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Spotify's nightmare realized: Chrome extension allows MP3 download of any song

By Chris Welch on May 7, 2013 06:15 pm + 233 comments

A new Chrome extension lets Spotify users permanently download any song currently available from the Continue reading…
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Surround Video: BBC beats Microsoft with its own immersive TV project

By Tom Warren on May 7, 2013 11:15 am + 92 comments

Back in 2006, the BBC took 250 engineers and locked them into several rooms in a mansion. But this Continue reading…
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Crazy like a Fox: how broadcast networks could rake in billions by going cable-only

By Chris Ziegler on May 6, 2013 05:14 pm + 181 comments

An array of Aereo's coin-sized antennas, designed to pick up TV signals and retransmit them to Continue reading…
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Hulu Plus arrives on Windows Phone as Microsoft's game of app catch-up continues

By Chris Welch on May 6, 2013 11:30 am + 125 comments

Hulu Plus launches for Windows Phone 8 today, representing Microsoft's latest major "get" in the Continue reading…
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Aereo files suit against CBS to head off second copyright claim from network

By Greg Sandoval on May 6, 2013 10:57 am + 110 comments

Aereo has filed a complaint today against CBS in an effort to prevent the network from filing Continue reading…
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Time Warner Cable CEO says it could copy Aereo's business model in the future

By Dan Seifert on May 2, 2013 07:19 pm + 27 comments

The television broadcasting industry has been up in arms over the actions of a small startup called Continue reading…
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Taking on TV: how Netflix is becoming an original programming powerhouse

By Nathan Ingraham on May 2, 2013 03:31 pm

Back in 2011, Netflix took its first steps into a life beyond simply distributing content — it Continue reading…
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Meet Tom Wheeler, the man who could control your digital life

By Chris Ziegler on May 2, 2013 01:12 pm + 53 comments

"Do you want to go to work in [the Obama] administration in any way?" "No," Tom Wheeler responded. Continue reading…
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Omaha the latest city to get gigabit internet, courtesy of CenturyLink

By Nathan Ingraham on May 1, 2013 12:20 pm + 57 comments

It's starting to look like Google has kicked off a small but growing gigabit internet crazy in the Continue reading…
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Netflix losing almost 1,800 titles from its streaming library

By Bryan Bishop on April 30, 2013 09:26 pm + 133 comments

Netflix may have more original programming coming in the months ahead, but the company is also going Continue reading…