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CES News from EngadgetHD:

The Mobile DTV standard is official, sure, but the device selection at this point isn’t what we’d call plentiful or even appealing — so leave it to CES to attract a virtually unknown company with an attractive alternative. Dubbed Tivit, the pocketable box is a said to be a bit smaller and lighter than a deck of cards and claims to stream television to a number of WiFi-enabled devices, including Windows laptops, Motorola Android phones (no clue why other Android devices wouldn’t be in the running here), WiFi-equipped BlackBerrys, and even iPhone 3G / third-gen iPod touch (software via related App Store download). One charge gets you three hours of reception, and while that $120 price tag isn’t too terrible a fee for keeping the phone you like, when the dongle launches in Spring, it better hope the channel selection is more interesting. Press release after the break.

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Sites that I found interesting for February 11th 2009 through February 17th 2009:

• 421 Analog TV Stations Go Dark Tonight – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a list of 421 television stations that said they will terminate their analog broadcasts at midnight tonight.
• Microsoft Recommends Free "Search Connectors" for Windows 7 – Connectors are a combination of the OpenSearch Description File generator (aka the “Search Connector” in Windows 7) and federated search web services.
• Crashing SQL Server 2005 Upgrade Advisor error – Thankful for the Internets! SQL Server 2005 upgrade adviser is too stupid to figure out that you have other versions of .NET installed. Once I uninstalled all but .NET 2.0 from my Windows 2003 R2 server I was able to get it to run.

Sites that I found interesting for February 9th 2009 through February 11th 2009:

• 500 TV Broadcasters Ask For Early Shutoff – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a list of 500 full-power TV broadcasters who have sent word that they need to shut off their analog signals prior to the new June 12 deadline for the transition to all-digital broadcasting.
• Wallpaper Juggler – A configurable app for Windows 7, Vista and XP to download wallpapers from InterfaceLIFT.com or WallpaperStock.com and change them periodically.
• Archos Meets Android In PMP-Phone – Archos will adopt Google’s Android operating system for use in a touch-screen-equipped portable media player (PMP).

Sites that I found interesting for February 2nd 2009 through February 5th 2009:

• Coming Soon: Google Chrome Extensions – A Google developer conference scheduled for May 27th will include a session on developing extensions for Chrome, which leads Google Operating System to conclude that we’ll see the extensions platform go live on or before that date.
• House Approves DTV Delay Legislation – The House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday, 264-158, to delay the analog cutoff TV date 115 days to June 12, 2009
• Windows Feature Pack for Storage 1.0 – This feature enables the Windows platform to do master style optical burning on Blu-Ray media.