I caught up with Big Shane, the proud poppa of the Word family, a couple hours after their block party reveal. The show crew was breaking down and packing up, and Shane had had a little time to play around with his new toy...

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Last week's announcement that FiOS TV subscribers had already passed the one million mark had blogger Mari Silbey wondering what was up....

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Scott Hanselman has put together an excellent FiOS TV review and photo gallery on his tech blog, Computer Zen....

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If you'd prefer to watch the TV show on an actual TV -- that Mad Scientist twinkle in Brian's eyes really does come across better on a 50" plasma, after all -- you can now do so with FiOS TV Video-on-Demand...

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Saw a new review today of the FiOS TV Interactive Media Guide on a blog called reverseREVERE. Eric's very thorough and honest appraisal includes video demonstrations of the Full Screen Guide and Search functions, and DVR playback.

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Fiber vs. cable: no contest

Besides carrying data at nearly the speed of light, fiber has other advantages over decades-old coaxial cables...

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According to the TV spots you've probably seen, FiOS is "the most advanced fiber optic network straight to your home." But what does all that mean?

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