News tagged with video stores

New surveillance camera can search 36 million faces for matches in one second

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new surveillance camera by Hitachi Kokusai Electric can look at footage that contains an image of someone, either still or video, and then search other video or still images on file for ...

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created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 9 | with audio podcast weblog

Adobe shares soar on Apple announcement

Adobe shares soared on Thursday after Apple appeared to open the door for programs converted from Adobe's popular Flash video software to run on the iPhone and other Apple devices. ...

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created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Netflix light on flicks as viewers soak up TV shows

Like most fresh faces that arrive in Hollywood, Netflix wanted to be a movie star. But now it's learning what many in Tinseltown have known for decades: Movies are sexy, but the real money is in television.

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created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Redbox's machines take on Netflix's red envelopes

(AP) -- With more subscribers than ever flocking to its DVD-by-mail service, Netflix Inc. is one of the few companies to prosper during the worst U.S. recession in 70 years. Yet Netflix CEO Reed Hastings still has something ...

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created Jun 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

HBO stops selling DVDs to Netflix

(AP) -- HBO fired a shot across Netflix's bow this week, confirming it will no longer sell discounted DVDs of hit shows like "Boardwalk Empire" to the subscription video service.

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created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Netflix says it's sorry, then creates new uproar

(AP) -- The CEO of Netflix said he was sorry for mishandling a recent price increase that caused customers to cancel the service in droves. But the apology was drowned out by a decision that angered subscribers ...

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created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Redbox's golden opportunity: higher Netflix prices

(AP) -- Netflix is giving Redbox a golden opportunity to gain some ground.

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created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Netflix sharing on Facebook may be coming to US

(AP) -- It may not be much longer before there's an easier way for Netflix's U.S. subscribers to share their tastes in movies on Facebook.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Coming attraction: online chats with film buffs

(AP) -- As Netflix and other video services offer thousands of movies streamed over the Internet, all those choices are creating a dilemma: what to watch next.

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US home video spending up for 1st time since 2008

(AP) -- In a welcome relief for Hollywood, Americans are finally spending more on home videos.

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Amazon launches videogame trade-in store

Amazon launched an online videogame trade-in store on Thursday, granting credit at the online retail giant to customers who send in used games.

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created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Activision 3Q earnings soar, 2011 outlook raised

(AP) -- Activision Blizzard Inc. said Tuesday that its third-quarter net income nearly tripled thanks to strong demand for its video games. The company also raised its full-year outlook on the heels of Tuesday's launch of ...

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