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Boxee Announces Sales Numbers, Reveals Surprising Trend

The Recently Announced Sales Numbers For The Boxee Box Are Bigger Than Some May Expect, Represent An Unexpected Trend
By on Friday, 13. April 2012

A decidedly strange bit of news lands in our bailiwick this morning as Boxee gives us some word via their Twitter feed about how many units they’ve sold, and how many users they count. And while these numbers are by themselves noteworthy, it’s what they represent that’s even more of [...]

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Apple Planning New Way To Build Earbuds

Newly Unearthed Apple Patent Details A New Way To Make Earbuds All In One Continuous Plastic Shell
By on Thursday, 12. April 2012

Earbud headphones are seen, somewhat, as a necessary evil. While they seldom produce the same kind of sound quality as full headphones can, they are much, much easier to carry around and are therefore the most portable way, right now, to keep your sound to yourself while on the go. [...]

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Dolby & Phillips Bring New Way To Put HD 3D On Glasses-Free Devices

Want Your 3D In HD Without All The Trouble With Glasses? Talk To Philips & Dolby
By on Thursday, 12. April 2012

Though more than a few had thought that the resurgence in 3D video, especially for the home theater market, would prove little more than a poorly-supported gimmick that would phase out with the passage of time, it seems to be continuing on quite unabated. And the folks out at Dolby [...]

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Canon C500 Puts 4K Punch In Their Digital Camera Line

Canon's Digital Camera Line Gets A Hefty Shot Of 4K Video Shooting With The Launch Of Their New C500 Camera
By on Thursday, 12. April 2012

Below is an image of the Canon C500. And though it looks impressive enough from the outside, as it turns out, the real joy of this device is contained just beneath the surface. Because what it’s offering is a serious punch to your video shooting capability in the form of [...]

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Louvre Uses Nintendo 3DS Devices In An Unexpected Way

World-Famous Art Museum The Louvre In Paris Offers Nintendo 3DS Users To Patrons, But Not For What You'd Expect
By on Wednesday, 11. April 2012

Video game systems in art museums? On first hearing that, some might think it would be a move to pacify children who aren’t quite mature enough yet for the full art experience, or perhaps as some kind of modern art installation where users are tracked going through a museum via [...]

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Amazon Now Accepting CD's As Part Of The Amazon Trade-In Program

Have A Stack Of Old CD's Sitting Around? You Can Now Trade Them In Using The Amazon Trade-In Program
By on Wednesday, 11. April 2012

Amazon has announced a little change for the Trade-In Program. That change, they are now accepting trade-ins on your old and used CD’s. Yup, Amazon has opened things up and appear to be helping those who have converted their CD’s into digital tracks get rid of the clutter.

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Eye-Fi Announces Their Latest Wi-Fi-equipped SD Card, The Mobile X2

Eye-Fi Mobile X2 Announced, Features Include 8GB Of Storage With Endless Memory Mode, Wi-Fi & A $79.99 Price Tag
By on Wednesday, 11. April 2012

The folks over at Eye-Fi have officially rolled out the latest in the family of connected memory cards. The model is the Eye-Fi Mobile X2 and it has arrived for sale as of today.

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D-Link MovieNite Provides Another Streaming Alternative

The Set-Top Box Market Gets A Little More Crowded With The Bargain Alternative D-Link Streaming Box
By on Tuesday, 10. April 2012

Roku, Boxee, Apple TV…all of them are, in their own special way, fine streaming alternatives. Fine enough for many to wonder why anyone else would want to enter such a market. And now, we get one more entrant in the market from the folks at D-Link, who have brought out [...]

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Netflix Signs Multi-Year Deal With Hasbro

Recently-Revived Hasbro Brings Variety Of Program Options To Netflix Streaming In Deal, Including Plenty You Grew Up With
By on Tuesday, 10. April 2012

It’s not out of line to say that many of our readers are children of the 80s, and as such, remember some of the great old shows for kids, like The Transformers and G.I. Joe. And while many of these shows have had some retooling done over the years, thanks [...]

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Acer C120 Pico Projector Gets Unveiled

Acer's C120 Projector Goes On Sale, Offering A Big Picture From A Small Device For Your PC
By on Monday, 9. April 2012

Admittedly, most of us will likely never feel the need to host an impromptu YouTube video viewing party away from our houses in easy range of a Wi-Fi connection, but for those of us who do–or for those of us who just want an easy way to put their computer [...]

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