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Engadget HD Podcast 309 - 07.24.2012
Jul 25th 2012, 02:53

Engadget HD Podcast 296 - 04.25.2012We've survived the great DirecTV / Viacom slapfight, somehow. After many days in the wilderness we have returned with a new episode of the podcast and despite the summer doldrums, developments like two new supersized HDTVs from Samsung and LG there's still something to talk about. Of course we're getting ready for the Olympics later this week, press play to see if we're more excited about that or the arrival of Star Trek: TNG S1 on Blu-ray.

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Hosts: Ben Drawbaugh (@bjdraw), Richard Lawler (@rjcc)

Producer: Trent Wolbe

08:11 - DirecTV and Viacom deal brings MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and the rest back on the air
11:28 - Plex Android app updated with remote control from mobile devices, new transcoding
13:31 - Hulu rolls out a simplified player UI for the web, takes a few cues from mobile
14:48 - Amazon, Warner deal brings Fringe, The West Wing to Prime Instant Video exclusively
16:05 - Yahoo shows off Beyond Gold Olympics app for its connected HDTVs
23:13 - iTunes in the Cloud movies find their way to Australia, Canada, the UK and 32 more countries
24:50 - Comcast Xfinity TV Player for Android updated with beta support for Jelly Bean, Nexus 7
26:11 - Comcast reportedly prepping 305Mbps internet service, aims to put FiOS in its place
31:50 - Nielsen to use watermarks to enhance local channel rating accuracy
36:50 - Samsung 75-inch ES9000 smart TV makes stateside debut: on sale in August for $9,999
35:27 - WD TV Play media hub revealed by the FCC, puts Texas Hold'em on the big screen
38:15 - LG 84-inch 'ultra definition' 4K HDTV going on sale in limited quantities in Korea
39:41 - Onkyo upgrades remote apps for latest-gen receivers, intros music streaming Bluetooth adapter
40:30 - Star Trek: The Next Generation Comic-Con trailer tries to make season one (and two) look exciting
42:03 - Must See HDTV (July 23rd - 29th)

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Virgin Media coats millionth TiVo in Gold (Gold!), always believed in your soul
Jul 25th 2012, 02:12

Virgin Media coats millionth TiVo in Gold Gold!, hires Martin Kemp to always believe in your soul

Companies might not be able to mention that big sporting event, but that doesn't stop them from being clever. Virgin Media UK is one such enterprise, which decided to award its millionth TiVo customer with a gold medal in the form of a similarly-colored TiVo box. Rather than risk the ire of the IOC's lawyers, the company used the moment to (perhaps sarcastically) celebrate the release of Spandau Ballet's Gold. Bundling bassist-turned-soap-star Martin Kemp into a van, he turned up at the door of customers Allan and Christine Ward with the glistening PVR and a 3D-ready TV to surprise the couple. We don't know if he told the husband and wife from Nottinghamshire that the HDTV market is like a high prison wall, but we hope the gift of a new home entertainment system leaves them standing so tallllllllllll...

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Security researchers find new wafer-thin ATM card skimmers in use
Jul 25th 2012, 01:36

Security researchers find new waferthin ATM card skimmers in use

ATM card skimming is hardly a new activity, and neither are card skimmers that continue to get smaller and more discreet. As Brian Krebs of the Krebs on Security blog reports, though, a new development out of Europe has now crossed a key, and potentially troublesome threshold. The European ATM Security Team (otherwise known as EAST) has discovered a new type of wafer-thin card skimmer in use in at least one unnamed European country that's small enough to fit directly in the ATM's card slot -- that's as opposed to most current skimmers that can be well-disguised but generally sit on top of the card slot. As you can imagine, that makes it considerably more difficult to spot for even the most attentive ATM users, but Krebs notes that the skimmer still requires a secondary device like a camera or keypad overlay to record a person entering their PIN.

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