Apple’s hobby snowballs: Apple TV fastest growing product

At a shareholder meeting this week, Apple made clear the current state of affairs with Apple TV, showing it to be the fastest growing product in their hardware line-up. As … Continue reading

This Guy Had a TV In His Taxi Before Most People Had One At Home

This Guy Had a TV In His Taxi Before Most People Had One At Home

Less than 1 percent of American households had a TV set in 1948. But if you were lucky enough to hail a special cab in Chicago during the summer of ’48, you got a brief taste of America’s television-obsessed future.

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Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1975 USB TV receiver offers multi-format support

Hauppauge has introduced its latest television-centric product, the WinTV-HVR-1975, which is being sold on the consumer level as the HVR-1950 model. This USB TV receiver supports both Windows and Linux … Continue reading

Is Having Cable Ever Worth It?

Is Having Cable Ever Worth It?

Dear Lifehacker,
I know you guys aren’t big fans of cable, but I’m about to get my internet hooked up and the company is offering me a TV package. I do like to watch plenty of TV and even some sports. Should I at least consider cable? I’m worried Netflix and Hulu won’t be enough.

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6 Incredibly Accurate Predictions About TV From 1989

6 Incredibly Accurate Predictions About TV From 1989

It’s easy to laugh at futurist predictions. But when they’re proven accurate, it’s hard not to be impressed. Especially when it comes to technology that we now use every day.

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Watch the First Trailer for HBO's New Silicon Valley Comedy

The first trailer for HBO’s forthcoming Silicon Valley comedy series called, err, Silicon Valley has just appeared online for you to watch.

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HBO Silicon Valley Season 1 trailer goes live

What do you do when you’re part of a species that always get their behinds handed over to them? You build a startup, of course! That’s pretty much the background … Continue reading

Why Hollywood Hacking Is So Hilariously Horrible

Why Hollywood Hacking Is So Hilariously Horrible

The hacking scenes in House of Cards are wildly unrealistic. They’re everything from infuriating to hilarious, but they are definitely not surprising. It turns out, though, that this long tradition of portraying hacking horribly, horribly wrong in TV and film is often intentional.

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Rumor: Amazon Is Readying a Web TV Box (Again)

Rumor: Amazon Is Readying a Web TV Box (Again)

Re/code is reporting that Amazon is getting ready to launch an Android-powered web TV box to compete with Roku and and Apple.

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Aereo must shut down in Utah and Colorado, court rules

Aereo, the startup company that utilizes broadcast signals to provide users with TV over the Internet, has had a lot of success in its short run, though not without ample … Continue reading