TiVo Unveiling New TV Recorder

With 1.9 million subscribers or less than half the 4-plus million it had in 2007, these have been difficult times for TiVo. But the struggling DVR pioneer is hoping there is still demand for its set-top boxes.

The company is about to unveil TiVo Premiere Elite, with four tuners that let you record up to four shows at once, plus 2 terabytes of storage, room for up to 300 hours of high-definition programming.

The $499 box is supposed to be available later this year, pending a Federal Communications Commission waiver (of a requirement to include analog tuners). Given the plunge in subscribers the lingering question is how many remaining on the service will be lining up by then to get one?

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AMD A4-3300 and A4-3400 APUs ready to ship, take on Intel for your budget PC dollar

That's right folks, AMD's A4 APUs are here and ready to take on Intel in a battle for the bottom end of the mainstream desktop market. These dual-core desktop parts pack integrated graphics courtesy of the company's Radeon line. Both also boast a 65W TDP and 1MB of L2 cache. The only difference here is speed and price: the 3300 clocks in at 2.5GHz with a 440MHz GPU for $70, while the 3400 moves on up to 2.7GHz and a 600MHz GPU for only $5 more. They're not exactly speed demons, but should be able to hold their own against similarly priced Pentiums -- especially if you don't plan on buying a discrete graphics card. You can pick one up now at Amazon and other select retailers.

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