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AT&T: U-verse Gets Online Games And Flickr On Your TV Screen

Texas seems to be the new place where companies go to take over the world.  Actually, just AT&T.  San Antonio will get a little upgrade to their brand new U-verse service from AT&T. 

Now subscribers will have the ability to watch a slideshow of their Flickr photos, play online games, search the Yellow pages and track their stocks and weather, all from the living room couch.

"AT&T Online Photos from Flickr, which lets you simply and conveniently browse the photos you've uploaded to flickr.com and watch slide shows on your U-verse TV screen from the comfort of your couch.
AT&T U-bar, which brings customizable weather, stock, sports and traffic information to the U-verse TV screen without interrupting the current program. AT&T High Speed Internet subscribers can personalize the U-bar from the AT&T portal to display weather at specific locations, your personal stock portfolio and scores for your favorite sports teams.
YELLOWPAGES.COM TV, for fast and easy searches to find local businesses and other information via your TV screen.
AT&T Yahoo! Games, so you can now play your favorite online games — including Sudoku, Solitaire, JT's Blocks, Mah-jongg Tiles and Chess — on the TV screen."

Now don't everyone pack up and move to San Antonio at once now ya hear!

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Battlestar Galatica Ratings! Dang!

  Just a quick note because shortly after the sun goes down the second episode of the new and final season of Battlestar will have me glued to the television.

The season opener?  Yeah, it killed it in the numbers game, that's all.  2.1 million viewers.  On a cable station.  #1 in primetime with viewers 25-54.

Man are you blowin it if you're not recording and watching this show.  Record it so you can blow past the six thousand SciFi commercials.

EveryThing HBO On Your Mobile Phone

  If you have ever been in a bar, throwing them back, laughing and having a great time until it suddenly hits you, OH Sh*#!  I forgot, In Treatment is on!  Then HBO has got you covered.

  Not only do they repeat "In Treatment"  30 times a night, but now you can get it, and any other HBO programming on your mobile phone whenever you want with HBO and on demand on Bell Mobility.

Plus, you can get Wallpapers, Ringtones and voicetones all starting at $10 a month. 

So tell that hottie you were finally starting to have success with, to go out back with you, so you can watch Entourage.

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Battlestar Galactica Makes it's Triumphant Return!

  Today marks the countdown to the first day of the last season of BattleStar Galactica.

4 days until the last season opener and I will tell you with pride, a high head and steady shoulders that I am totally geeked out anxious.

It doesn't and hasn't since "Six Feet Under" and "The Sopranos" get any better than BattleStar. 

This Friday the 4th at 10/9c, it is so ON!  And Starbuck is back!  Yeah baby.....

Okay enough of that.  But if you've missed out on this show, don't watch it.  Tivo it and watch the first 3 seasons first.  And don't give up on it in the first season, it won't seem like it, but the show and the actors get their legs and it turns into something spectacular.  Then watch this season.  I guarantee you you won't be disappointed.   

Your next Chrysler will be always connected

The Washington Post is reporting that the Number 3 US auto maker will have a WiFi-enabled car in their upcoming line of new vehicles sometime during this year.  This sounds awesome, since most high-end smartphones these days come equipped with WiFi, with the unfortunate exception of Treos :-(

"The feature will be added to existing vehicles by dealers beginning this year and later be installed on the assembly line, said Frank Klegon, Chrysler's product development chief.

The technology will allow passengers to search Web pages using signals from mobile phone towers. Consumers initially would need a subscription to a wireless phone carrier to ensure uninterrupted coverage.

"We want to make the radio itself a WiFi port," Klegon said."

Washington Post [via BoyGenius Report]

Simon Cowell sports a Bugatti Veyron

I'm not proud to admit it, but I actually enjoy watching American Idol.  Truthfully, I despise most Pop music.  I'm a ROCKER...HEY HEY HEY!  Anyway...sorry...lost it for a second. ;) 

Simon Cowell, who is the British judge on the show who everyone loves to hate, but has a great eye and ear for talent, is the owner of a Bugatti Veyron.  Is that not a sweet ride?!   According to the article, the German-built car is the fastest production car in the world with a top speed of 253 MPH.

He reportedly paid $1.5 million dollars for the beauty. Um....the car, not the other beauty to his right in the photo.

Forever Idol

New South Park Website: Watch Any Episode

  South Park and The Simpson are two shows that i absolutely love.  But they have both been on the air so long that I no longer have the undying thirst to watch them, so I haven't seen new episodes in a while.

Half of that is about to change.  The Parker/Stone team have started a new South Park website on the Comedy Central Umbrella that will allow you to stream and watch any episode from any season.  Sweet.

Episodes like the first time Towelee made his appearance and I thought i was going to have to go to the hospital.

Or when Ophra's private parts took the town hostage.   Or when Cartman had turrets.   Or when Tom Cruise came out of the closet.  Or when.....

You get the picture.

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Is Dish Network Readying Mobile Television?

  If Qualcomm finds it beneficial it could become a reality sooner than later.  With Dish networks minor win of airspace in last weeks 700MHz spectrum auction, the satellite provider nabbed itself a piece of spectrum that is more capable of delivering broadcast than two-way communications.

The company spent $711 million on the piece of sky so you know they intend to do something with it.

Logically, when you consider what SlingMedia has done with mobile broadcasting technology, it's a wonder that there aren't more companies targeting this area of mobile delivery.  Obviously the technology is there.

But Dish has to jump over a few hurdles first, hurdles that are $3 to $5 billion high.  An entire network must be built out, and neighboring Qualcomm could help Dish go a long way toward putting Dish Satellite programing on your mobile device.

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Watch your favorite TV shows anytime with PrimeTime Rewind

As any TV junkie will already know you can watch previous episodes of your favorites shows by going to the network's site and watching them.  PrimeTimeRewind has made this task much easier by consolidating the favs into one location.

What PrimeTimeRewind does is basically displays each network show that's available on a cube for you to easily select from.  You can also customize the cube. "When you click on a program, it will start playing directly from the network web site. In fact, the network web site will open up on your screen while the Prime Time Rewind navigation options will hang out in a sidebar. That's a really smart move, because it means you're basically visiting the network web site and viewing the videos exactly as the networks want you to. Thus, there's no good reason to sue Prime Time Rewind."

If you prefer to just search for you show, you can do that as well.  Very cool!

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PC World lists top 50" - 52" HDTVs

If you are in the market for a new HDTV, or you are considering an upgrade from the 48", head over to PC World and see their list of the top 50"-52" HDTVs.

I am in the market for one, so I plan on utilizing this list to help compare prices and features.  I keep telling myself to continue to wait until the price keeps dropping, but as is the case with all technology, as the prices drop, new & better technology is introduced.  For a gadget-freak like myself,  it's a never-ending struggle...SIGH!

This list is an ongoing one, and they will continue to update it over time.