How an Illegal Streaming Kingpin Makes a Living Off Piracy

How an Illegal Streaming Kingpin Makes a Living Off Piracy

If/When you download a torrent full of juicy copyrighted content (shame on you!), you’re not paying anyone; that’s part of the appeal. But there’s money to be made off sharing stuff for free, otherwise why would anyone do it? Torrentfreak sat down with a professional pirate to hear his story. It’s fascinating.

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Report: Twitter Music Is Already on Its Deathbed

Report: Twitter Music Is Already on Its Deathbed

Hey remember Twitter Music? Hadn’t thought about it in a while? Well apparently that’s a common problem, and according to a report by AllThingsD, Twitter is very seriously considering putting the service out of its misery.

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SteamOS: gaming titans John D Carmack, Tim Sweeney, and Johan Andersson react

This week the folks at NVIDIA have put three of history’s biggest names in gaming development on stage together, and one of the key questions put to them right off the bat stuck in Valve’s SteamOS. John D Carmack, co-founder of id Software and CTO at Oculus VR (with the Oculus Rift), Tim Sweeney, founder […]

Samsung Smart Media Player: An Expensive Roku Alternative

Samsung Smart Media Player: An Expensive Roku Alternative

Samsung has just announced its Smart Media Player, a Roku or Apple TV alternative that runs the company’s Smart TV interface to provide all the streaming you need. Sadly, though, it seems to have priced itself outta the market.

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That’s a Wrap for IsoHunt: MPAA Forces File-Sharing Site to Close

That's a Wrap for IsoHunt: MPAA Forces File-Sharing Site to Close

Those who routinely use torrents to illegally download their favorite movies, TV, and music will find themselves with one less website to grab the latest Homeland from. Torrent database IsoHunt is shutting down.

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Rumor has it that Netflix will begin testing enhanced content and extra features, first for its orig

Rumor has it that Netflix will begin testing enhanced content and extra features, first for its original shows such as House of Cards , then DVD extra-style content from partner providers if it goes well.

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The Biggest Reason Streaming Cable TV Won’t Happen Any Time Soon

The Biggest Reason Streaming Cable TV Won't Happen Any Time SoonAnother day, another report about some company working on some kind of Future of TV™. The rumor du jour is Netflix is chatting up Comcast and Suddenlink for some content deals. Good luck with that!

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Netflix Is Trying To Make Partnership Deals With Cable Providers

Netflix Is Trying To Make Partnership Deals With Cable Providers

According to The Wall Street Journal, Netflix is trying to initiate negotiations with cable companies like Comcast and Suddenlink Communications to integrate a streaming app in their set-top cable boxes. It will be interesting to see how this plays out given that cable companies have been worried for years about streaming services stealing viewers.

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What’s the Best Way to Find New Music on the Internet?

What's the Best Way to Find New Music on the Internet?

So obviously the internet is a super useful tool for finding new music. It’s a super useful tool for finding new anything. But there are so many music discovery things out there between Pandora, iTunes Radio, and like 30 different features in Spotify alone. So what’s your personal favorite way to find new tunes on the ‘net? Is there one that’s just the best?

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Mad Catz MOJO Android console to offer PC game streaming to TV

We got our hands on Mad Catz’ MOJO Android box this past summer, giving the small device a run through. Earlier this week, both a release date and pricing for the device were announced, with the Android box being slated for release in December a bit before the holidays. Following this, now word has surfaced […]