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DirecTV launches $30 premium movie rentals

Would you pay $30 to stream a high-definition movie at home before it's available on DVD or Blu-ray? DirecTV hopes so.
Audio / Video News
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AT&T iPhone sales seemingly unaffected by Verizon

AT&T might have lost exclusivity on the iPhone in the United States, but you'd never know by its latest sales numbers.
Mobile
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Netflix mulling support for multiple streams?

Netflix is famously a one-stream-at-a-time streaming-only service...but there are hints that may change.
Computing News
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Study: One in five EU kids aged 9-12 are on Facebook

Facebook requires members be 13 years old to join, but a study finds one in five EU kids aged 9-12 are on the site - and double that rate in some countries.
Computing News
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Vonage debuts unlimited international calling to mobile phones

Image used with permission by copyright holder VoIP operator Vonage is aiming to take back some market share from the likes of Skype, Facetime, and oodles of online messaging, voice, and video services: the company’s new World Premium Unlimited calling plan offers unlimited calling to mobile phones in 42 countries, as well as unlimited calling […]
Mobile News

Vonage Offers Unlimited Mobile Calling to Over 60 Countries

Vonage is ratcheting up competition with Skype, announcing unlimited international calling to over 60 countries for iPhone and BlackBerry users.
Computing News
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Seagate buys Samsung’s hard drive biz for $1.38 bln

Seagate is buying Samsung's hard drive business for $1.38 billion...and giving Samsung a 10 percent stake in the company.
Computing News
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Pirate Bay participates in P2P social research

Infamous torrent indexer The Pirate Bay is participating in a research project looking at social norms in the file-sharing community.
Computing News
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Nintendo Wii unofficially drops to $170

Although there's no official word from Nintendo, major retailers are now selling Nintendo Wii systems for $170, a $30 drop.
Gaming News
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Philips gets out of the television business

Philips is getting out of the television business, forming a partnership with Hong Kong's TPV Technology to make and market TV under the Philips brand.
Audio / Video News
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Microsoft Office 365 enters public beta

Microsoft's cloud-based Office 365 productivity applications are now available for anyone to try out - in 38 countries and 17 languages.
Computing News
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Match.com to screen for sex offenders

Online dating site Match.com says it will begin screening U.S. users against a national sex offender registry.
Smart Home Smart Home News
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Android and iOS eroding Nintendo’s portable gaming empire

A new report from Flurry Analytics finds that iOS and Android devices now account for a third of the portable gaming market.
Tablets Mobile
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Cisco Cius Android-powered tablet aims at enterprise

The tablet market may be focused on consumers, but networking giant Cisco wants to bring a high-def, 7-inch tablet to enterprises.
Tablets Computing
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Cisco’s Flip shutdown kills unannounced FlipLive

Cisco's surprise shutdown of Flip means the company's unannounced FlipLive - which streamed live video via Wi-Fi - ill never see the light of day.
Mobile News
Intel and Micron 20nm flash die

Intel and Micron crunch flash memory down to 20nm

Intel and Micron have introduced a new 20nm process for making flash memory: that means more storage in less space using less battery.
Computing News
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Sony PlayStation 3 sales hit 50 million worldwide

Sony has sold 50 million PlayStation 3 system since their debut in 2006 - along with 8 million Sony Move controllers that debuted just this past holiday season.
Gaming News
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NPD: Video game sales slumped 16 pct in March

March was a mixed month for the video game market: the Nintendo 3DS drove hardware sales, but software revenue saw a steep decline.
Gaming News
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Acer debuts 23- and 27-inch 3D monitors

Acer is hoping to engage 3D gaming and entertainment fans with new 23- and 27-inch 3D capable display - and the big one has Nvidia 3D Vision support.
Computing News
Yanko Design Fujitsu Lifebook X2 concept

Fujitsu Lifebook X2 notebook concept folds into four parts

Yanko Design has posted renders for a touchscreen Fujitsu notebook concept that folds into four parts.
Computing News
IAB 2010 Online Ad Revenue by year

IAB: Online ad revenue hit $26 billion in 2010

The Interactive Advertising Bureau reports that online ad revenue reached a whopping $26 billion in 2010 - and that's just in the United States.
Computing News
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New Zealand illegalizes file sharing

New Zealand's latest online piracy law requires everyday Internet users to prove they're innocent if accused of piracy - without benefit of legal counsel.
Web News
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Video game pioneer Jerry Lawson dead at 70

Jerry Lawson - early video game pioneer and developer of the first cartridge-based video game system - has died at age 70.
Gaming News
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Comcast takes home broadband to 105 Mbps

Comcast's new Extreme 105 leverages DOCSIS 3.0 to bring 105 Mbps broadband to home customers in selected markets, with initial prices of $105 per month.
Computing News
WEF ICT Report 2010

Sweden and Singapore top WEF digital economies list

The World Economic Forum says Sweden and Singapore are the world leaders for rolling out information and communications tech. The United States placed fifth.
Computing News
Senators John Kerry and John McCain

Kerry, McCain offer Internet privacy bill

Prominent U.S. Senators have introduced a bill to regulate how online companies can collect and user personal information...and not everybody is pleased.
Computing News
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Gigabyte planning dual-boot Windows/Android tablets

Hoping for the best of two worlds in one tablet? Gigabyte says its tablet plans include a model that can dual-boot Windows and Android.
Tablets Mobile
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Motorola and Huawei settle networking technology disputes

Motorola will be able to carry through with its mobile networking gear sale to Nokia Siemens, and drops a lawsuit of its own against Huawei.
Mobile News
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Social browser Flock runs out of friends

Social media Web browser Flock will be shut down as of April 26th - and its makers recommend users switch to Google Chrome or Firefox.
Computing News
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Asus claims world’s fastest external Blu-ray burner

Feel a need for Blu-ray burning speed? Asus's new BW-12D1S-U offers 12x Blu-ray burning and a USB 3.0 interface.
Computing News
Toshiba Portege R830

Toshiba debuts new Tecra and Portégé notebooks

Toshiba's new Tecra R840 and R850 and Portégé R830 are the thinnest the company has ever made - and they sport second-gen Intel Core processors.
Computing News
Jay Walker, Walker Digital

Priceline “inventor” Walker Digital sues everybody

Walker Digital, the tech research company that gave rise to Priceline, has filed 15 patent infringement suits against over 100 tech giants.
Computing News
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Egyptian blogger sentenced to three years for defaming army

Some revolution: Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil has been sentenced to three years' prison for "spreading false information" and defaming the Egyptian army.
Web News
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T-Mobile aims high with HTC Sensation 4G

The HTC Sensation on T-Mobile sports a 4.3-inch 540 by 960-pixel screen and can shoot 1080p video...but who knows when it'll be on sale?
Mobile
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AT&T launches LG Thrive pre-paid Android smartphone

Want a smartphone but hate contracts? AT&T is looking to crach the pre-paid market with the Android-powered LG Thrive.
Mobile
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New Intel Atom processor aims at tablets

Ever notice that the chips driving tablets are made by the likes of Apple, Samsung, Nvidia, and Qualcomm? Intel wants to change that.
Tablets Computing
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TomTom brings Go-series GPS systems to United States

TomTom's new Go series GPS units are not available in the U.S., featuring voice recognition and HD Traffic services.
Emerging Tech News
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Nokia moves Symbian to closed licensing

A year ago the Symbian mobile OS released under reasonably open terms. No more: Nokia has now locked it down only to approved collaborators.
Mobile News
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