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Barnes And Noble's $249 Nook Tablet Revealed To Rival Kindle Fire

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YouTube Launches Politics Channel, Disney To Acquire Indiagames, Brian Lam On Jobs, Gizmodo, And The iPhone 4

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This Week In Bots: Smooth Moves Edition

Come on droidy, do the locomotion...READ»

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Rich Ross Makes Moves (And Movies) At Disney

Innovation in Hollywood isn't for the faint of heart. Meet Rich Ross, the outsider (from television, no less!) tugging Disney's movie studio into the 21st century. [UPDATE: Now there's even more tugging, following halted production on one of the first big franchises in his stable, "The Lone Ranger."]READ»

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Tron Guy Rejoice: Disney, Microsoft Unveil HTML5 Graphic Novel "Tron: Legacy"

"We were blown away by the potential of this technology for the graphic novel," Disney creative director Nashie Castro tells us.READ»

Disney To Stream Videos, Food Pyramid Is Swapped For A Plate, Jack Ma Tells Yahoo To Split, And More...

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This Week In Bots: Droids Evolve Language, Disney Researches Swarms, Swordfights!, Cheap Butlers, And Colbert's Pandertron 8000

Robots, robots everywhere, and soon they'll begin to think. The tech behind our future android assistants evolves every minute. Here's the latest.READ»

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iFive: Nokia Slashes Workforce, Amazon Cloud Data Loss, YouTube Movies Delayed, iTunes Cloud To Cost, Mobile Ads Work

A lot has been happening in the world already today--find out exactly what in our early news roundup:READ»

Why Do YouTubers Despise This Animated Copyright Video?

An exploration of YouTube-ology.READ»

How Netflix Is Pushing the Envelope With Fincher-Spacey Project, "House of Cards"

CEO Reed Hastings told investors he wasn't interested in "creative risks." But his company is betting a rumored $100 million for 26 episodes of a series no one has seen--based largely on "intuition" and the reputations of David Fincher and Kevin Spacey. READ»

Netflix May Offer Original Programming: Change of Heart for CEO Reed Hastings?

If reports are true, this would mark a shift toward exclusive original programming, content Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has implied the company would not venture toward.READ»

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Disney Buys HTML5 Gamers Rocketpack, Enhances Web Future for Casual Games

With the purchase of a startup, Disney signals that the race is on to make casual gaming more of a cross-platform web experience, and less beholden to the App Store.READ»

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iFive: Apple's New Macs, Disney Buys Togetherville, Xoom Trademark Row, Apple Shareholders Vote on Jobs, Space Shuttle Launch

Thursday's here, full of promise--so let's get you up to speed on the early news:READ»

Grey's Anatomy Goes Dual-Screen Thursday With This "Sync" iPad App

Lexus is sponsoring the app, which relies on "audio watermarks" and lets users check in to virtual environments within episodes.READ»

Hulu CEO Threatened to Quit Over Hulu Plus Pricing

Recently, Hulu has been clashing with its owners--NBC Universal, News Corp., and Disney--and CEO Jason Kilar has even threatened to quit over disagreements negotiating the pricing of its Plus service.READ»

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Netflix Now Boasts More Subscribers Than Showtime, Starz, HBO Next?

Netflix trumped Wall Street fears, with quarterly profit rising, and revenue increasing by 34% to $595.9 million. Most impressively, Netflix now boasts over 20 million subscribers--more than the total subscribers of premium channels Starz and Showtime.READ»

What Apple Can Learn From Walt Disney

No one knows how long Steve Jobs will be absent from the helm of Apple. The challenge for Apple one day--hopefully decades from now--is to find a new CEO. Steve Jobs is irreplaceable, as was another innovator-entrepreneur, Walt Disney.READ»

Will Netflix Break My Heart?

I fell in love with Netflix one night when I stopped a movie I was watching to wash dishes in the kitchen before I tiptoed upstairs to make sure the kids were asleep, and then I continued the movie seamlessly from my bedroom. Almost any movie or show I want where and when I want it. Alas, I fear, Netflix will soon break my heart. And it's an American icon that is warning me: American Airlines.READ»