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Some TVs Go Directly Online for Streaming Movies

Several manufacturers are putting Web connectivity into their TV sets as movies streamed directly from the Internet have become more popular.

Is Blu-ray the saving grace of home entertainment?


While DVD sales and rentals have slowed, entertainment-industry executives are turning to the Blu-ray format as the saving grace for home entertainment in the near-term.

NSW unveils new ID theft laws

THE NSW government plans to create three new identity offences in an overhaul of the state's Crimes Act

Green's in with new stars of the screen

THE latest generation of flatscreen TVs have gone on an energy diet to take your carbon footprint down a size or two.

Study: Viewership of HD programming on the rise


A new study by Knowledge Network reports that 43% of HD-enabled viewers between the ages of 13 and 54 watch high-definition programming every day.

Apple surpasses 100,000 apps at online store


Apple has surpassed 100,000 applications at its online App Store, which has been around only since July 2008.

Study: Technology makes us more social, not less

Social and mobile technologies are enhancing people's social lives, not isolating them, a Pew study has found.

OLED TV Waits in the Wings

LG discusses its roadmap for the introduction of OLED HDTVs

Microsoft improves home networking in Windows 7


One of the major improvements to Windows 7 over Vista and even XP is its ability to bring together all of the devices in your home and manage connections ? wired and wireless ? successfully

Video industry looks for next move on Internet front


While there have been some positive steps recently, the video industry remains slow to embrace innovative, commercially viable ways to migrate TV and film content over to the Internet, according to this report.

Technology makes concerts accessible


Digital music was once a lonely experience -- one user listening to songs on an iPod, for example -- but social media is allowing developers to deliver a concert's community experience through technology

Adding a 'SixthSense' to Your Cellphone

SixthSense uses a camera and projector brought together in a pendant that is worn around the neck.

Sony links new film release to Web-enabled CE products


Sony, beginning today, is offering free viewings of its "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs" to shoppers who buy the company's Web-enabled TVs and Blu-ray players.

Fox readies new interactive technology for video discs

Fox is developing a new video disc-related technology called FoxPop that, with a free download, will allow viewers to receive facts, photos, games and trivia about the content they are watching.
 

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Design meets Technology in New York

To showcase how well home technology can combine with interior design, New York based Crescendo Designs has opened a new showroom that's actually a 2,500-square-foot home.

Date: 1/28/2012 | Learn More

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