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Zune HD Announced, Demoed, Drooled over, etc.

Zune HD Announced, Demoed, Drooled over, etc.

Microsoft has finally decided to put out a competitor to the iTouch this fall, siting the new Zune HD which is being touted as the first bridge between the Zune and Xbox devices, and it is now announced the official new Zune. The new Zune HD, which I’m sure we’ll see more of at E3 [...]

Cox cable living up to their name: Testing new "Time Sensitive" Bandwidth Throttling

Hard to believe it’s been over half a year since Comcast announced their Protocol-agnostic throttling method, and nearly half since they set a hard cap at 250GB/Month, eh? There’s at least one TNMS Employee that’s surprised he (and his 2 roommates none the less) hasn’t hit the cap once. Maybe we’ve been slacking… Well bad [...]

Microsoft comes clean: We figured no one was stupid enough to move the Xbox with a game playing in it.

A few days ago Kotaku reported of the lawsuit between a man and his gaming console, stating that the Xbox 360 scratches games while they are being played. More insight led to the information that not only did Microsoft know about it, but they looked into at least THREE different ways to fix the issue [...]

Netflix streaming in HD!!! First on the XBox this November!

I’m so excited! I’m so excited!!! I’m so….. scared… Not really. I’m just excited, because coming in less than a month Netflix subscribers will finally be able to get HD quality video streams for all their renting needs! At first they used the Netflix box by Roku as Corey summed up a few months past, [...]

Weekend Recap – July 14th 2008

Quite a few stories this weekend (of course being the first weekend of the 3G iPhone). XBox360 20GB for $299? Better believe it! – Gizmodo/Kotaku Typing with one hand… wait, its typing on one hand! – Engadget Internet speeds at 640BG/sec, that’s 17 DVDs of info per second! – ZDnet via Digg Microsoft’s offer for [...]

Netflix Player by Roku, Retflix Playber by Shmoku…

So a while back, Corey informed us about the new netflix player that allows you to stream your Netflix movies straight to your TV, instead of having to sit in front of you PC like a geek. This was new territory Netflix and was a step in the right direction, but as you read (or [...]

Smaller, Space saving Xbox coming by next year?

As you may or may not have heard (most likely the latter), Microsoft is working on some new motherboards and chipsets. Technically speaking, it’s unknown whether they will be used for an upcoming revision of the Xbox 360 or for it’s predecessor. But rumor is, these will be used for both refurbished models and a [...]

Weekend Recap – May 5th 2008

Here are some of the top stories from this past weekend (May 3rd and 4th) that may be of interest and of importance. I will be doing a weekend recap every Monday so you won’t miss out on the important tech news.