a few weeks ago there was an article somewhere saying that apple should buy TiVo, if for no other reason than the IP value. i'd heard rumors about a TiVo-like apple device, before, so this made sense. the full scope of this didn't really click until just now, when i was reading a macos rumors update.
i had previously assumed the apple pvr would be like tivo - a set-top box thing. but what if it fit in your pocket? what if the tivo functionality was in your powermac? what if you used iShows to put the last week's seinfelds on your iPod before your flight to beijing? or the family guy dvds? or just your home movies?
i think it would be a tough sell though, because i don't think people would be used to taking their video things with them like they were with music.
but it is an obvious step. i think i have a lot of cds, but i couldn't fill a 30G iPods. are people going to buy 200G iPods for just music?
rcn has decided to filter outgoing smtp, in addition to incoming. it's now been routed around. fascists.