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We’d heard earlier stirrings about Microsoft’s branching out into entertainment, but out at the E3 show, we got a great look at what they were planning to do to make the Xbox 360 an even bigger part of your home theater system, and the big news is all Kinect.

This particular chunk of news makes me a very, very happy individual, because in general I am in favor of most anything that advances the concept of home theater. And this is going to do it in spades. Reports are emerging that say that Microsoft is looking to show off [...]

Considering that Monday is the slated date for Apple’s WWDC in which a hefty chunk of Apple news will emerge and just plain old amaze us all, it’s not surprising that some stuff is going to slip out well ahead of schedule. And we’ve got one such tidbit to show [...]

What better way to start a Friday off then with an FCC filing revealing a yet to be announced product. And sure, this one may not be the most exciting ever to have been revealed, but as a Sonos user myself I have to say that my interest level has [...]

Oddly enough, we haven’t heard a whole lot out of the crew at SlingBox of late. But now, there’s a little extra chunk of news that’s slipped out, especially if you’re a SlingBox owner who has–or who’s looking at–a Google TV. SlingPlayer for Connected Devices has just been released (though [...]

Netflix users, you may have a bit of reason to be concerned, especially if you like Starz content on your Netflix queue. Seems Starz is asking a whole lot more cash to keep content on Netflix, from $30 million last year, to $350 million this year.

It’s always kind of a shame to see a product line get killed off before it can even hit shelves, but that’s the nature of the technology game, really. Sometimes products don’t even manage to take on the market before they’re shut down, and that’s what happened to Qualcomm’s Mirasol [...]

Apple is set to launch iCloud, and according to reports, the company will give free iCloud accounts to Mac users who will upgrade to OSX 10.7 Lion.

I read a report, not so long ago, that says the greatest threat to television advertising is no longer the DVR, but rather, the smartphone. Seems people weren’t paying a whole lot of attention to television advertising but rather playing with their smartphones during commercial breaks. And this makes sense–if [...]

It’s something of a speculative point, but reports are emerging that suggest that, when Apple rolls out the WWDC red carpet next week, it will roll out an unexpected bonus with it: special pricing for students and educators.