We've all seen how TiVo, the granddaddy of DVR's, revolutionized TV in 1999. What followed was an avalanche of copycat digital video recorders that hasn't stopped yet. Can the pause, replay, fast forward control of live radio be just as successful? You can be sure that Pulsar will settle for just half of the success accomplished by TiVo and other DVR manufacturers. Pulsar has designed a new update for its XM and SIRIUS desktop clientele. Along with some interface improvements, the 2.0 update gives Pulsar the ability to pause, replay or fast forward live radio. Pulsar, which runs on Mac OS X 10.5 or higher, lets XM and SIRIUS customers tune in to their favorite channels without having to deal with cumbersome Web browser interfaces...
The Pulsar interface of the $20 app gives you station listings information on what's currently playing, and station artwork. You can also save your favorite channels. With the version 2 update, you can pause live radio stations and then go back to where you left off. You can also use a new Next Song command to skip songs you don't like (sure to be a popular choice), or jump backwards to catch something you might have missed. You can re-sort your Favorites list and see the title of the song that's playing, which should be mandatory in all radios...
While PCWorld is calling the new Pulsar device "an elegant satellite radio experience", I'm not so sure that radio consumers want a TiVo for radio, elegant or not. Pulsar hopes it catches on with SIRIUS XM so they can revolutionize radio like TiVo did with TV...
10 Timeline Memories:
1.1916] Talkin’ Baseball: The Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds play a 9-inning game with just one baseball…
2.1956] Wedding Bells: Marilyn Monroe sings "I want to be loved by you" to Arthur Miller as they walk down the aisle. Sadly the marriage will end with a Mexican divorce in 1961…
3.1967] Hollywood tragedy: 34-year old blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield and 2 others are killed when their car goes into the back of a truck on U.S. highway 90. Her daughter, Mariska Hargitay survives…
4.1972] The Supes rule: The Supreme Court rules the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment."...
5.1995] What's up dock?: The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir dock, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth...
6.1996] Sold to the highest bidder: Superman Action Comic #1 (1938) is auctioned at Sotheby's to Maryland businessman Steve Geppi for $61,900 and a pound of kryptonite...
7.2002] ‘Happy Trails’: Singer Rosemary Clooney passes away at her Beverly Hills home following a long battle with lung cancer. Rosemary was 74…2003] Legendary actress Katharine Hepburn dies of natural causes at 96…2007] ABC-TV movie critic Joel Siegel passes away from colon cancer at 63…
8.2004] 4,000 Ks: Arizona pitcher Randy Johnson becomes the fourth pitcher in major league history to record 4,000 strikeouts...
9.2007] I phone, you phone, we all phone for iPhone: Apple Inc. rolls out their iPhone in the U.S. Here's the new version...
10.2009] Gotcha: Bernie Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in prison for securities fraud, among other charges. He bilked investors of almost $65 billion...
Music Memory:
•1957] Buddy Holly starts recording "Peggy Sue" in Clovis (NM). The single will be released on September 20th and peak at #3...
Commentary:
WFAN (660) celebrates its 23th anniversary on Thursday, July 1st. WFAN became the 1st All-Sports station in the nation when Suzyn Waldman opened the mic to a new format at 3 p.m. July 1, 1987, a Wednesday. WFAN has an average audience of over one million listeners a week and is usually the top billing station in the country. Happy Anniversary WFAN...
"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Nicole Scherzinger (32), Evelyn "Champagne" King (50), Colin ("Men At Work") Hay (57), Dan Dierdorf (61), former Congressman Fred ("The Love Boat") Grandy (62), Richard Lewis (63), Gary Busey (66) and Robert Evans (80)...
Timeline Countdown: 5 days until July 4th, 14 days until the MLB All-Star game & 26 days until NFL training camps begin to open...
