Wed Tech News
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on January 4, 2006 at 4:06:45 PM
DirecTV offers time shifted shows for $1.
Pluto colder than expected.
Microsoft hopes to get Windows flaw patched soon.
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Starting in the first quarter, the satellite TV company will offer programs from NBC and its cable networks, USA, Sci Fi and Bravo, within hours after they air, commercial free, for 99 cents, through the new DirecTV Plus DVR. The 2Go service will let customers transfer programs from their DirecTV Plus DVR to a wide variety of portable media players.
Pluto colder than expected.
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Astronomers think Pluto’s colder than expected temperature reading involves interactions between nitrogen ice on the planet’s surface and the nitrogen gas that makes up its atmosphere.
Microsoft hopes to get Windows flaw patched soon.
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The software giant said in a statement it had "completed development of a security update to fix the vulnerability" that it discovered last week. The update is being finalized and the company hopes to release it on January 10.