Netflix tops Apple in booming US online movies
The US online movie business more than doubled in 2011 to rake in $992 million and will almost double again this year, a research report showed Friday.
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Mobile devices star in prime time at home
His kids might commandeer the TV before bedtime, but online game designer John Comes still gets his prime-time fix. Just on a smaller screen.
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Jun 01, 2012 |
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Internet traffic to grow fourfold by 2016: survey
The boom in the number of mobile Internet devices and tablet computers in use will help quadruple Web traffic in the coming years, a study said Wednesday.
May 30, 2012 |
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Under Microsoft, Skype aims for one billion users
Microsoft's Skype Internet telephone service hopes to quadruple the number of users to get to one billion, division president Tony Bates said Thursday.
May 31, 2012 |
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French court says YouTube not obligated to control content
A Paris court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against YouTube filed by French television, saying the video-sharing website was not obligated to control content of uploaded material.
May 29, 2012 |
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Students design underwater robot that does more than score points
(Phys.org) -- Since he was 12 years old and successfully talked his way onto an underwater robotics club for kids aged 13 and up, Trevor Uptain has been building robots of the kind used by oceanographers and ...
Jun 01, 2012 |
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OmniVision tops up sensors for cameras, phones
(Phys.org) -- OmniVision has announced two high-resolution image sensors for the digital still and digital video camera market (DS/DVC) and higher end smartphones. In end-user language, it is a claim for superior ...
May 25, 2012 |
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Growing up, 'geeking out'
Mizuko "Mimi" Ito spends a lot of time "geeking out" at her computer. She plays video games, trolls the Internet, chats, and visits social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter for hours on end.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 01, 2012 |
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A robot learns how to tidy up after you
(Phys.org) -- Sooner than you think, we may have robots to tidy up our homes.
May 22, 2012 |
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Researchers revolutionize closed captioning
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since closed video captioning was developed in the 1970s, it hasn't changed much. The words spoken by the characters or narrators scroll along at the bottom of the screen, enabling hearing ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 22, 2012 |
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New ad zapper has TV networks worried about sales
(AP) -- The maker of a new DVR that lets consumers zap away broadcast TV commercials at the touch of a button suggested Tuesday that the networks are being short-sighted in opposing the technology.
May 22, 2012 |
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At seventh birthday, YouTube marks new milestones
YouTube celebrated its seventh birthday by saying it has hit fresh milestones in terms of its offerings and the amount of time spent on the video-sharing website.
May 21, 2012 |
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Stunning Lyrid meteor over earth at night
(Phys.org) -- On the night of April 21, the 2012 Lyrid meteor shower peaked in the skies over Earth. While NASA allsky cameras were looking up at the night skies, astronaut Don Pettit aboard the International ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 21, 2012 |
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HTML5 spec editor slams Google & gang's DRM bid
(PhysOrg.com) -- A draft proposal by Google, Microsoft and Netflix to introduce mechanisms for copy protection on web videos has generated strong opposition and a response that the proposal is "unethical." ...
Feb 25, 2012 |
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Harnessing plasmonics, engineers weld nanowires with light
At the nano level, researchers at Stanford have discovered a new way to weld together meshes of tiny wires. Their work could lead to exciting new electronics and solar applications. To succeed, they called ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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