Louisville stations to test DTV signals [Business First]
Five broadcast television stations will be conducting digital transition testing next Monday, January 12th. According to this article, WHAS-TV, WAVE-TV, WLKY-TV, WDRB-TV, and WMYO-TV will be switching off their analog signal three separate times on the 12th. The stations will continue broadcasting digital signals, so that those who are prepared for the digital transition won't notice any service interruption.
The three tests are scheduled for 6:50 am, 12:30 pm, and 7:30 pm. The stations will air information about preparing for the transition, which is set to occur on February 17th. While it may be too late to request a digital converter box coupon from the government, there is still time to get prepared for digital television. Remember, if all your televisions are connected to cable, you're already prepared for the transition.
Sling on the iPhone [NewTeeVee]
Do you have a Slingbox and an iPhone? Starting in March, Sling Media will release an iPhone app for the Slingbox, allowing you to watch your television directly from your iPhone. NewTeeVee has a video demonstrating the application. While the demonstration uses the iPhone's wi-fi connection, there's a possibility that the Sling iPhone app may stream video over the iPhone's mobile network.
Weak Password Brings 'Happiness' to Twitter Hacker [Wired: Threat Level]
It turns out that the hacker that altered tweets on several celebrity accounts on Twitter didn't obtain access to those accounts through a publicized phishing scheme. Instead the hacker, interviewed by Wired, gained access to a Twitter administrator's account by guessing the adminstrator's password. From there, he and other hackers managed to reset the Twitter account passwords of celebrities like President-elect Barack Obama and Britney Spears. Based on the article, it appears that Twitter's weak password protections were a ticking time bomb waiting for an attack like this one.
Roku digital video player adding Amazon Video On Demand [EngadgetHD]
The Roku digital video set-top box already has the Netflix movie catalog, now they'll be adding the Amazon Video On Demand catalog. Amazon's catalog contains 40,000 titles, and promises to be available on Roku after a software update early this year. The only bad news is that Amazon's titles won't playback in high definition, but there are rumors that Amazon may be rolling out HD video at some point in the future.
To get the best portable tv viewing experience I would recommend getting satellite tv on your pc.
http://www.computeruser.com/blogs/entry/satellite-tv-for-pc-watch-satellite-tv-on-your-pc/
Posted by: henry schilitzar | Monday, February 22, 2010 at 12:16 PM