Myka - Movies, TV, Internet and More - My Way

Myka, which recently began shipping an IPTV set-top box (STB), is offering a $100 discount to entice developers to roll up their sleeves and contribute to its device’s open-source, Linux-based software stack.

Myka positions its eponymously-named “Myka STB” as a BitTorrent client for televisions, and has coined the term “TorrentTV” to characterize this capability.

“The more popular a large video file [is], the faster it can be transferred with BitTorrent,” notes Myka. “The result is quick, easy-to-use, high-quality, video downloads from major studios and content providers without tying up you computer for hours.”

In addition to BitTorrent downloads, the Myka STB will, over time, feature a growing variety of content and download services, “all seamlessly directed right into the TV in your living room without the need for consumers to monkey around with compatibility issues,” Myka says.

Future Internet-based content sources seem likely to include YouTube, Hulu, and various television networks’ streamed video, plus Internet radio aggregation services such as Shoutcast.

GM says bankruptcy ?

As General Motors finally caved this morning, waved the white flag and filed for bankruptcy, those following electric cars immediately wondered what this all would mean for the long-awaited Volt. For years now, GM has steadfastly affirmed that it was moving forward with productionregardless of what else was going on within the company and the economy at large.

According to Technology Review, a GM spokesperson confirmed again this morning that "the filing will have no impact on the company's plans to start selling the Volt at the end of next year."

That said, we have to wonder how much such a statement really means; reports have stated that the US government may up holding as much as 60 percent of the company, and if the primary goal is to bring the outfit back to profitability as soon as possible, Obama and Company may not feel that pouring even more into the high-priced Volt is a good idea. In related news, we hear Tesla is still taking orders