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Xbox 360 and Microsoft Get Deeper into the Television Business

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It is now official.  The Xbox 360 platform will turn your game console into even more of an entertainment hub with the addition of more video streaming services starting this upcoming holiday season.

Today Microsoft announced the beginning of “a new era in television where your entertainment becomes instantly searchable, easily discoverable . . .

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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 17

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This week’s episode looks back over some interesting tech stories of the week. Amongst the stories we discuss are Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg wanting kids under 13 to be able to use the social website; a Seattle non-profit stands up to a corporate giant; Sony gets hacked – again – two more times; Windows Mobile 6.x first shut down steps happening; Mac defender trojan causing issues for Apple users; Wordpress.com drops support for IE6; Upcoming Windows Phone 7 update will have a consolidated inbox; Twitter fine tuning what devs can access on your Twitter timeline; Xbox Live’s Major Nelson clarifies the new Xbox 360 console and disc format compatibility confusion; Office XP support ending; SmartScreen in IE8 and IE9 is working; GilsMethod.com new Answers website; Windows Phone 7 app of the week Wordrix. We wrap up the show with a review of the posts on WindowsObserver.com for the last week. . . .

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Xfinity.tv Offers Your On Demand Choices Online

Xfinity, which is the new brand name of COMCAST’s television offerings, sent me an email today and let me know that their On Demand library is now at my disposal online.

This was great news for me personally because I can not currently access the On Demand library at home because I . . .

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Comcast Constant Guard Goes Nationwide

Comcast has decided to take their Constant Guard Security program nationwide since it has proven very effective in limited release.

The concept behind Constant Guard was unveiled in October 2009 and has three key elements:

1. People: it all begins with highly skilled professionals in Customer Security Assurance (CSA) who proactively reach . . .

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COMCAST Finally Unveils Internet Bandwidth Usage Meter

Many months after it was first announced, COMCAST has put their Internet usage meter online to track your bandwidth usage.

Your Comcast High-Speed Internet service has a monthly data usage allowance of 250 gigabytes (GB). If you are wondering whether you are at risk of exceeding this 250GB threshold, you should . . .

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Interpreting Company Speak

Anyone up for interpreting this reply I just got from COMCAST?

I had asked if they were going to carry the new NFL Redzone channel in HD since it originates in that format.  Currently COMCAST only carries it in standard definition.

This is the reply I got:

I understand . . .

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