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The Sling Media family have been quite the busy bees of late. First, the TV-transporting company has just gotten approval on a brand new, unnamed variation of the Slingbox, which forgoes the external Slingbox HD Connect cable used with the Slingbox Pro (that gives you dual component ins / outs) and instead includes a single set of component hookups right on the box. Additionally, during a Revision3 interview with Blake Krikorian (Sling Media's CEO) the venerable Om Malik managed to get Blake to let loose new about the now-rumored Slingbox HD, which (after some arm-twisting) Krikorian says is coming in "January," though in what year he wouldn't say. Honestly, if it's any later than 2008, it's too late.

Read -- Slingbox FCC report
Read -- The GigaOm Show Episode 3 - Sling It, Baby

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/142872280/

The automaker has signed an agreement with a battery maker that could propel it ahead of Toyota in the race to bring plug-in hybrid and electric cars to market.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Electric-Cars.html?ex=1344312000&en=1efdb4a47b680118&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

The one summary judgement that puts a stick into SCO's spokes has just come down. SCO doesn't own the Unix copyrights. With that one decision, a whole bunch of other decisions will fall like dominoes. As PJ says, "That's Aaaaall, Folks!".

Hot off the presses: Judge Dale Kimball has issued a 102-page ruling [PDF] on the numerous summary judgment motions in SCO v. Novell. Here is what matters most: [T]he court concludes that Novell is the owner of the UNIX and UnixWare Copyrights. That's Aaaaall, Folks! If anyone can please put this into text for us, that'd be simply great.

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200708101 65237718#comments

drcomp writes "Hello /. Team,

Thanks for a great site which I read daily. I have composed an open letter to Netflix regarding their lack of support for any platform outside of Internet Explorer 6/7 for Windows. I detail their potential lost business, but more importantly, the effect on consumer choice that a company as large as Netflix can have on the community. I go one step further to express how lack of consumer choice keeps companies such as Microsoft producing inferior software, because they know that 'they can.'

Thanks for considering it — hopefully exposure on /. could bring this issue to light and get some things done. Letter is here.

Best,
Eric Catania
Member, Apple Consultants Network
Owner, Digital Reality"
http://www.digitalrealitydesign.net/content/view/28/1/

saudadelinux writes "AT&T cut 15 seconds of some impromptu, non-obscene, non-threatening anti-George Bush lyrics sung by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, during a Lollapalooza web broadcast. AT&T insists it was a mistake, but it does make you wonder about big a Telco's ability and willingness to control what information you can access."

Blog: T-Mobile and Linksys have filed documents with the FCC for a new Wi-Fi router that could allow T-Mobile to offer fixed line VoIP service.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9758420-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Apple is offering users access to "My iTunes" Web widgets that make it possible to share information about recent iTunes purchases on blogs and social networking sites.

http://feeds.macworld.com/~r/macworld/all/~3/142863506/index.php