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Common Gateway Interface. A method used by WWW pages to communicate with programs run on the web server.
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CGI - by Sam WhitmoreHow can you not admire TiVo, the Alviso, Calif.-based company thatpioneered the use of digital video recorders (DVRs) and built a brandsynonymous with the DVR category?Investors might not. Though it is currently cash-flow positive, TiVo(nasdaq: TIVO - news - people ) hasn't made a dime in five years. Thecompany desperately needs a partner to sell DVR service directly tocable TV subscribers, but carriers Comcast (nasdaq: CMCSA - news -people ), Cox Communications (nyse: COX - news - people ), CharterCommunications (nasdaq: CHTR - news - people ), Time Warner (nyse: TWX- news - people ) and Adelphia Communications (otc: ADELQ - news -people ) all offer DVRs built by TiVo competitors.DirecTV (nyse: DTV - news - people ), which according to TiVo ChiefFinancial Officer Dave Courtney generates 900,000 of TiVo's 1.6million subscribers, last month sold its 3.4 million TiVo shares andis gearing up to offer DVRs built by NDS Group (nasdaq: NNDS - news -people ), a TiVo archrival. TiVo's latest 10-Q statement spells out 36material threats to the company.http://www.forbes.com/columnists/2004/07/06/0707whitmore.html
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