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Amazon and Netflicks confirm Streaming Video Shops

As Internet service Beta News reports, an Amazon spokesperson confirmed the upcoming premiere of their streaming video service within the next weeks. At the same time DVD rental service Netflix informs consumers about their plans to offer a streaming service as well. ... [More]

CinemaNow enters Windows Vista Media Center

Online movie availability has come a long way - at least east of p2p. One of the few comercial suvivors is CinemaNow, a service for legally downloads of Hollywood movies, that existed in Amazon's shadow for a long time, but still exists - and comes to a Windows screen near you very soon. ... [More]

No Zunes at GameStop

Designated as an iPod competitor, Microsoft's Zune looses his grip on the market. After falling sales, GameStop, one of the largest specialist retailer of games in the United States, decided to ban the player from his stock. Reason: The Zune just hits the shelfs and stays. ... [More]

Xbox 360 Spring Update canceled

As Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten recently notified in an interview with 'Next Generation', the spring update for the Xbox 360 will be left out this time. Microsoft skips this part of their regular bi-annual update in favor of taking care about the infrastructure of it's Xbox Live service. ... [More]

Napster: Back to the Roots - nearly

Since last Tuesday, the once free P2P platform Napster started selling online music without Digital Right Management. As far as it seems just in the US of A, but like in the good old days, when all the music were free, as MP3 files. ... [More]

YouTube camcorder from JVC

Directly to DVD means: Too much hassles releasing a more or less bad movie in theatres. Directly to YouTube means: Less hassles pumping your life up to the world's largest stage. This is exactly, what JVC's newest camcorder is doing. The GZ-MS100 will record and publish your movies on Youtube with just a touch of the button. ... [More]

Flash Player 10 Prerelease available

Adobe's next-generation browser plugin Flash Player 10 is available for public testing. Anybody, who is interested in checking out the new features like improved 3D, text handling and graphics acceleration can do so after downloading the appropriate installer - but don't expect too much, because there is hardly any content anywhere in the web that requires the new player. ... [More]

Rumours about HD VoD releases before DVD release

Recently a few rumours appear, saying that studios plan to release selected quality movies first on HD VoD. Cable and satellite operators may very well soon offer movies in high definition more or less shortly after first shown in theatres - and well before Blu-ray and even DVD. ... [More]

Today's next rumour: Xbox 360 Spring Update

More rumours as the day goes on: The very well soon to be released update to the Xbox 360 should inherit a massive list of changes, some of them somehow interesting, like an option to download gamer pictures from a gamercard being viewed and another one to to donate Microsoft Points to anybody with a Windows Live ID. ... [More]

Mobile Google Reader now available for iPhone

The Google Reader, debuted in May, 2006, had been overhauled to keep up with the changes - namely the appearance of the iPhone, which brought mobile Web usage to a new level and unveiled the Google Reader's limitations. ... [More]

New Microsoft Messenger shares video

Microsoft is planning to release a new chat program with integrated video-sharing. The messenger will allow users to simultaneously watch a movie and communicate about it at the same time. ... [More]

Faked media files fool 5oo,ooo

As security firm McAfee recently confirmed, a Trojan hides in fake media files mainly shared on Limewire and eDonkey. The evil code is masking itself as an MP3 music file, an adult film or a popular movie title to trick people into downloading it. ... [More]

Evil is forever: Doom 4 confirmed

As game maker Id Software recently confirmed, there will be a new story to tell about the evil, that came out of the Marsian underground. The company already has begun production on Doom 4. ... [More]

Microsoft updates Zune and integrates NBC content

Last Monday Microsoft published Zune 2.5, expanding their product with some playback enhancements, better syncing with the Zune player and optimized media organization. Parallel to this the drive itself will get the option to select gapless playback of music files, which is undoubtfully very useful while hearing live music tracks. ... [More]

Will UK get a MP3 tax?

The UK as a Winter-Wonderland for the music industry? Looks like. After forbidding every private copy and installing filters for catching file-sharers there are rumors, that people in the United Kingdom are possibly forced to pay taxes on MP3 titles - as a compensation for transferring music from one device to another. ... [More]

Apple TV Movie Purchasing

Parallel to their new agreements with the film industry regarding the availability of movie-downloads as soon as the corresponding DVDs hit the shelves, apears on Apple's Settop box Apple a new feature, which enables Apple TV 2.0 owners buying movies directly from the device. ... [More]