Google Testing Set-Top Box

The Wall Street Journal says that Google has been testing a new set-top box to create their own schedule and find videos from around the internet and TV shows. Google Inc. is testing a new television-programming search service with Dish Network Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, the latest development in a [...more]

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Mar 09 2010
By Nick Upton

HD Tron Legacy Trailer Really Tron 2.0

Everything about the movie looks like Tron version two. Jeff Bridge’s character’s son is starring, the Academy Award winning Dude makes an appearance and the special effects are directly inspired by the wild neon of the original Tron. The scary flying horseshoes and light bikes return too, and are looking stunning. I [...more]

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Mar 09 2010
By Nick Upton

Netflix Streaming Coming to iPhone?

Tech companies often use online surveys to gauge interest in new features or products, and oftentimes these surveys lead to leaks of the proposed features. The most recent Netflix survey has leaked online, thanks to a very interesting potential feature that was mentioned: a new app that would bring Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” feature to iPhones. [...more]

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Mar 08 2010
By J. Matthew Zoss

First iPad Commercial Airs During Oscars

Here’s the very first iPad commercial, which aired during last night’s Oscars. If you’ve been following the device on the blogs then it’s nothing new, but it’s still an entertaining, well put together commercial. It also explains why Steve Jobs was seen on the red carpet, which is pictured below: In other Oscar news, the techno-tastic Avatar [...more]

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Mar 08 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Hulu Loses Comedy Central

Interestingly, I was just ruminating last night to friends about the value of having Viacom shows on Hulu, a service owned by FOX, ABC & NBC. Then this morning, we get the news that as of today, Comedy Central content will be pulled from Hulu. This is bad news for consumers, but I honestly don’t see [...more]

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Mar 06 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

UK Bill May Halt Public WiFi

As a man who’s currently writing this article on the public WiFi provided by my local coffee shop, I’m somewhat alarmed to hear that the UK may soon be erecting copyright standards so impossible to meet that it’d signal the end of public WiFi. The culprit? The Digital Economy Bill currently working its way through [...more]

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Mar 04 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Google Labs Promotes 6, Kills 5

A graduation day for some, an execution day for others. Ah, the digital circle of life. Google Labs recently did a bit of housecleaning in its more than 60 features, pulling up nearly as many as it pushed down to web oblivion. The six promoted? Search Autocomplete, which works much like the Google home page autocomplete Go To [...more]

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Mar 04 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

iTunes Celebrates Its 10 Billionth Download

Ten billion served! Kind of impressive for an idea many thought wouldn’t work that ended up destroying an entire industry nobody liked in the first place. iTunes, which holds amongst its scalps the entire music industry, celebrated its 10 billionth download since the service launched in April of 2003. The song? An old Johnny Cash tune, [...more]

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Mar 03 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

What’s Next for NASA?

Interesting article from the Washington Post this morning – so the White House has called off a plan to go to the moon, and the space shuttles are mere months away from being decommissioned. For the first time in decades, NASA has no specific location it’s headed to next. Where NASA heads next seems to be [...more]

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Mar 03 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos

Workplace Friendships Good For Morale, Bad For Everything Else

Are you one of those bosses who wants your co-workers to all like each other and get along? Turns out, you may be hurting the company’s bottom line. File this one under, “mean but true,” as it turns out that workplace friendships lower overall productivity within the company. Here’s some of the numbers: only 45% of [...more]

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Mar 02 2010
By Asterios Kokkinos