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Programming TiVo on a mobile
TiVo users who want to program their digital video recorders while on the go have a new tool at their disposal thanks in part to the efforts of Redmond startup. MobUI, which gobbled up the assets of Action Engine a few months ago, is providing some of the technology for TiVo's new mobile offering dubbed m.Tivo.com. It allows those with an Internet-enabled mobile device to program shows remotely on TiVo series 2 and series 3 boxes.
The Idaho Statesman looks into whether Micron -- Idaho's largest private employer with about 7,500 jobs in Boise -- might cut more jobs and eventually ship its computer chip production to lower cost facilities in Asia. The story fuels some speculation that the money-losing company might pull out of Boise altogether, quoting a former chief economist who says the company could disappear from the region in three to five years. [More after the jump]
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