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APPLE   |  1 comment

Today's Vision of Tomorrow: All Your Music in the Cloud

The Interwebs are ablaze about Apple's plans to acquire Lala. Among the rampant speculation, there's one amazingly important nugget of information: iTunes might be cloud-bound. It's the future of digital music.READ»

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MySpace Buying iMeem: A Plan to Beat Spotify?

There are rumors abounding that MySpace is in advanced stages of trying to social-network music system iMeem, and they set us thinking. Looking at Facebook's tie-up with Lala, and even MySpace's with iLike, is this all to outsmart ...READ»

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DRM   |  Comment

P2P Lawsuits "Felt Like Terrorism," Says Viacom Lawyer

Viacom's general counsel says that suing people for file-sharing is "expensive, and it's painful, and it feels like bullying." Speaking to a group of Yale law students, Michael Fricklas admitted that "it felt like terrorism" when ...READ»

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WINDOWS   |  3 comments

Streaming Video? Forget Myka or Roku and Get Windows 7

We already know Netflix users are begging for easier ways to get streaming video to their TVs--Xbox, PS3, Roku, and Blu-ray players apparently aren't simple enough solutions. Instead, more and more people watch TV and film on their ...READ»

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ROKU   |  5 comments

Netflix Study Says No One Knows About Streaming Video. Huh?

A new study comparing streaming video services from Amazon and Netflix found that most people surveyed didn't even know they could stream video in the first place. Wait a minute: Didn't a study we reported on yesterday say that 90% of ...READ»

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NETFLIX   |  1 comment

Netflix Users Embrace Streaming, but "Watch Instantly" Needs Work, Study Suggests

Netflix's streaming movie service may be more popular--and perhaps more vulnerable--than anyone has realized. Two-thirds of Netflix customers have used the service's "Watch Instantly" feature, according to new research by Praxi Group ...READ»

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Digital Music Arms Race: MSN Joins the Fray

The arms race to lure music-loving clients is heating up at the moment: First Google gets a music service, and now MSN does too. MSN's download service launches tomorrow, and Microsoft's schmoozed all four big record labels to help it ...READ»

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OnLive Goes Online--And It Could Kill the Game Console

Good-bye, consoles! Steve Perlman says his OnLive can stream video games over the Internet. Whether it succeeds or not, this will be the future of gaming.READ»

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HULU   |  Comment

Does Hulu's Advertising Intimidate Women?

Comcast is betting it does. The cable giant's online TV portal, Fancast, believes that Hulu's ads alienate and confuse women, and they're planning to use their massive new ad push to tap that demographic for themselves. But is the ...READ»

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iPhones Will Have Netflix One Day, But Games Consoles Come First

Netflix's CEO just confirmed one long-hoped-for rumor: Netflix will be on the iPhone. It just won't be coming soon. Before the company tackles the tricky business of 3G broadband streaming, it's aiming to get on the other screens in your life.READ»

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