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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2090 technology Digital Video/TV Technology en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:29:55 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2090 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_bieber nm/20091107/us_bieber Reuters entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:29:55 GMT Reuters - A year ago, Justin Bieber was a kid from Toronto who had a gift for singing sweet-natured covers of Usher hits, a penchant for playing the drums and a resourceful mother who posted clips of him on YouTube. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/usitinternetgoogle afp/20091105/usitinternetgoogle AFP technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:28:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/usitinternetgoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257463634861-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wzhGP5VoSj5TaGUtSOKPkQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Google on Thursday opened a window for users to see what records the Internet giant keeps regarding their activities at YouTube, Gmail, Reader and other accounts.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Brashear)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Google on Thursday opened a window for users to see what records the Internet giant keeps regarding their activities at YouTube, Gmail, Reader and other accounts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/tc_afp/usitinternetgoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257463634861-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wzhGP5VoSj5TaGUtSOKPkQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Google on Thursday opened a window for users to see what records the Internet giant keeps regarding their activities at YouTube, Gmail, Reader and other accounts.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Brashear)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_on_the_call_directv ap/20091105/us_on_the_call_directv AP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:20:38 GMT AP - DirecTV Group Inc. is in an enviable position, as one of the few pay-TV operators seeing an increase in new subscribers in the third quarter. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_directv ap/20091105/us_earns_directv AP technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:01:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_directv"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.14a77d84642343aeb619fdbbcd467396.earns_directv_ardj201.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=NyJfsnTFii5ywtCV4OnQGQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="In this photo made Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, an installer's truck is parked outside a DirecTV customer's home in Little Rock, Ark. DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest satellite TV operator, said Thursday, Nov. 5, that its revenue grew 10 percent in the third quarter as it added more new customers, but profits suffered from higher marketing and equipment costs incurred to attract them.(AP Photo/Danny Johnston)" border="0" /></a>AP - Satellite TV operator DirecTV Group Inc. was one of the few pay-TV companies to gain subscribers in the third quarter, though earnings stayed steady because of the higher costs it incurred attracting and serving those new customers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_hi_te/us_earns_directv"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.14a77d84642343aeb619fdbbcd467396.earns_directv_ardj201.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=NyJfsnTFii5ywtCV4OnQGQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo made Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, an installer's truck is parked outside a DirecTV customer's home in Little Rock, Ark. DirecTV Group Inc., the nation's largest satellite TV operator, said Thursday, Nov. 5, that its revenue grew 10 percent in the third quarter as it added more new customers, but profits suffered from higher marketing and equipment costs incurred to attract them.(AP Photo/Danny Johnston)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_eu_internet_rights ap/20091105/eu_eu_internet_rights AP business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:05:27 GMT AP - EU lawmakers and governments agreed on new rights for Internet users Thursday, aiming to protect them from arbitrary crackdowns on those who illegally download music and movies on the Internet. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_bi_ge/us_on_the_call_comcast ap/20091104/us_on_the_call_comcast AP business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:30:21 GMT AP - Comcast Corp.'s answer to the growing popularity of watching video over the Internet is to launch its own online video service in December that would let subscribers view cable TV shows and movies on their PCs at no additional charge. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091103/tc_pcworld/bestbuymoviedownloadsisthedeathofthedvdnigh pcworld/20091103/bestbuymoviedownloadsisthedeathofthedvdnigh PC World technology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:29:00 GMT PC World - The announcement that Best Buy is teaming with CinemaNow on movie downloads is yet another sign that DVDs are plummeting fast into a steep downward trajectory. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091103/media_nm/us_bestbuy nm/20091103/us_bestbuy Reuters entertainment Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:32:40 GMT Reuters - Best Buy Co Inc plans to start an online service that allows consumers to buy, rent and download movies and television shows, the electronics retailer said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091103/bs_nf/69842 nf/20091103/69842 NewsFactor business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:57:06 GMT NewsFactor - In a move to compete more aggressively in the digital age, Best Buy is launching its own on-demand video service through a strategic partnership with Sonic Solutions. As part of the multi-year agreement, Best Buy will license and deploy Sonic's Roxio CinemaNow technology platform. The deal opens the door to on-demand digital content delivery as a standard feature on the electronics devices consumers purchase at Best Buy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091103/tc_pcworld/iphonepublicradioappisadvrfornpr pcworld/20091103/iphonepublicradioappisadvrfornpr PC World technology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:46:00 GMT PC World - The new Public Radio App for the iPhone solves a familiar problem for fans of This American Life and A Prairie Home Companion: What do you do when you reach your destination before the program is over? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091103/tc_pcworld/bestbuycinemanowpartneronmoviedownloadservice pcworld/20091103/bestbuycinemanowpartneronmoviedownloadservice PC World technology Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:45:00 GMT PC World - Best Buy will partner with Sonic Solutions' Roxio CinemaNow to offer a movie download service that will pipe movies to a range of electronic gear from televisions, DVD players, computers and phones sold at the retail giant's stores. The move is seen as a sign of the times for the leading retail seller of DVD movies, Best Buy, who is seeing its retail sales of DVD discs shrink as more people opt to rent movies via digital distribution. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_en_ot/us_book_review_googled ap/20091102/us_book_review_googled AP entertainment Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:36:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_en_ot/us_book_review_googled"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091102/capt.a6ec2ebe342c4ab991fd55fb091b6106.book_review_googled_nyet261.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=I9o5wDBA3RHhvWgcDW7ztQ--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="In this book cover image released by The Penguin Press, 'Googled: The End of the World as We Know It,' by Ken Auletta is shown. (AP Photo/The Penguin Press)" border="0" /></a>AP - "Googled: The End of the World as We Know It" (The Penguin Press, 336 pages, $25.95), by Ken Auletta. Google is best understood in terms of billions. Three billion searches are conducted daily on the site. Company revenues last year exceeded $22 billion. It spent $1.76 billion for YouTube and $3.2 billion for the digital ad company DoubleClick.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_en_ot/us_book_review_googled"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091102/capt.a6ec2ebe342c4ab991fd55fb091b6106.book_review_googled_nyet261.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=I9o5wDBA3RHhvWgcDW7ztQ--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="In this book cover image released by The Penguin Press, 'Googled: The End of the World as We Know It,' by Ken Auletta is shown. (AP Photo/The Penguin Press)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091102/tc_pcworld/androidgetsafaceliftwithsonyericssonsrachel pcworld/20091102/androidgetsafaceliftwithsonyericssonsrachel PC World technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:43:00 GMT PC World - Sony Ericsson's rumored Android-based Xperia handset is expected to launch on Tuesday, with a brand new user interface codenamed Rachel. As we wait for the device to launch, two YouTube videos about the device have surfaced in recent weeks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_hi_te/us_youtube_u2 ap/20091029/us_youtube_u2 AP technology Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:01:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_hi_te/us_youtube_u2"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091026/capt.801f7811d50d46748c5a8980fb202d91.music_u2_360_concert_la_cacp108.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=wFpKAOaFJHF0N6_qRSa4iw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Bono, right, and The Edge of the Irish rock band U2 perform during their 360 world tour stop at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)" border="0" /></a>AP - YouTube's webcast of a U2 concert was watched by nearly 10 million people, the video site's largest streaming event ever.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_hi_te/us_youtube_u2"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091026/capt.801f7811d50d46748c5a8980fb202d91.music_u2_360_concert_la_cacp108.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=wFpKAOaFJHF0N6_qRSa4iw--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="Bono, right, and The Edge of the Irish rock band U2 perform during their 360 world tour stop at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091027/media_nm/us_libertymedia nm/20091027/us_libertymedia Reuters entertainment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:49:24 GMT Reuters - John Malone's Liberty Media Corp said on Tuesday it has received approval from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service for a tax-free split-off of its Liberty Entertainment unit ahead of a merger with DirecTV Group Inc. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091027/tc_afp/usitinternetmusicblinkx afp/20091027/usitinternetmusicblinkx AFP technology Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:59:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091027/tc_afp/usitinternetmusicblinkx"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091027/capt.photo_1256649587152-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=SoCd_wqzA2glwmu3prOqTw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Online video search engine blinkx launched a new tool Tuesday to find and watch music videos on the Internet.(blinkx)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Online video search engine blinkx launched a new tool Tuesday to find and watch music videos on the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091027/tc_afp/usitinternetmusicblinkx"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091027/capt.photo_1256649587152-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=SoCd_wqzA2glwmu3prOqTw--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Online video search engine blinkx launched a new tool Tuesday to find and watch music videos on the Internet.(blinkx)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091026/tc_pcworld/netflixonplaystation3thegreatsonymicrosoftequalizer pcworld/20091026/netflixonplaystation3thegreatsonymicrosoftequalizer PC World technology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:07:00 GMT PC World - Surprising no one, really, streaming video maven Netflix will roll out its online TV and movie rental service to North America's nearly 10 million PlayStation 3 owners in November. Sony will announce the deal later today in an action that knocks one of the Xbox 360's "exclusive" pillars out from under Microsoft's games platform. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091026/tc_pcworld/howwetesthdtvs pcworld/20091026/howwetesthdtvs PC World technology Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT PC World - Since we first began testing HDTVs several years ago, the technology of the sets has changed--mostly for the better. LCDs (including the pricier, more eco-friendly LED-backlit sets) are starting to dominate, even in larger sizes where plasma and rear-projection once ruled. Many sets come with sophisticated options for adjusting display formats and automating image settings for different lighting environments and content types. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091025/tc_afp/usitinternethistorykleinrock afp/20091025/usitinternethistorykleinrock AFP technology Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:10:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091025/tc_afp/usitinternethistorykleinrock"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091025/capt.photo_1256493798130-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=120&q=85&sig=XX6zwoGJeCWzFZ4OrBAo7A--" align="left" height="120" width="130" alt="In this undated image provided by Computer Scientists Leonard Kleinrock, the scientist poses with the first Interface Message Processor. Leonard Kleinrock never imagined Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube that day 40 years ago when his team gave birth to what is now taken for granted as the Internet.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Leonard Kleinrock never imagined Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube that day 40 years ago when his team gave birth to what is now taken for granted as the Internet.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091025/tc_afp/usitinternethistorykleinrock"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091025/capt.photo_1256493798130-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=120&q=85&sig=XX6zwoGJeCWzFZ4OrBAo7A--" align="left" height="120" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this undated image provided by Computer Scientists Leonard Kleinrock, the scientist poses with the first Interface Message Processor. Leonard Kleinrock never imagined Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube that day 40 years ago when his team gave birth to what is now taken for granted as the Internet.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091023/tc_afp/francepoliticsinternet afp/20091023/francepoliticsinternet AFP technology Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:09:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091023/tc_afp/francepoliticsinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091023/capt.photo_1256308714324-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=bbSwsrMeUCFXyZEcEpy0Rg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand delivers a speech during a debate on a bill to set sanctions against illegal Internet downloaders in September 2009 in Paris. France will send out the first warnings to digital pirates early next year after passing tough legislation allowing for Internet access to be cut for those who illegally download movies and music, a minister said.(AFP/File/Patrick Kovarik)" border="0" /></a>AFP - France will send out the first warnings to digital pirates early next year after passing tough legislation allowing for Internet access to be cut for those who illegally download movies and music, a minister said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/digitalvideo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091023/tc_afp/francepoliticsinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091023/capt.photo_1256308714324-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=bbSwsrMeUCFXyZEcEpy0Rg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand delivers a speech during a debate on a bill to set sanctions against illegal Internet downloaders in September 2009 in Paris. France will send out the first warnings to digital pirates early next year after passing tough legislation allowing for Internet access to be cut for those who illegally download movies and music, a minister said.(AFP/File/Patrick Kovarik)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)