You Can Burn Through Your Entire Broadband Data Cap in One Long Weekend

You Can Burn Through Your Entire Broadband Data Cap in One Long Weekend

Between the surprising affordability of 4K TVs and Netflix and Amazon‘s commitment to delivering 4K content, the future is clearly ultra high-def. That’s great. But it’s also going to wreak havoc with your broadband data caps. Welcome to the age of the home internet overage fee.

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House of Cards snubbed HBO for upstart Netflix

As House of Cards releases its second full season to Netflix, it’s become apparent that the internet-based video streaming company isn’t the upstart it once was. As HBO continues its … Continue reading

Finally, A Way To Put 3D TV To Good Use

Finally, A Way To Put 3D TV To Good Use

A recently successful Kickstarter to make "the world’s first augmented television" might finally put 3D TV to good use, transforming your home screen into what the developers call "a Minority Report-like experience."

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How to Cut the Cord and Ditch Cable Once and For All

How to Cut the Cord and Ditch Cable Once and For All

The imminent merger between Time Warner Cable and Comcast heralds the start of a new era: one of even more expensive channel bundles, and even longer waits for service. It’s time to make like a rat and get the heck off this sinking ship of cable television. Here’s how you can keep watching your favorite shows without a cable box. It’s time to cut the cord.

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The second season of House of Cards is available now on Netflix.

The second season of House of Cards is available now on Netflix. So long, weekend.

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Steve Jobs Time Capsule Episode of Diggers to Air February 25

You might recall back in September of last year when we mentioned that a time capsule buried in Aspen, Colorado back in 1983 had been discovered. The time capsule was originally supposed to be unearthed in 2000, but no one could find it. The cast and crew from the TV show called Diggers set about trying to locate the time capsule and were successful.

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The episode of the show with what has come to be known as the Steve Jobs Time Capsule will air on February 25 on the National Geographic Channel. In case you forgot, the capsule was buried as part of the International Design Conference in 1983. Jobs was on hand at the show and tossed the mouse from his Lisa computer into the capsule.

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The people who dug the capsule up say that there was a strong smell of mold inside indicating that some damage likely occurred to the content. The good news is that the Lisa mouse and other items had been sealed in a plastic bag.

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I wonder what sort of other items were found inside.

Chromecast can now play embedded YouTube videos on your TV–no need to mirror entire browser tabs an

Chromecast can now play embedded YouTube videos on your TV—no need to mirror entire browser tabs any longer. Which is neat.

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LG slashes curved OLED to drive display tech

LG is aiming to give curved OLED TVs a serious push into the living room, slashing the price of its first set as it tries to “significantly grow” demand for … Continue reading

HBO “Silicon Valley” trailer makes Internet debut

HBO has released the trailer for its upcoming serial jab at the tech world: Silicon Valley. The series is a half-hour show currently pegged for an eight-episode season, coming from … Continue reading

A Quick Guide to Amazon's Latest Streaming Video Pilots

A Quick Guide to Amazon's Latest Streaming Video Pilots

This year’s batch of brand new pilots from Amazon Studios just went live, and there are surprising number of stars in the mix. From a drug-laced drama about classical music with Gael Garcia-Bernal to a dysfunctional family comedy with Jeffrey Tambor (wait that sounds familiar), there’s something for everybody.

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