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What The Business Of Video Will Look Like In 2012

Expect big changes in how video is made, shared, and consumed in the coming year.READ»

The 10 Most Innovative Companies in Consumer Electronics

01 / Apple >> For dominating the business landscape, in 101 ways. 02 / Samsung >> For transforming itself into a steady source of cutting-edge electronics. From Internet-enabled TVs to a camera ...READ»

Google TV - An Inside Out Review

The early reviews have been vicious. The buzz says it is DOA. But once you look under the hood, Google may have a winner. READ»

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Must-Share TV: Qvivo Set to Launch

Former top executives from Walt Disney and Electronic Arts have built Qvivo, a social media center app that manages and streams your videos and music all in from one place.READ»

Rumor: Microsoft Following Apple Again, This Time Into Online TV

Microsoft often tramps along the same footpath that Apple's followed, hoping to cream some money from the market with a minimum of effort, and a new rumor suggests it's trying again--this time with online subscription TV.READ»

2010 Internet-TV Election: Fringe Candidate Boxee Box Challenges Apple, Google

This fall, one election really matters: Which set-top box will connect your TV to the Internet? Apple TV and Google TV have all the money, but fringe candidate Boxee Box, with its radical open-source philosophy, deserves a closer look.READ»

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Boxee Responds to Apple TV: "We're Taking a Different Path"

The immediate reaction to the new, redesigned, strikingly cheap Apple TV is pity for Apple TV's competitors. Boxee, one of those competitors, sees it differently--and they might just be right.READ»

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WANTED: WD TV Live Plus Media Player

With the Boxee Box and Google TV still unreleased, the current king of media playback on a TV is the WD TV Live. And it just got a very welcome update: Now it's the TV Live Plus.READ»

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The 10 Most Creative Small Businesses

Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business represent the best and the brightest in innovation and creation, but the companies they rep aren't all powerhouses--yet. Here are 10 of the most creative small business drawn ...READ»

Google TV Preview: The Mom Test and the Nerd Test

To win the hearts, minds, and dollars of the public, Google TV will have to pass two tests: the Mom Test and the Nerd Test.READ»

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Litl Unveils Internet Interface Aimed at Surfers of Both Web and Couch

The new device will attempt to solve the problem of creating a rich, easy Web-browsing experience, while sitting on the couch and watching TV.READ»

The Secret to Funny or Die's Success: Celebrities, Product Placement, and Above All Else, Funny

Funny or Die CEO Dick Glover and creative director Andrew Steele reveal the innerworkings of the Web site and HBO show that may hold the key to the future of comedy.READ»

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Boxee Joins the Big League: Announces Paid Content Net TV Plans

Boxee is clearly on a charge at the moment: After announcing an amazingly-designed set-top box last month, it's just revealed plans to launch a paid TV service that'll arrive in the Summer. In its blog posting on the matter Boxee ...READ»

Streaming Porn, Roku-Style: Can Sex Sell the Set Top Box?

Remember what cable TV was like in the early '80s? Sure, now we have shows like the Sopranos, the Daily Show, and Mad Men, but back then it was mostly Emmanuelle 8 on "Skinemax" and HBO's Real Sex. Now it seems a similar evolutionary ...READ»

Boxee Unveils Set-Top Box

Streaming video service Boxee has just joined the ranks of Roku and Vudu with its own set-top box, to be built by D-Link. The box -- which isn't actually box-shaped at all -- goes on sale at a "network of retail outlets" in the first half of 2010. No price just yet.READ»

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Hulu's Competitors: The Wild World of Web TV

Media giants and startups -- not to mention pirates -- are chasing an online-video audience of 158 million. Here's how key players connect to, and compete with, Hulu.READ»

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Cliqset Didn't Learn From Fox's Mistake, Brings Chat to Net TV

We were wary about Fox's on-TV Twitter experiment, and then surprised by quite how badly it failed...but obviously the folks at Cliqset and Boxee disagreed: They're bringing yet more sophisticated social net chatting to TV ...READ»