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Apple to Buy TiVo?

Posted by samzenpus on from the rumor-mill dept.

vallette writes "Reuters is reporting that Apple may be interested in buying TiVo. Seems like a good fit to me. Both companies stock price is up on the rumor."

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  1. Hmmmmm by Fishy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I hate apple products, they are over priced and under spec'd. ...but as a Tivo Zealot may I take this chance to welcome my new White overloads and bask in their designey goodness.

    (Hey, anything to keep my tivo running!)

  2. Re:Alternatively... by Nonoche · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    duh, your comment is pretty much stupid...

    of course, no one implied that Jobs was actually the one rendering 3D fishes and superheroes on his renderfarm...

    Jobs is a salesman, and as such he has an interest selling the content created by the company he owns, and as Pixar has become an important company in Hollywood, he has links to other media moguls, who share his interests on that front.

  3. Re:Go for it! by MysteriousPreacher · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ha ha. Using the Urban Dictionary as a reference for correct spelling is like linking to Fox News as proof that san event took place.

    Although both are used as forums for crazies who want to spout their bizarre beliefs, at least the Urban Dictionary seems to have a fairly decent editorial process.

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  4. apple... by p414din · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...sucks

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    what does roman polansky think about this?
  5. lame. by chasingporsches · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No firewire 1600. No gigabit wireless. Lame.

  6. Re:um. Apple could make a TiVo clone without TiVo by windowpain · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why did IBM but Lotus for THREE POINT FIVE BILLION DOLLARS?

    Why did AOL buy Netscape for FOUR POINT TWO BILLION DOLLARS!?!?! (Add more exlamation points and questiosn markes as desired.)

    Who KNOWS why these crazy companies do crap like this?

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  7. Re:Go for it! by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Guess what? Mini doesn't have the power to decode and output a full-HD stream. Maybe they'll get it the next time around. Apple is funny to me because every time someone praises them for doing something right they seem to do it wrong just to spite them. We praise them for making computers that run cool, and they come out with a machine that requires liquid cooling... In order to bring the Mini in under a $499 price point and make it small they had to put a single, slow G4 processor in it, and it shows.

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