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History Channel To Air Special on Star Trek

The History Channel will air a documentary narrated by Leonard Nimoy (Spock) next month about the Star Trek phenomenon. Produced to celebrate the franchise’s 40th anniversary, “Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier” features interviews with many of the stars and crew from the four spinoff series, at look at the fandom, and its cultural impact

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Siemens Pushes IPTV

Siemens Communications Inc. is tapping Tut Systems Inc. to roll out IPTV middleware services in North America, Siemens said Monday. Siemens Communications Inc. is tapping Tut Systems Inc. to roll out Siemens SURPASS Home Entertainment middleware services to telephone carriers in North America, the company said Monday.Siemens’ Internet protocol

Intel to Unveil Chips for Improving Video Quality on the Web

From the NYT [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/technology/12intel.html?ref=business]: Intel plans to announce a family of microprocessor chips on Monday that it says will speed the availability of high-definition video via the Internet. As consumers clamor for more Internet video, a huge computing burden

I Want My iTV

Cliff Sullivan from BusinessWeek writes, > But I won’t be getting it soon. While the technology is mostly in place, the players—from cable companies to film studios—can’t agree on how to make it happen. I want to listen to music, have a box pop up on