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Netflix Ranks Internet Speeds, and Canada Leaves America in the Dust
11:20AM 1/28/2011
Netflix, the largest video-streaming company in the world, has been tracking the download speeds of North American broadband ISPs. On Thursday, it posted a chart of its findings: On average, ISPs in Canada handily beat their U.S. counterparts.
More Downloads, Fewer Discs: U.S. Video Game Sales Remain Flat
7:00PM 1/13/2011
U.S. gamers spent about the same amount of money on video games last year as they did in 2009, even as sales of consoles and other hardware took a plunge. Purchases of physical game discs slid 5%, in spite of the record-breaking success of "Call of Duty: Black Ops," but downloadable and social-network games made up the difference.
Sears Launches Movie Downloading Service
6:30PM 12/28/2010
Company News, Technology, Media, Netflix, Sears Holdings, Amazon.com, Best Buy
Sears Holdings has become the latest retailer to launch an online movie-download service. The owner of Sears and Kmart is using the same delivery platform as Best Buy, Sonic Solutions's RoxioNow. Will Sears's new service deliver anything more than a "me too"?
Sony's upcoming Web TV system will allow consumers to sidestep cable and build their own channels using streamed television shows, movies and music.
To celebrate 20 years of cooking, renown chef Emeril Lagasse is giving away electronic copies of recipes from his three New Orleans restaurants. The cookbook includes 11 recipes, from BBQ shrimp with rosemary biscuits to Miss Hay's Stuffed Chicken Wings and a Delmonico Martini. (Stomach grumbles.)...
Lowdown on download taxes? They hurt artists, labels and students
10:00AM 4/25/2010
One old cliche resonates in the tax-happy bureaucracy of Chicago, where I live: "If they could, they'd tax the air we breathe." This past week, though, the Illinois state legislature almost joined 19 other states in one-upping that hoary aphorism: They almost instituted a tax on honesty. On...
Dark Side of the Download: Pink Floyd Wins Ruling Against EMI
7:00PM 3/11/2010
Pink Floyd won a key ruling against EMI Thursday that could end the sale of its single tracks online. The decision is seen as a win for artist control against record labels.
Google already provides many of us with email addresses and phone numbers, but are you ready for Google to become your ISP? If the new Google ultra high speed Internet connection trial goes well, you might be able to enjoy 1 GB per second Internet connections to your home and all at what they are...
Shopping app downloads way up this year
4:15PM 12/16/2009
Forget comfortable shoes, energy drinks and a killer parking spot. It seems that in the quest for an optimal holiday shopping experience, iPhones and Blackberrys are the new must-have tools.
The Wall Street Journal reports that downloads of shopping apps with an emphasis on price comparison (i.e.,...
As album sales continue to decline, popular artists are clutching for survival with a more sustainable approach -- get rid of them! Radiohead, a British alternative rock band, announced that they will no longer release full-length albums. The band will instead focus on the growing trend of...
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