Airline attack could lead to more scanners (AP)

A computer monitor displays a full-body scan during a demonstration of passenger screening technology by the Transportation Security Administration, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009, at the TSA Systems Integration Facility in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP – The Christmas Day attack on a jetliner over Detroit, combined with technological improvements to protect people’s sense of modesty, could lead to dramatically wider use of full-body scanners that can see through travelers’ clothing.

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TiVo planning a new “Premiere” DVR?

A packaging mixup may have revealed the next DVR coming from TiVo. Unfortunately this doesn’t appear to be the Series4 we were looking for, but the “TiVo Premiere” (or Premiere XL) instructions sent along with a new TiVo HD to self-described Chicagoland geek Patrick McCarron show a slimmed down box with one (multistream only) CableCARD slot instead two and no S-video or phone jack. The prevailing speculation is this is a lower cost revision of the existing Series3 hardware that could be on shelves very soon, but we’re still hoping for updated internals and UI to make TiVo fresh for the next decade. The full instructions are scanned and posted over at Infinite Shamrock, for confirmation and any real details on what’s next we’ll probably be waiting until next week in Las Vegas.

TiVo planning a new “Premiere” DVR? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Football, `Simpsons’ at risk in Fox cable dispute (AP)

AP – Bart Simpson and the Sugar Bowl game could disappear from the TVs of Time Warner Cable subscribers in New York, Los Angeles and other markets in a bitter dispute over fees that the Fox television network is demanding.

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Microsoft and Kia formalize partnership, Uvo is born

Microsoft and Kia formalize partnership, Uvo is born
It’s been known for some time that Microsoft’s automotive passions couldn’t be sated exclusively by Ford, at least not for long. Sync has been giving the blue oval some serious tech cred for years now, and while we’re still eagerly awaiting the SHO to get its own app store, we’ve also been wondering what other, fresher companies will do with the tech given the chance. We’ll be finding out next week, with Microsoft and Kia launching Uvo (short for “your voice”), the fruits of a partnership that we’ve known about since 2008. It’s another implementation of Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Technologies, the guts behind Sync, and so while we expect that’ll mean the two systems will be inherently very similar, we’re also expecting a fresh new skin and some funky new functionality. How funky? Sadly neither of the two are willing to say just yet, but you’ll have all the details as soon as we do — about this time next week.

Microsoft and Kia formalize partnership, Uvo is born originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple Allows Appsaurus To Help with App Store Choices (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor – Need help sorting through the tens of thousands of programs available for the iPhone on Apple’s App Store? Now there’s an app for that called Appsaurus.

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