I do this (roughly each time Apple offers new AppleTV software) I have to re-enter my AppleID and password through the painfully cumbersome TV remote and on-screen keyboard. ( Read more... )

I am not a fan of Mike Arrington; his babble in TechCrunch is often wrong; but he is doing investigative journalism here and digging to find out more details about why playing games on Facebook and MySpace can be hazardous. That the NY Times failed to even mention that there are serious concerns in their followup article is embarrassing at the ( Read more... )

I've been unwilling to read the Washington Post for some time as it seems to have gone far downhill in recent years, but every now and then a real gem of an article, story, or opinion piece shows up that drags my attention back to the Post again...

This is one such story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/14/ ( Read more... )

It is already all over ABC and Politico (both are moderately conservative media outlets), and I suspect Fox (which I cannot stomach, but is very predictable) is also running a series of articles that are over-focused on driving a wedge between the Clinton and Obama camps within the Democratic Party. I fully expect them to try to drive this wedge ( Read more... )

How bizarre is it that the only places I am reading about Congressman Kucinich introducing 35 articles of impeachment to congress last night are on blogs like BoingBoing and LiberalRageI thought perhaps I'd simply missed this important news on the many news sites I scan daily ( Read more... )

Two weeks ago Stephen Colbert of Comedy Central fame was the guest satirist at the White House Correspondents Association annual dinner. President Bush was there also, and he took part in a funny skit with impersonator Steve Bridges. That skit was covered on every major network news channel. What those same networks did not cover was the best 24 ( Read more... )

For years I have used NPR (Radio) and BBC (Internet and TV) as excellent news sources because most corporate owned "mainstream" media news sources in the U.S.A. have become lame at best (CNN, NBC, CBS), and outright neo-conservative propaganda machines for their corporate owners at worst (FOX, ABC). About the time the tyranny of Bush and his ( Read more... )