News "Other" October 2008 News Archive

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EA Bans Forum Brats from Games

Posted by: Jonathan M

Any misbehaving on EA forums could not only get you banned from the forums but, banned from their purchased EA games as well ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

TiVo & Netflix Stream Together

Posted by: Jonathan M

The deal struck between the two corporations requires Netflix to stream movies and TV episodes from Netflix's "Watch Instantly" service free of charge ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

MTV on the Web

Posted by: Jonathan M

MTV's huge library of more than 16,000 music videos and counting are available to be watched on its new website free of charge ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Movie Pirate Caught in Action

Posted by: Jonathan M

Police catch man recording the movie "Enchanted" with his high definition JVC camcorder ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Tips, Tricks, Hacks for PS3, Wii, and XBOX

Posted by: Jonathan M

Here you will find 7 tips and tricks for the Wii, 17 for the XBOX, and 28 for the PS3 so that you can get the most out of your console ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Wal-Mart Launches New DRM-Free MP3 Site

Posted by: Jonathan M

After shutting down their DRM servers a few weeks ago, Wal-Mart has now re-launched a DRM-Free website for you to download all your music ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Black Friday Pricing Leaked

Posted by: Jonathan M

These Sears Black Friday prices were leaked showing the low low pricing of electronics ranging from digital cameras to HDTV's ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Netflix Includes Mac Users

Posted by: Jonathan M

Netflix has announced that its "Watch Instantly" streaming service is now compatible with Macs ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Buy a Dell & Get Pre-Installed Movies

Posted by: Jonathan M

Dell and CinemaNow have teamed up to offer Dell customers the ability to buy computers with digital movies pre-installed ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

TiVo Adds Some Extras for its VOD Subscribers

Posted by: Jonathan M

TiVo adds Disney & Jaman to its already large video on demand service ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Netflix Streams to Samsung

Posted by: Jonathan M

Samsung is now offering select Blu-ray DVD devices that can play video streamed over the web from Netflix ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Analog to Digital Transfer

Posted by: Jonathan M

According to a recent study, twenty percent of all "antenna" users will not make the digital transition rendering their analog TVs useless ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Pioneer Puts Qflix into Burners

Posted by: Jonathan M

Sonic & Pioneer have come out with two new DVD writers that make the task of burning a DVD movie much more simple ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Circuit City to Close 150 Stores

Posted by: Jonathan M

In a desperate last attempt at avoiding bankruptcy, Circuit City has decided to shut down at least 150 of its electronic stores nationwide ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

New Software Makes HDTVs Cheaper

Posted by: Jonathan M

From a manufacturing plant in the UK comes a new type of software that cuts down on the amount of chips needed in LCD and Plasma TVs resulting in cheaper ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

HP to Make Touchscreen Devices

Posted by: Jonathan M

HP is diving in to the touchscreen market first with a touchscreen notebook,touchscreen cell phones, and even a netbook ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

SanDisk SlotMusic Player

Posted by: Jonathan M

SanDisk will attempt to take over physical music media by introducing their slotMusic players that take MicroSD cards ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

First LCD TV with Built-In Blu-ray Recorder

Posted by: Jonathan M

Sharp will begin selling the worlds first LCD TV with a built-in Blu-ray recorder ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Adobe Releases Flash Player 10

Posted by: Jonathan M

Adobe officially releases Flash Player 10 boasting new expressive features and performance enhancements ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Sony to Stream Hancock to Bravia TVs

Posted by: Jonathan M

Sony's Bravia Internet Video service will stream the new release movie Hancock to Bravia capable TVs on October 28th ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Warner Bros + DivX Strike a Deal

Posted by: Jonathan M

Warner Bros. made an announcement today that online retailers would now start to digitally distribute movies from the studio in the DivX standard format ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Wal-Mart Reneges on DRM Decision

Posted by: Jonathan M

About two weeks ago Wal-Mart made the statement they were shutting down their DRM servers shafting early adopters who bought the DRM music ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Full Length TV Shows on YouTube

Posted by: Jonathan M

Google has just revealed that YouTube will now start playing full length favorite TV shows with minimal advertising ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Pre-order The Dark Knight Today

Posted by: Jonathan M

You can now pre-order your copy of The Dark Knight on Blu-ray for only $24.95 ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

SlingCatcher Now Out

Posted by: Jonathan M

The SlingCatcher brings all of your media, including broadcast TV, web favorites, and other personal PC content to the TV by adding it to your home ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Video Game Advertising

Posted by: Jonathan M

Google puts its hand in another cookie jar as this time its video game advertising ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Netflix Charges More for Blu-ray

Posted by: Jonathan M

Netflix sticks its customers with a $1 surcharge for adding Blu-ray movies to their queue ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Harmony Universal Remote for $99

Posted by: Jonathan M

Logitech has just released the Harmony 510 with a LCD screen that can control all your electronics devices for only $99 ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Online Releases Before DVD

Posted by: Jonathan M

In an attempt to combat piracy, Warner Bros. has decided to release movies online before the official DVD release date ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

TiVo Wins Against DISH

Posted by: Jonathan M

Its been a very long road for TiVo but it seems to have paid off by the court ordering DISH Network to pay TiVo $104 ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

VuDo Launches HDX

Posted by: Jonathan M

The broadband movie company Vudu launches HDX, a high-definition video format that allows viewing of Web-based content in 1080p ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Hitachi's New Wireless HD Camcorder

Posted by: Jonathan M

Hitachi just recently unveiled a new camcorder they have been working on that is capable of streaming standard and high definition video wirelessly ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Netflix Acquires More Movies

Posted by: Jonathan M

The new Netflix streaming video service just got more new release movies from Starz to add to its already large selection ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

Wal-Mart Throws DRM to the Curb

Posted by: Jonathan M

Wal-Marts had decided to get rid of DRM all together which is a great thing but may leave some early customers quite angry ... Read more ...

Oct

2008

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