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YouTube begins movie rentals
Michael Berk  |  May 09, 2011  | 

Following up on a post earlier today by YouTube head Salar Kamangar, the company formally announced the launch of its movie

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Momentum...mobile...and more from the Googleplex
Michael Berk  |  May 10, 2011  | 

Following yesterday's YouTube announcement, Google should have even more big news today - the Google I/O developer conference kicks off today at noon, with the license-free

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Pink Floyd on the wing, again
Michael Berk  |  May 10, 2011  | 

Big news from the Pink Floyd camp today (a new site with full info should be relaunching today, so check back over the course of the afternoon).

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Boxee rolls out 1.1 update
Michael Berk  |  May 11, 2011  | 

We took a look at the Boxee Box (and some of its competitors in the connected-set-top box universe) earlier this week, and today the company announced an OS update (set to roll out over the next few da

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The Cave of Forgotten 3D Dreams
Michael Berk  |  May 11, 2011  | 

While 3D makes immediate and perfect sense in certain contexts (games, horror), there have been a few dissenters as the revamped medium has slowly taken over big and small screens everywhere.

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Too rich? Nah...but never too thin.
Michael Berk  |  May 16, 2011  | 

The folks at Irish cable designers RedMere agree with us (and our longtime contributor Geoffrey Morrison) that there's no real call for avphile HDMI cables - a bit's a bit, and so long as a good portion of the same ones that came outta your gozoutas end up at your desired gozinatas,

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Samsung makes good on 3D glasses promotion
Michael Berk  |  May 19, 2011  | 

We'd mentioned last month Samsung's plan to distribute two pairs of 3D glasses free with each 3D TV sold after April 24; turns out there were some glitches in the process of getting consumers their glasses, so if you feel you missed out, go ahead and

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KEF sharpens the cutting edge
Michael Berk  |  May 19, 2011  | 

 

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3D Titans Talk Transformative Tech
Brent Butterworth  |  May 19, 2011  | 

A crowd of movie-industry folk, film students, and press assembled last night for a preview of clips from the upcoming Transformers: Dark of the Moon - the first in the series to be shot in 3D - as well as a lengthy and surprisingly technical discussion between Transformers director Michael Bay and Avatar director James Cameron.

The presentation, titled "3D: A Transforming Visual Art," took place at the Paramount Theater, on the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood.

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Sony 4K digital projectors - 3D with a pigeon aftertaste?
Michael Berk  |  May 23, 2011  | 

 

3D - love it or hate it, it's taking over as a mainstream cinema projection format, and the necessity of having 3D projectors on tap has driven many theaters to transition to digital equipment in more of their screening rooms. A better experience for all, right?

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Lot of water under the bridge, lot of other stuff too
Michael Berk  |  May 24, 2011  | 

 

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Forecast: iCloud
Michael Berk  |  May 31, 2011  | 

Looks like Apple's finally going to let us know what its long-in-the-works cloud storage/music locker/content delivery service is going to look like.

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Bamboom goes the extra mile to (maybe) meet your mobile streaming needs
Michael Berk  |  May 31, 2011  | 

It's proven to be surprisingly difficult to get streaming TV - and we're not talking on-demand stuff, just live, local, over-the-air TV - onto mobile devices.

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Coachella doubles the fun
Michael Berk  |  May 31, 2011  | 

You've no doubt been poring carefully over our guide to this summer's music festivals. It's time to take a break from planning the next few months, 'cause tickets for Coachella 2012 go on sale this Friday.

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A Brighter Idea
Brent Butterworth  |  Jun 03, 2011  | 

This is not just another new video projection company. At least, that's the impression I got after hearing the pitch for Display Development, a firm founded by projection-industry veterans Jim Burns and Pat Bradley.

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