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Is it me, or is the calendar on a rip this year?  As the Labor Day weekend comes to a close and we all stare down the remainder of the year, it sure seems like 2010 has been a sneaky, fast one.  As the saying goes - time flies when you're having fun.

You may have heard the adage before that it is always good to sample your own cooking or as the title suggests - eat your own dog food.  What those phrases mean to say is that you can and should always stand behind whatever product you output - be it a pot of spaghetti or linear live video encoders. 

Unless you live in a cave somewhere or choose to isolate yourself from the media blitz that has surrounded the event - you are aware that Apple has delivered a new mobile handset to the masses.  iPhone 4 is here.  And Inlet Technologies has been working with Apple since well before the launch to ensure that our customers are able to leverage all the fantastic capability this device unleashes. 

Perhaps it is the 100 degree-plus heat that arrived all too soon, or maybe the buzz that seems to ebb and flow in this crazy technology space - but summer is here.  Long gone are the days when summertime meant a slow down in activity - school breaks, swimming pools and backyard fun.  Now, it seems summertime is the period of time when we prepare for the remainder of the year, looking to the calendar to determine when and how we will meet all these new commitments.

A new day arrives Saturday, April 3rd.  This is the day tech geeks and average Joes alike have been talking about, speculating on, and waiting in anticipation for.  For on April 3rd, a new platform will emerge to change the way we watch, read, hell - even touch media.

April 3rd is Day One for the iPad^TM. 

Information is power.  You've heard the adage before.  But bad information is just as powerful, and often times, has more impact than the truth.  But to use another adage - the truth will set you free. 

In case you've been otherwise distracted the past several days, you no doubt have taken in a few minutes of the Winter Olympic Games from Vancouver. This is the second Olympic games I can recall where all the action was offered in high definition on television.

In this constantly evolving, digitally connected world we live in, even The White House is getting into the streaming game. To be clear, they have been for a while - I've just failed to blog about it until now.

Wednesday, Steve Jobs finally announced the device that so many have anticipated for months, maybe years.  The iPad^TM.  Like the iPhone, this device will enable new video experiences for users on the go.  As we've been doing for the last half year, Inlet is proud to announce that we will help our customers support delivery of video to this device when it ships.

Greetings from San Francisco and NewTeeVee Live 2009. It has been a day filled with great announcements and honors. First - I was asked to speak at the show and represent Inlet as one of NewTeeVee's "Next Big Thing," a list of companies identified as market movers.