If you want to see how technology has affected culture, just look at what's happened to music. From MP3s to the Apple iPod and the iTunes Store; from the original Napster through Kazaa and the RIAA lawsuits, the digital revolution changed how we experience music in just about every way. But one bi...
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The scoop: Slacker G2 Personal Radio Player, by Slacker.com, US$200 (4GB) or $250 (8GB). What it is: Before I get to the device, here's a quick description of the Slacker.com radio service. Like another Internet radio service, Pandora , Slacker lets users create personalized radio "stations...
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Netflix continues to find as many ways as possible to get movies into your home. The latest is a new partnership with TiVo, announced today . This adds TiVo boxes to the list of devices that will allow you to view Netflix movies; the other devices include your PC, the Roku Netflix box , and--so...
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A tenth of a millimeter might not seem like much, but in the competitive world of flat-panel televisions it's enough for Samsung to steal the thinnest-TV crown from Philips. At an event in South Korea last week Samsung unveiled a prototype 40-inch LCD (liquid crystal display) that is just 7.9 mil...
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Select Samsung Blu-ray Disc players are now able to stream Netflix movies, the two companies announced this morning . Samsung's memorably named BD-P2500 and BD-P2550 set-top players will allow Netflix subscribers to access their Queue, play titles (only those that are available for streaming, thou...
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If you want to see how technology has affected culture, just look at what's happened to music. From MP3s to the Apple iPod and the iTunes Store; from the original Napster through Kazaa and the RIAA lawsuits, the digital revolution changed how we experience music in just about every way. But one bi...
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We first looked at video-streaming site Hulu about a year ago when it was operating on a private invite-only basis. In that time, the joint venture between NBC and Fox has opened to the public and expanded its offerings. In the process, it's become one of the most prominent places for watching tel...
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Western Digital on Monday announced the WD TV HD Media Player , a US$130 device that plays back high-definition video on a television. The WD TV HD Media Player also features audio and photo playback. You connect one or two USB hard drives (or a USB camera, camcorder, or mass storage device) with...
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Antares updated its vocal and instrument pitch correction plug-in Auto-Tune , adding several new features and settings. A new option has been added allowing the user to turn on or off the display of the Output Pitch Curve in Graphical Mode. Because this is something the company feels will be used ...
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Illustration: Lou Beach Those Chinese pirates are quite resourceful fellows, as they are now copying Blu-Ray movies onto regular DVD discs thanks to the AVC HD video format. The pirated movies can only run up to 720p resolution, as opposed to the 1080p resolution true Blu-Ray discs offer, and...
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In January 2007, Netflix brought the ability to watch a limited number of its catalog of movies and TV shows to users of Windows-based PCs--all for free, as a part of an existing Netflix subscription. This summer, the company began working with hardware companies to embed Netflix Instant Watching ...
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The Beatles are coming together with MTV and the makers of Rock Band for their first interactive video game experience. The Fab Four will make their digital debut in a game being developed by Harmonix and published by MTV Games, the companies announced Thursday. Contrary to early speculation , th...
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The dangers of headphones now extend beyond accidentally walking into traffic: a new report released today suggests that pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) may react negatively to the magnets inside MP3-player headphones. After testing eight different models of earbuds a...
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It's always interesting to see Netflix CEO Reed Hastings talk, because he has very clear and well-argued opinions about the future of the Web and TV. Or more specifically, the eventual fusion of the Web and TV. He picks winners and losers and pulls no punches. Nobody denies that the marriage of W...
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Google is getting into the video chat game with a new feature available as of Tuesday. Gmail Video and Voice offers Webcam-based video conferencing to all Gmail users. The service is available free of charge. How It Works Gmail Video and Voice requires a browser plug-in and either a microp...
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The U.S. military last week launched TroopTube , a new site to upload and share videos, more than a year after the U.S. Department of Defense banned YouTube from military networks for being a bandwidth hog. TroopTube is designed to help military families connect and keep in touch when separated,...
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Attention movie aficionados: Bluckbuster is reportedly in the process of building a set-top box that can stream movies to your TV. Responding to Microsoft's Xbox 360's movie downloads and Roku player 's Netflix rental services, Blockbuster is also trying to revive its offering with fresh new digi...
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Apple's top selling Macs are laptops, but many of those have a semi-permanent home on a desk, like a desktop Mac. Logitech's $99 AudioHub is a compact, desktop speaker system for your laptop that aims to enhance your movie watching and music listening. The AudioHub's main section, which hosts a...
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Netflix is exiting the previously-viewed DVD market. In a blog post yesterday , the company said it would stop selling DVDs to its members as of November 30 to focus on DVD rentals and streaming video. "Our core business is delivering great movie rentals to you on DVD by mail and instantly to ...
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The makers of the Flip Camcorder, Pure Digital Technologies, today launched a new product: the Flip Mino HD . The new camera weighs a little over 3 oz., records 60 minutes of HD video, takes HD still photos, and sells for about $230. FlipShare software is preloaded on the device, which allows you ...
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