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Yahoo! Plans to Connect Services With Tivo

Posted by Hemos on from the the-slow-move-to-merger dept.

Mango Man writes "According to the NY Times, Yahoo! and Tivo plan to connect their services to help differentiate themselves in their respective markets. The first feature offered will be modest: Tivo users will be able to find programs in Yahoo!'s listings and send them to Tivo to record." Ladies and gentlemen, begin your merger rumours!

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  1. But how will it know...? by rco3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    How will Yahoo know to send the info to MY TiVo? Will there be a mechanism in place to prevent me from sending record instructions to someone else's TiVo? Most importantly, can I get around those restrictions?

    I mean, I wouldn't WANT to set my buddy's TiVo to fill up its 80 hours with The Horse Porn Channel, but it might at some point become necessary... :-)

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  2. Re:What about illicit access? by alkali · · Score: 1, Funny
    What kinds of precautions will be in place to keep someone else from signing you up for every rerun of Will and Grace or General Hospital?

    For this very reason, TiVo has developed a proprietary technology that will keep 50-year-old gay men from seizing control of your unit.

    (Hey, why is everyone giggling?)

  3. Mergers? by stinerman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ladies and gentlemen, begin your merger rumours!

    Interesting ... but what will the call the new company?

    Tihoo! or Yahvo!?

  4. Re:I wonder... by interiot · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about Google's possible entry into the upscale ad-supported ketchup market? Has anyone heard anything to substantiate those rumors?

  5. Re:What about illicit access? by Viper+Daimao · · Score: 2, Funny

    great, so now I can get goatse'd on my tv?

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