Only days after we heard DirecTV would stop marketing TiVo, TiVo says it will distribute TV and movies online. Unfortunately, those shows will come from the Independent Film Channel, so TiVo's not out of the woods yet.

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Apple's stock hit an all-time high on Friday, based mostly on rumors that the company might partner with Google on some sort of iTunes-on-Google deal. So far, the weekend and all of Monday haven't delivered any update on the rumored deal, but those of you who reaped some profit last week are loving life right now.

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Is the bad press starting to get to Firefox users? NetApplications reported that Firefox lost market share in July, for the first time since its introduction, dropping from 8.7 percent to 8.1 percent. The drop coincides with recent news that Firefox has the same security flaws as, uh, every other browser on the market.

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Everybody seems to have a DVR app for recording TV programs to their computer's hard drive, but what about Web radio? Recording audio streams has always been technically possible with a little internal rerouting of your PC's audio signal chain and a sound recording app like Sound Forge, but now Magix, better known for its programs for musicians and DJs, has a simple solution for recording Web audiocasts.

The company's new Magix Webradio Recorder can record programs or even individual songs from Web radio stations and can save them as OOG, MP3, or WAV files. The program comes with 2000 preset Web radio stations, but users can add new feeds easily. To be fair, there are several programs on the market that already do much the same thing, but Magix is known for designing especially user-friendly apps.

Just think--thanks to modern technology, we're finally back where we were in the '80s, when we could hit Record on our cassette radio boomboxes to record tunes off the radio.

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Today, Logitech officially released the QuickCam Fusion Webcam with the new Video Effects software, which allows users to turn an image into a three-dimensional animated character or give it cartoon-style accessories. In early August, I got a sneak peak at the Fusion and the Video Effects software in action, and I was impressed. The camera itself is sleek, and the stand, though a little funny-looking, is versatile and will securely grip any style monitor, notebook computer, or desktop surface. The Fusion boasts true 1.3-megapixel resolution, a wide-screen lens, better image quality in low-light situations, and better audio quality. All this sounds great, and most other Webcams on the market claim to have the same features, but from Logitech's demonstration, I think the Fusion will actually look as good as its specs sound. In the demo, Logitech's used MSN Messenger's video utility to conference with a person in another office. The sound and the picture were great, and the animated characters were amusing, though unless you're in junior high, I'm not sure when they'd come in handy. The QuickCam Fusion will cost $99.99, and the Video Effects software is included in the package.

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