Thousands of things on-demand: would you like that sitcom from your Comcast box, from your PS3 box, or from your Boxee box?
The point is, your chance of winning the car was one in three to begin with and after Monty reveals a goat, the probability that your box has the car is still just one in three.
Besides meaning you have one less ugly component to deal with, getting rid of the cable box also usually means better picture quality and you don't have pay rental fees for your box any more (though we have faith that the cable companies will eventually find a way to charge seven bucks a month for CableCard rentals).
Keep a copy of the disc in your evacuation box and another copy in your safe deposit box.
Imagine downloading a software upgrade for your cable box from the Internet or upgrading your printer with a mouse click (for more on PLDs click here).
Maybe you watched a movie, logged on to in-flight wi-fi and cleaned up your email box, checked in on Facebook or updated your blog.
If you're looking to branch out of your social network box, your best option may be Twitter.
You may have not noticed, but your cable box at home has a Firewire port on it, designed to serve up content to other devices in your home.
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Step one in streaming is, of course, authorizing your PS3 to access your media on your Vista box.
But as you unlock different toys within that world, you can move those toys into your toy box.
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Phishing scams are moving beyond the misspelled, far-fetched ruses that clog your in-box and beg for your bank codes.
Opening your mail box to that letter is a little daunting to anyone.
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Xbox One has the BluRay drive (at last) and at least the tantalizing prospect of being your cable box, too.
Slap a Rat Fink decal on your lunch box and suddenly you had a talisman that could repulse teachers, adults and other bores.
Big Bird (or "Big Yellah, " as we like to call him) and his Sesame Street cohorts are now available for streaming on your Roku box.
Nintendo TVii intends to streamline the experience further, casting aside your cable box remote for built-in channel guides and DVR programming (coffee table's starting to look pretty sparse, eh?).
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No matter how hard you try, your email box is just a never ending piece of thread that you continually tug at, only to find more, and more, and more.
Or you can use your own box and shipping.
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You'll also be amazed at how thoroughly and efficiently you can take care of things when you give your carpal tunnel-wracked paws a rest and let your voice box do the talking.
All the memories we have shared together will be transferred with care and you will be gently placed back in your resting box for a lifetime of comfort however tomorrow, I have to say goodbye.
All three perform the same basic function -- they let you stream TV from your cable box (digital or analog), satellite receiver, or DVR to a computer or mobile device -- it's just that each is aimed at different segments of the market.
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Here's the scoop: CableCard is literally a card that you pop into the back of your TV set so that you can get rid of your digital cable box and plug that coax directly into your digital TV (it's sort of like how you can use analog cable on a cable-ready analog TV without a cable box).
Today, the TV you watch and interact with is a sophisticated ecosystem made up of a melange of technology including middleware, meta data, content discovery and content rights management technology that converges in your set top box, which in itself is a smarter piece of hardware than your TV.
We then installed the free desktop SlingPlayer software to configure the SlingBox -- you need to choose the IR profile that works on your set-top box, as well as assigning your account email address and a couple of passwords.
If you have logo golf balls from your company, be sure to offer a sleeve or a box to your client before teeing off.
Nothing spoils an upbeat energized morning more quickly than 1, 038 unread messages in your in-box...
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