Match.com for Families

Friends For Families, a sort of match.com for families, quotes a study that says 25% of people claim that that they have no close personal friends. They aim to help families find other, compatible families to establish friendships. At its core it’s a match.com for families (without the dating and sex, I assume). It will officially launch on September 19. There is no free version of the site (mistake no. 1) – users must pay a yearly fee of $20 to

AOL to send movies to your TV

AOL and Intel will reportedly announce next week that owners of the Intel Viiv powered Media Center PC will soon be able to send downloaded video to their plasma screen or LCD TVs. Michael Kanellos, editor at large of News.com, cited unnamed sources close to the companies in his post on the news. This is the logical next step in the world of big vendor movie downloads and AOL looks like they’ll beat Apple’s iTV to the punch. AOL Video already has some of the most extensive deals with movie studios of anyone in the video on demand space. Viiv owners will also be able to download and play music, according to Kanellos. The Viiv is a combination of various hardware and software including DRM and a network card. Intel has entered into deals with a number of content providers to allow delivery of media through Viiv.