Saturday, April 13, 2013 - 12:54pm
Remember when about 800,000 people left Netflix? Yeah, that didn't matter.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 - 1:25pm
The FCC has adopted the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, which will require ads to be broadcast at volumes no louder than the volume of the show that they're running with. Until now, ads have been louder because YELLING AT PEOPLE MAKES THEM WANT BUY YOUR STUFF. Idiots.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 8:17am
Ready for your Xbox 360 to also become your FiOS cable box? If you're an existing Verizon FiOS TV, Internet and Xbox Live Gold member, you can get all your TV shows from your 360 — with Kinect controls. Hot diggity!
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 12:07pm
I'll bet you never thought you'd be jealous of Canada (of all places), but cable companies there have started offering packages where you can pay for only the channels you watch. Meanwhile, here in the U.S., cable providers are still...
Friday, November 4, 2011 - 1:54pm
Google is planning to test out a new cable service, complete with high-speed internet and TV, in Kansas City. Could the rest of the country be next?
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 11:50am
This is pretty neat: it looks like Verizon and Comcast are working on letting you use your Xbox 360 as a cable box/DVR. With most cable boxes/DVRs existing in the technological world of the late 1990s, this is exciting news.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 3:22am
Remember last month when we told you about the Federal Communications Commission's vague plans to deliver 100Mbps broadband (over 20 times as fast as we have now) into American homes? Well, the FCC isn't letting the plan fall by the...
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 12:57pm
Found in our mailbox the other day: The Oxo Good Grips Cord Catch. While we certainly love shiny electronic toys that do lots of different things, here's a product that's beautiful for its simplicity. The Catch has just one job...
Friday, February 5, 2010 - 8:54am
Nobody questions that high-def TV is a massive leap over that fuzzy picture we used to watch way back, oh, five years ago, but did you know that not all high-def is created equal? We've seen how cable companies can...
Monday, December 28, 2009 - 7:36am
How many times have you cursed the electricity gods because there's no extension cord to be found right when you really need one. This problem would be solved for all time if only every power outlet were like the Rambler...
