This is the time of year that industry pundits begin crafting prognostications for the upcoming year. While 2010 has certainly proven itself a year of great new technology, it seems like 2011 may bring up paradigm shifts and battles over intellectual capitol.
We recently upgraded from a Philips Tivo Series 1 to a new HD model with networking and the ability to record HDTV. Using iTivo on my Mac it was pretty straightforward to take some TV shows off the new Tivo and copy them to an iPhone for viewing on-the-go. Going in the other direction, however, it was going to be easier for me to setup my Linux server to host the videos as this has plenty of storage and is always available.