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Aereo Switches Up Pricing: $8/Month For 20 Hours Of DVR, $12/Month For 60 Hours Starting May 15

Aereo users, listen up. The company that has been bringing you access to 30 over-the-air broadcast channels on the cheap is switching up its pricing structure a bit to make things less complicated. Unfortunately, this switch also makes things slightly more expensive, but still highly competitive in today’s content streaming landscape. Starting on May 15, the original five-tier structure will be boiled down into two options: The base $8/month fee will offer 20 hours of DVR storage, and a $12/month fee will get you 60 hours of DVR storage. Neither service requires a long-term commitment. However, it’s worth noting that the $8/month plan changes the way you can record on Aereo’s DVR service, only letting users record from one channel at a time. At the same time, the $12 plan actually offers more than it used to, bumping up storage from 40 hours to 60 hours. When Aereo first launched, it offered more levels of service, including a $1/day deal. This was a unique option for the service, ...

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Found 1 week ago on channel TechCrunch

Syria Buys Dell PCs Despite Sanctions

puddingebola writes with a New York Times article about how mundane PCs — not just more esoteric and eyebrow-raising network monitoring equipment from Blue Coat — makes its way to Syria: "From the article: 'Large amounts of computer equipment from Dell have been sold to the Syrian government through a Dubai-based distributor despite strict trade sanctions intended to ban the selling of technology to the regime, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. The disclosure of the computer sales is the latest example of how the Syrian government has managed to acquire technology, some of which is used to censor Internet activity and track opponents of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad.'"

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Found 2 weeks ago on channel Slashdot

Lebanon's new premier says election delay likely

BEIRUT - Lebanon's June election faces a possible delay, prime minister-designate Tammam Salam said, as he prepared to form a government which aims to resolve months of dispute over the vote and shield the country from war in neighboring Syria.

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Found 1 month ago on channel Reuters

Syria opposition's quest to form councils beset by infighting

At an election conference in Turkey, groups from the spectrum of the revolution represent competing interests as city and provincial councils are chosen for Aleppo. GAZIANTEP, Turkey — On the banquet hall stage, a young girl with a Syrian opposition flag painted on her left cheek sang antigovernment songs, a sort of greatest hits of the Syrian revolution.

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Found more than 1 month ago on channel Los Angeles Times

Anxiety builds as Kenyans wait for presidential winner

NAIROBI - Kenyan authorities said the outcome of the country's presidential election would not be compromised by the failure of electronic vote counting technology that has delayed results for a third day.

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Found more than 1 month ago on channel Reuters