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By: January 27: What To Read On The GigaOM Network

January 27: What To Read On The GigaOM Network — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:01:19 +0000

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Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:31:23 +0000

[...] Cheap(er) Ways to Stay Entertained During the Downturn - Newteevee.comThe year of hope and change is certainly off to a grim start in the tech world. Last week alone saw layoff announcements from stalwarts like Intel and Microsoft , as well as Web 2.0 companies like Digg , just to name a few. If you’ve lost your job [...]

By: Enric

Enric — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:38:01 +0000

Funny, I called Comcast to look at discontinuing my basic cable. My internet+basic cable is $57/month. They said that is a discount package and internet by itself is $59. So it costs less to keep basic cable ;)

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:49:35 +0000

Also, if you get home broadband from Verizon, AT&T or a handful of other regional companies, you can get ESPN360 for free. I watched Duke's destruction of Maryland on ESPN360 on Saturday. It's not HD, of course, but the picture quality is pretty good for live streaming video.

Downside: ESPN360 is a little buggy in Firefox, so you're pretty much stuck using IE7 to watch. Also, 360 only shows games, so you still have to pay ESPN money for an Insider account to access all the video on their web site. ($40/year) Oh, and if you're a soccer fan like me, it'll be at least another 18 months until ESPN has the U.S. broadcast rights to the English Premier League.

By: Matt_

Matt_ — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:08:24 +0000

HULU is also available as a Video Plugin for the Original Xbox running XBMC .You will need to hack your Xbox but its fairly easy to do with a memory card these days .There are a few other video plugins from CNN .Revison3 and the Onion for example that will stream to the Xbox also.

http://lifehacker.com/5134070/simple-plug+in-brings-hulu-to-your-xbmc

So if you have an old Xbox sitting in the closet collecting dust definitely breath some life into it and turn it into a very capable media center .

Old Xbox’s can also be found for less than $50 on ebay and reconditioned at places like Gamestop.

By: Cheap(er) Ways to Stay Entertained During the Downturn | Chris Albrecht | Voices | AllThingsD

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:49:39 +0000

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By: Chris Grayson

Chris Grayson — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:02:16 +0000

Chris,

One place you can find tons of quality online video content is GigantiCo’s Online Video Guide:

http://www.gigantico.net/video.html