Kirkland, Wash. - Digeo, a maker of digital video recorder devices and services under the Moxi brand name, announced on Tuesday that it will lay off nearly half of its staff, or 80 employees, and cancelled plans to release two new product lines. Kirkland, Wash.-based Digeo, which is majority-owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, also announced that CEO Mike Fidler has stepped down, and been replaced by president and COO Greg Gudorf.

Kirkland, Wash. - Digeo, makers of the Moxi digital media recorder set-top box device, announced on Thursday the beta release of a PC application that lets PC users with a TV tuner card and Windows XP to watch, record and play TV content from their PC. Kirkland, Wash.-based Digeo said its Moxi set-tops have been deployed in more than 400,000 homes by eight U.S. cable operators.