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After a small but vocal group of people complained about the quality of Netflix’s streaming service, the company has responded to the issue on the company's corporate blog. In the post, Neil Hunt, chief product officer at Netflix, identified three points in the system that could affect a user’s experience: CDNs, the variety of content and...
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Classic movie fans rejoice: One of Hollywood’s biggest movie vaults is about to be opened up. Warner Brothers has started a new DVD-on-demand service where you will eventually be able to order any of the company’s 6,800 theatrical features that are not currently available on disc. Here’s how...
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It's no Lightning GT, but you won't have to sell the roof over your head in order to afford it. Tata's Nano, which has been coined the "world's cheapest car" since debuting to high hopes last January, it just about ready to roll off the production line, but it won't be easy to get one. After suffering through months of delays, this tiny vehicle...
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If you’re looking for a better way to enjoy YouTube videos on your mobile phone, you’ll be excited to know YouTube has revamped the Windows Mobile and Symbian versions of its mobile application. The company claims the new app is 90% faster at loading videos. In addition to faster video loads...
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If you thought the Game Developers Conference was restricted to the likes of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, consider this. The show hasn't even kicked off good, and we're already looking at two hugely important releases from the likes of ARM and Intel. The latter company has just proudly...
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While ARM's latest onslaught of announcements have been quite remarkable, we'd say that all of them combined can't measure up to the magnitude of this one. Today, the company famous for its Cortex processors has announced the Mali graphics processing unit (GPU) technology while simultaneously...
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Bigfoot Networks Launches Killer Xeno™: Second-Generation Gaming Network CardSAN FRANCISCO, Game Developers Conference – March 23, 2009 – Bigfoot Networks, the networking technology company behind the Killer™ line of gaming network cards, today launched Killer Xeno, the...
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A team of U.K. researchers have developed robotic fish that they plan to use to detect pollution. The researches plan a trial of five robotic fish in the northern Spanish port of Gijon. If successful, they hope to use the fish in waterways worldwide. Unlike earlier models, which had to be...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has frequently commented on the so-called "Apple Tax," which is what is referred to as the premium people pay to buy Apple products. On Thursday, at the McGraw-Hill Companies' 2009 Media Summit 2009 in New York, Ballmer told people just what exactly that premium gets a consumer. NPD noted that Apple retail sales...
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Opera is bypassing handset manufacturers and going straight to U.S. wireless carries in an attempt to further the distribution of its popular mobile web browser. The move isn’t completely new for Opera Software. In fact, Opera currently has license agreements with European carriers Vodafone and T-Mobile. Through these agreements, the Opera...
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According to figures released by CyberSource Corporation, the airline industry has experienced significant online fraud. In fact, the airline survey commissioned by CyberSource reveals that airlines worldwide lost more than $1.4 billion to fraudsters in 2008. That figure is roughly equivalent to 1.3% of worldwide airline revenue. Online fraud...
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It's no secret that Dell has been spending a few of its research and development dollars in the mobile department, but until now, we've yet to actually hear from Texas how close it was to releasing a tangible product. Accordig to a new report from Barron's, it's close enough to have shown at...
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TomTom recently unveiled its new Map Update Service which will provide customers with easy access to a full year’s worth of quarterly map updates for a one-time fee. This new service will cost as little as $39.80 per year or $9.95 per map release. To receive the map updates, users will need to...
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It was over a year ago that reports emerged of Netflix surveying users about possible streaming to the Xbox 360 (which eventually came to fruition) and the PS3. New reports have arisen about Netflix asking the same questions, this time about the PS3 and the Nintendo Wii. In email surveys sent to customers, reports indicate that both the Nintendo...
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As you can tell from the model name (BIS-6550HD from earlier this month; BIS-6540HD from present), there aren't a whole lot of differentiating factors in Habey's newest HTPC. And hey, that's the good news! Just like the machine we saw emerge about a week ago, this new system includes an Intel...
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Can it be? Can it be? Nintendo's Wii has finally left its perpetual state of "sold out?" We can't definitely say that's the case across the board, but we can personally say that we've seen more Wiis on local store shelves (meaning at least one, and usually not two) over the past month than...
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Looking to construct a new HTPC? Need a graphics card to finish the build? If so, MSI's hoping you'll cast a glance its way, as it has just announced two new cards that are prime candidates for media center PCs. The R4600 HDMI series is currently made up of just two cards -- the R4650 and R4650 -- both of which include HDMI sockets for easy...
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Need a portable hard drive that can withstand the elements? Look no further than Freecom's latest, the appropriately named ToughDrive Sport. The drive is a durable, shock-resistant 2.5" device that has been engineered to "endure even the toughest conditions." We won't judge whether your needs...
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Federal prosecutors recently filed felony fraud and money-laundering charges against a Michigan man who is accused of duping Apple into sending him more than 9,000 replacement iPod Shuffles. According to court documents, Nicholas Woodhams of Kalamazoo, Mich. received 9,075 iPod Shuffles from...
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Not counting tasting popcorn or soda or whatever yummy morsels you might have snuck into a movie theater, the only human senses that are typically engaged in "watching" a movie are seeing and hearing--someone sitting behind you, kicking your seat, doesn't count, as that is not part of the...
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iTunes customers can now buy and rent films in high definition. If you thought this feature was already available, let us clear up the confusion. High-definition content was first announced at Macworld Expo 2008 in concert with the Apple TV Take Two update and the introduction of movie rentals. At the time, only rentals were available in high-definition,...
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