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Facebook friends 'Tapestries of Hope' Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:26PMHow Facebook played a role in a human rights activist's release from an Africa prison -- and then got involved in her documentary about the trip.
86th annual Zozobra: The lives and deaths of a beloved bogeyman Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:25PMBorn in 1924, he has suffered a fiery demise every year since and remains Santa Fe's equivalent of the bogeyman. A large crowd is expected today to celebrate the 86th birthday (and death) of Zozobra, aka Old Man Gloom, as the Santa Fe Kiwanis presents his annual burning at Fort Marcy Park.
Husband's Love Message Gets Star Treatment Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:23PMA video in which a cancer patient declares his love for his wife has become a surprise internet hit - thanks in part to cameo appearances from a Hollywood star and a prime minister.
Video rentals fading out Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:15PMEconomic, technological changes threaten brick-and-mortar delivery of movies
Erie Anime Experience: Enjoy, experience, free the geek inside you Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:10PMThink of it as similar to a buffet. People can either cautiously sample or happily gorge themselves on as much anime and Japanese culture as they want.
Netflix adds more streamed movies Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 3:01PMBy Dow Jones Newswires Posted today at 2:25 p.m. Netflix Inc. has reached an agreement to license first-run theatrical movies distributed by Nu Image/Millennium Films for online streaming during the “pay TV window,” when they’re usually available on premium TV channels.
Information delivery for the modern era Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 12:28PMJoe Meidlinger isn’t bashful when describing the potential for his company’s new digital content delivery technology.
Decorating for Small Study Spaces and Dorms Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:09AMIt’s the end of summer and that means back to school. Most young people of all ages are thinking about advancing to the next grade, new clothes, re-connecting with classmates and maybe even new schools. Meanwhile, parents are looking at the home-study environment, seeking functional decorating tips. Whether the space is for elementary, middle, high [...]
Microsoft sends Bing back to school Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:52AMThe company is launching Redu, a site aimed at drawing more people into the debate over the future of U.S. education. Among its features is a Bing map displaying educational job openings.
Winners, losers of summer in Hollywood Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 7:08PMHollywood's summer was dominated by strong box office but fewer people seeing movies, and stars including Adam Sandler and Steve Carell solidifying their value.
The winners and losers of summer in Hollywood Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:39PMIf you spent the summer trying to avoid news, here's what you missed: a season dominated by "American Idol" chaos, strong box office but fewer people seeing movies, and stars including Adam Sandler and Steve Carell solidifying their value.
"Delinkification" is bunk: Linking is good for you Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:21PMThe "links rot our brains" contingent is wrong. Hypertext enhances our understanding and holds writers accountable
BusinessNorth Exclusives Netflix has video stores seeing red Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 4:28PMEveryone knows that Netflix is killing the video store. Everyone except Erik Quinn. He’s the manager of the Mr. Movies store at 3110 Tower Ave. in Superior. He said he can’t speak for the owners, nor for corporate Mr. Movies, but his store, he said, “is doing fantastic.”
Sony eyes Apple's top spot in online content distribution Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 10:08PMWith the launch of its new cloud-based music and movie streaming service, Sony Corp. is hoping to overtake Apple Inc. as the leader in the field. Apple, meanwhile, is looking to maintain its top spot .....
Sony eyes Apple's top spot in online content distribution Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 10:07PMWith the launch of its new cloud-based music and movie streaming service, Sony Corp. is hoping to overtake Apple Inc. as the leader in the field.
Tech TV smackdown Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 12:00AMSilicon Valley's biggest players are battling to bring the TV set into the 21st century. This fall, tech companies, including Google, Apple, Amazon and Sony, are laser-focused on breaking into the living room, using advanced devices and services that marry the television and the Web. Just days after Apple...
Coinstar Not Necessarily Not Partnering With Apple On Something Or Nothing Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 7:35PMCan someone please explain this Bloomberg Businessweek story to me? I've read it a few times and am still having a hard time understanding what is or what isn't being implied, or not implied, about a partnership between Coinstar and Apple. First of all, the title is awful because most people likely don't know that Coinstar owns Redbox (they acquired them last year), the DVD rental kiosk company ...
Coming up: Job loss survivor stories fall movie preview tons of preps action Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 4:49PMJob loss, whether by design or circumstance, is never easy. Oftentimes it requires major lifestyle changes, especially when income from new employment doesnt match that provided by the old job.
Apple TV could help Netflix growth Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:55PMLOS ANGELES, USA: Shares in Netflix Inc neared their all-time high on Thursday, after Apple Inc said that the company's streaming video service would be added to a new version of Apple TV.
Apple TV could help Netflix growth Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:44PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shares in Netflix Inc neared their all-time high on Thursday, after Apple Inc said that the company's streaming video service would be added to a new version of Apple TV.
Apple TV could help Netflix growth Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:19PMBy Alex Dobuzinskis
Tuesday, August 31 Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 2:10AMTonight’s episode starts with Ed doing his Tyler Perry impersonation (for some reason). Browsing through NetFlix’s online streaming collection is not unlike those late Friday nights spent browsing through the movie maze in your local video store.
Report: Amazon working on streaming service Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 12:47AMOnline retail giant is in talks with major media companies to create a new subscription service to deliver movies and TV shows over the Internet, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Amazon eyes subscription Web TV service Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:46PMAmazon.com Inc has approached media companies with a proposal for a subscription service that gives users unlimited access to some television shows and movies over the Internet in a bid to rival Netflix Inc, two people familiar with the talks said on Tuesday.
Amazon trying to create Web-based TV service Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:37PMOnline retailer in talks with major media companies. 1 Sep 2010 10:55 AM
Apple expected to unveil iPod upgrades Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:19PMCompany expected to announce upgrades today for its onetime poster device.
Technology giants fight for online movie, TV streaming rights Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:58PMGoogle and Apple are vying for the rights to stream Hollywood blockbusters and this season's hottest TV series as they rush to bring pay-per-view services to computer screens and connected TVs across the globe.
Google Works To Launch Pay-per-view Films Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:54PMGoogle's YouTube officials are negotiating with Hollywood movie studios to start a global pay-per-view video service at the end of 2010, executives said.
SearchCap: The Day In Search, August 30, 2010 Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 5:19PMMicrosoft previously said there was going to be an Android version of Bing soon, following its successful iPhone app. Today there is — for Verizon Android handsets only however. It was announced on the Bing Community Blog.
Boxee Adds a Movie Library and New Content Partners Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:56PMThe Boxee TV Library is one of those things that seems like an inevitability. It's something that should have existed long ago and now that it does, it's hard to live without. Using the TV Library you can search for television shows online from multiple sources. Read more... (http://www.avrev.com/home-theater-news/home-theater-media-center-pcs-news/boxee-adds-a-movie-library-and ...
Chief Exec’s Exit the Latest Shakeup for Online Retailer Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:13AMThe sudden unexplained departure of its chief executive is the latest sign of tumultuous times at online electronics retailer Newegg Inc.
The quiet mogul Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:01AMTen thousand Netflix shares here and ten thousand shares there and pretty soon you're talking about some real money. That's certainly the case for CEO Reed Hastings, who has regularly sold 5,000 or 10,000 shares of Netflix stock nearly every week for more than seven years...
An award for rebuilding a galaxy, on the Web Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 11:49PMLOS ANGELES -- Hundreds of Internet users remade "Star Wars: A New Hope" into a fan film last year, 15 seconds at a time. This month they all played a part in Emmy history. The finished product, "Star Wars Uncut," won an Emmy Aug. 21 in a relatively new category, interactive media, heaping new attention onto a project that its producers call a "user-directed broadcast."
Google's planning pay-per-YouTube Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 11:48PMGoogle has plans to launch a worldwide paid movie service via YouTube by the end of the year, according to a Financial Times report that cited one source saying, "They've talked about how many people they could steer to this . . . it's a huge number." Streaming movies would cost...
Google plans pay-per-view films Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 9:35PM( FT ) -- Google's YouTube video site is in negotiations with Hollywood's leading movie studios to launch a global pay-per-view video service by the end of 2010, putting it head-to-head with Apple in the race to dominate the digital distribution of film and television content.
Google Plans Pay-Per-View Films Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 8:05AMFinancial Times: Google Pitching Idea to Studios of Streaming On-Demand Movie Service
Blockbuster's Bankruptcy Could Be the Beginning of the End for DVDs Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:08PMFor as long as I can remember, Blockbuster Video has been the nation-wide go-to spot to rent movies. Some of my earliest movie experiences as a child involved movies my family rented from Blockbuster. When the popularity of online music downloads began shuttering music stores, the world realized that Blockbuster's days were similarly numbered. Now it seems that number is quickly approaching zero ...
Sony’s video-streaming SMP-N100 set-top box to take on Roku, Apple TV (Ben Patterson) Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 1:51PMBen Patterson - Set for release later this year, Sony’s upcoming TV set-top box will boast the same media-streaming features as its high-end HDTVs and Blu-ray players, but for a lot less money.
YouTube Gets More Serious About Movies Overseas, Partners With U.K. Streaming Company Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:51AMYouTube is serious about its experiment in streaming full-length movies, despite some previous failings in this area: It's just launched a page jammed with over 400 movie titles. And they're free. If you live in the U.K., that is. There the page at youtube.com/movies is newly expanded, thanks to a partnership with BlinkBox (the U.K.'s "leading video-on-demand movie and TV website"). The ...
YouTube Launches Movies Section for UK Residents Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 8:16AMYouTube has launched its Movies section for UK residents, with 400 free movies in the catalog. The UK version of the Movies section follows the launch of the Shows section of the site, which brought full…
YouTube launches Movie section with Blinxbox Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:59AMYouTube has partnered with Blinxbox to launch a Movies section on its UK site for the first time.
LoveFilm strikes MGM movie streaming deal Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 5:32AMLoveFilm has upped its online movie streaming service following a deal with MGM, which will bring movies including The Graduate and Quantum of Solace to its online player.
YouTube Launches Movies Section for UK Residents Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 3:59AMYouTube has launched its Movies section for UK residents, with 400 free movies in the catalog.
Swapping pay TV for the Internet? Good luck Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 12:12AMIt is a fantasy shared by many Americans: dropping cable television and its fat monthly bills and turning instead to the wide-open frontier of Internet video.
LoveFilm Adds MGM Movie Library; Aims To Be More Than 'Europe's Netflix' Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 3:00AMLoveFilm, which is often regarded as the “Netflix of the Europe,” has struck a major deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios that gives its streaming rental service access to hundreds of classic movies and new home video releases.
LOVEFiLM Strikes Major Digital Deal With MGM Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 3:00AMLOVEFiLM has agreed a major UK distribution deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. to enable its members to watch MGM titles online and on internet-enabled devices through the LOVEFiLM Player.
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10 Things We Learned Today Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 7:48PMVerizon fights back against criticism to their net neutrality statement with Google, saying critics are "dead wrong" about the proposal. Take a look at the house Steve Jobs has been trying to tear down for years; a group of preservationists fighting to save the house have dropped their case.
In the Living Room, Hooked on Pay TV Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 6:04AMDespite the proliferation of Internet video, few Americans are actually canceling pay TV and watching shows online.
In the Living Room, Hooked on Pay TV Monday, August 23, 2010 @ 4:30AMThe proliferation of Internet video has led to much talk of "cord-cutting" - canceling pay TV and watching shows online. But few Americans are actually cutting the cord.