SlingPlayer 2.0 coming soon
SlingPlayer 2.0 includes a couple of nifty updates including a 60 minute buffer that lets you pause, fast forward, and rewind videos instantly, without having to send a signal over the internet telling your PVR to pause first (which can take a few seconds). You also get a new electronic program guide based on your local TV lineup, which makes it easier to flip channels from your PC. And Sling Media has also added the Clip+Sling feature, which will let users save clips from TV shows and movies and share them with friends.
SlingPlayer 2.0 is a free upgrade for current and new Slingbox customers and should be available sometime in the next few months.. There's no word on when we'll see Mac or mobile clients of SlingPlayer 2.0.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Todd said 3:01PM on 1-07-2008
You can get the "word" about the availability of client players directly from Sharon:
http://www.slingcommunity.com/blog/7425/Channel-Beta/
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Brad Linder said 3:11PM on 1-07-2008
Todd: That link talks about SlingPlayer for BlackBerry, not SlingPlayer 2.0 for BlackBerry. According to Sling spokesperson Dave Zatz, there's no public release timeframe for the mobile versions of SlingPlayer 2.0.
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