Virgin Media TiVo rolling out Red Button interactive TV services for Premier League and more

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/03/virgin-media-tivo-rolling-out-red-button-interactive-tv-services/

While there's no doubt that Virgin Media customers have taken well to the company's TiVo HD DVR offering, so far switching has meant giving up certain interactive TV services supported elsewhere. they're getting one back now, as the company announced it's kicking off the rollout of Red Button interactivity to the TiVo on Sky Sports HD, letting footy fans catch more extended highlights of Premier League games. There's more on the way too, with support planned for the upcoming F1 channel and BBC services in April. Check out the press release after the break ffr more details on what will be supported and when, assuming one will be watching the games on TV instead of diving into hooliganism, or whatever it is fans of football do, we'll keep our handegg thank you very much.

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Virgin Media TiVo rolling out Red Button interactive TV services for Premier League and more originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 03 Mar 2012 04:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Splashtop THD lands on ICS Tegra 3 tabs, ready to stream full-screen Skyrim

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/02/splashtop-thd-lands-on-ics-tegra-3-tabs/

Splashtop is one of the premier remote desktop apps out there and, at CES, we got a pretty sweet demo of it pushing full screen games and HD video from a Windows 7 PC to a Tegra 3 tablet. Now that version (THD) is available for download in the Android Market for $6.99. Of course, you'll need a Tegra 3 slate running Ice Cream Sandwich to take advantage, while playing Skyrim in full screen has the added requirement of PC sporting a GeForce GPU. Once you've gotten those basic requirements out of the way you'll still want to make sure you've got a solid and quick wireless connection -- all the processing power in the world won't be able to compensate for a lack of bandwidth. Check out the video after the break to see it in action and hit up the source link to buy it yourself.

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Splashtop THD lands on ICS Tegra 3 tabs, ready to stream full-screen Skyrim originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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New Intel Ivy Bridge i5 details leaked in Intel sales book

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/02/new-intel-ivy-bridge-i5-details-leaked/

Word on the street is Ivy Bridge has been delayed, but that doesn't mean you have to wait till June to get the low down on some of the shiny new silicon Intel has in store for you. Chipzilla posted a sales book, presumably on accident since it's been pulled, with details about upcoming i5 and i7 refreshes. The only page we were able to find was loaded with Core i5s, including third generation parts like the 3.4GHz 3570K which packs the new HD4000 and, most likely, an unlocked multiplier. Most of the rest of the lineup, save the 3475S, is rocking Intel's HD2500 IGP, while the lone dual-core part is the 3470T, which is also the only chip to sport Hyper-Threading and ship with only 3MB of cache. Now, as far as when you can buy these processors or how much they'll cost, we're still in dark, but at least we've got a better idea of what we'll be shopping for. Head on after the break for a slightly better look at the new parts.

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New Intel Ivy Bridge i5 details leaked in Intel sales book originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Option announces new 4G chipset compatible with Windows 8

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/02/option-announces-new-4g-chipset-compatible-with-windows-8/

Belgian wireless outfit Option has produced a 4G modem that takes up the same space inside a netbook or tablet as the company's previous 3G-enabled model. The GTM801 is based around Qualcomm's universal-standard Gobi MDM9215 and, even better, is already designed to support Windows 8 -- so we can at least hope that the first or second wave of tablets for Microsoft's new OS will be able to access 4G natively, for when we need to work Facebook on the go. Given that all of Option's tech is Gobi-based, you'll also have backwards compatibility with pretty much every standard ever invented, which is good if you don't live in the middle of a LTE zone.

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Option announces new 4! G chipse t compatible with Windows 8 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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KIRF MacBook Air is the prettiest netbook we've seen today

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/02/kirf-macbook-air-is-the-prettiest-netbook-weve-seen-today/

This is the Netbook Navigator NAV13X Windows 7 Ultrabook and if we're honest, we think it's a very attractive looking device. That said, we're not so sure it's going to be on sale for too long, which is a genuine shame. Despite being called an Ultrabook, it's not an Intel-sanctioned device, which won't go down well with Santa Clara's lawyers. Secondly, it's actually a Netbook running a 1.86GHz dual-core Atom CPU with 2GB of RAM and a 32GB SSD, with build to-order options running to larger memory and storage. Thirdly, we're fairly sure we've seen industrial design like this before, and given the litigious nature of the company involved, we expect a metric ton of cease-and-desist notices to be delivered to Navigator's New Jersey HQ before the weekend's over. However, if it can survive the barrage of paperwork from two of the industry's biggest companies, it'll arrive very soon, setting you back a slight $500 sans OS or $600 with Windows 7 Home Premium.

KIRF MacBook Air is the prettiest ! netbook we've seen today originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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