Here’s an interesting article about preparations for high-definition broadcasting from this year’s Super Bowl.
In addition to just about every camera being high-definition, there is some interesting prototype technology being used.
ABC Sports will field test the Sony advanced prototype HD super slo-mo camera system, according to Robert Willox, director of marketing for content creation at Sony [...]

Tivo Series 2 devices will be getting a recycle bin as part of a future update. Which is a nice feature, but unfortunately, DirecTV isn’t planning any updates to their DirectTV Tivo boxes, so this will be yet another nice feature we won’t get.

This is absolutely hilarious.

When I was younger, a favorite TV show was Hogan’s Heroes. Kind of a silly show, but the characters were fun, and the stories entertaining.
HDNet is a high-definition channel available on DirecTV with some original content, as well as a few shows from the past. One is Hogan’s Heroes, which they broadcast in full [...]

Sci Fi Wire has news today that there could be a Serenity sequel.
As background for those unfamiliar with Serenity or Firefly, Firefly is a TV series, science fiction of course, from 2002. IMDB reports there were 15 episodes. Here’s the plot outline:
In the distant future, Captain Malcolm ‘Mal’ Reynolds is a renegade former interstellar officer [...]

Way cool - The Legos Web site now has a feature that lets you create your own Legos design, and have the pieces sent to you to build. Check out the Lego.com Factory. It’s even compatible with Mac OS X!

There are many announcements and cool new products showing at the CES in Las Vegas. Huge 103″ HDTVs, Blu-Ray and HD DVD players, wannabe iPod killers, gadgets, computers, etc.
Here’s some links to sites with news:
Endgadget has lots of news, and is live-blogging many of the keynotes and presentations.
HD Beat
Popular Mechanics
CES 2006 Web site