The digital video recorder (DVR) is a wonderful invention, but it gets spoiled when you actually can't use it to record your shows because someone else in your household is monopolizing all the storage. This grave problem has almost reached epidemic proportions, according to a new nationwide survey by Verizon, which found that more than half of DVR users have a hog in their home.
Netflix has made it very clear that it doesn't think it should have to pay Internet service providers to get quality streaming service to an ISP's subscribers, going so far as to make a case for a new "strong net neutrality" that protects them (and presumably others) from such fees. Nevertheless, the company has made a deal with Verizon for better access.
Two major United States-based telecommunications companies have been named "Leaders" in Gartner Inc.'s "2014 Magic Quadrant for Global Managed Security Services Providers (MSSP)" report.
Intel, which had been planning a service to provide TV over the internet, announced that it sold its TV division, Intel Media, to Verizon. The deal, and the fact that Intel couldn't get its Cloud TV off the ground, suggests that the future of internet TV may not be able to cut ties with companies already offering television services.
