Thursday 7 March 2013

How to win the streaming set-top box wars

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How to win the streaming set-top box wars

03.01.2013 3:00 AM

It's not clear yet who will dominate the set-top box market in the long term. What is clear is that it's an increasingly competitive space, with Intel joining Apple, Google, Roku, and others. What's the path to dominance in the field?

Review: Sonos's Playbar is a great soundbar for its price

03.04.2013 1:30 PM

The Playbar is one of the best soundbars in its price range, but it can't compete with a midrange AV receiver and a 5.1-channel speaker configuration.

 

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The iPad as a comic-book reader

03.04.2013 3:00 AM

Jason Snell summarizes the current state of affairs when it comes to using the iPad and other tablets as comic-book readers.

Roku introduces Roku 3, revamps user interface

03.05.2013 6:00 PM

As its move in the never-ending game to control the set-top box market, Roku has introduced a replacement for its high-end box, and unveiled a new user interface for its family of streaming products.

Getting to know iTunes 11's Up Next player

03.01.2013 3:30 AM

One of the marquee features of iTunes 11 is Up Next, a new way to queue up songs for your listening sessions. Radically different from iTunes DJ, which this feature replaces, it can be a bit complex. Here's a look at how to get the most out of Up Next.

Pandora restricts free mobile listening to 40 hours per month, citing royalty woes

02.28.2013 6:39 AM

In the face of skyrocketing royalty fees, Pandora reintroduces a 40 hour per month listening cap for free mobile listeners.

Post-Oscar recovery movies

03.01.2013 5:00 AM

Indulging in too many important, indulgent, and lengthy Oscar movies can drain a person's appetite for cinema. Without even a single Oscar nomination among them, these more inventive, lower-budget, and much shorter movies could re-ignite jaded filmic passions, one way or another.

Gesture controls added to Microsoft Kinect's repertoire

03.06.2013 1:00 PM

Hand gestures that allow you to pinch-to-zoom objects on your screen and even duplicate mouse functions have been added to the developers' kit for the Kinect.

Hollywood cracking down on copyright infringement in apps

03.01.2013 1:30 PM

Hollywood is starting to hunt down mobile apps that contain infringing content and asking that they be removed from app stores.

$99 Ouya Android gaming console ships in March

03.01.2013 10:45 AM

Mobile gaming may be getting more popular by the minute, but 2013 is shaping up to be the year of the console, and it?s not just because of new boxes due out from Microsoft and Sony.

RetroN 4 lets you play all your retro games on your HDTV

03.06.2013 11:15 AM

RetroN 4 plays NES, SNES, Genesis and GBA carts on your HDTV.

14 killer hardware deals that cost $100

03.01.2013 3:00 AM

Priced right at $100, these awesome nuggets of technology prove you don't have to spend a fortune to live on the cutting edge.

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