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Netflix Re-encodes It’s Video Library To Save Bandwidth

Posted by Melissa Davidson
|Date: December 15, 2015
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Netflix Re-encodes It’s Video Library To Save Bandwidth

Netflix is always getting blamed for using too much bandwidth by ISP's and upstream providers. This is pa ...

Netflix is always getting blamed for using too much bandwidth by ISP's and upstream providers. This is partly because over 36% of US Internet traffic is Netflix streaming and this number is going to g ...

December 15, 2015
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DirecTV To Begin Airing Ultra HD (4K) Satellite Broadcasts in 2016

Posted by James Anderson
|Date: December 02, 2015
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DirecTV To Begin Airing Ultra HD (4K) Satellite Broadcasts in 2016

DirectTV, now part of AT&T, has confirmed it will begin airing live Ultra HD (4K resolution) broadcas ...

DirectTV, now part of AT&T, has confirmed it will begin airing live Ultra HD (4K resolution) broadcasting during the first quarter of 2016. Their plans for UHD (Ultra HD) is currently to offer up ...

December 02, 2015
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Roku SE, The $25 Entry-Level Streaming Device

Posted by James Anderson
|Date: November 11, 2015
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Roku SE, The $25 Entry-Level Streaming Device

Roku has announced a low-end streaming device, the Roku SE which is affordably priced at $49 but will be ...

Roku has announced a low-end streaming device, the Roku SE which is affordably priced at $49 but will be discounted down to $25 for Black Friday 2015. With the lower price point comes lower hardware s ...

November 11, 2015
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Sony Betamax Tape Production Will Cease in March 2016

Posted by Beverley Cameron
|Date: November 10, 2015
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Sony Betamax Tape Production Will Cease in March 2016

After having launched for the first time in 1975 and losing the format war to VHS, Sony has finally annou ...

After having launched for the first time in 1975 and losing the format war to VHS, Sony has finally announced that it would cease the sales of Betamax video cassettes by March 2016. In addition to Bet ...

November 10, 2015
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Comcast Enforcing Caps of 300GB Forcing Users To Pay More For Data

Posted by Beverley Cameron
|Date: November 06, 2015
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Comcast Enforcing Caps of 300GB Forcing Users To Pay More For Data

Comcast users, get ready to be taken advantage of yet again. Based on some leaked Comcast support script ...

Comcast users, get ready to be taken advantage of yet again. Based on some leaked Comcast support script documents, Comcast cable will now be enforcing 300GB caps and it will cost $10 per 50 GB in ove ...

November 06, 2015
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Move Over Sit-and-Stand Desks, Here’s the Power Reclining Workstation

Posted by James Anderson
|Date: October 28, 2015
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Move Over Sit-and-Stand Desks, Here’s the Power Reclining Workstation

We all know that sitting too much is really bad for our health so Geek Inspector looked to the Ergotron W ...

We all know that sitting too much is really bad for our health so Geek Inspector looked to the Ergotron Workfit-T standing desk which allows us to stretch our legs, stand a bit and encourage a more he ...

October 28, 2015
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Underwater Internet Cables At Risk of Tech Warfare

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|Date: October 27, 2015
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Underwater Internet Cables At Risk of Tech Warfare

Most consumers do not realize how the data travels from your home over the Internet to its destination an ...

Most consumers do not realize how the data travels from your home over the Internet to its destination and then back again. Some may assume that being connected at home, just means you are tapped into ...

October 27, 2015
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MasterCard To Turn Any Consumer Electronic Into Payment Device

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|Date: October 27, 2015
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MasterCard To Turn Any Consumer Electronic Into Payment Device

MasterCard has unveiled a new program that turns any consumer electronic gadget into a payment device, gi ...

MasterCard has unveiled a new program that turns any consumer electronic gadget into a payment device, giving the consumer the freedom to make purchases with any device that they want. The program is ...

October 27, 2015
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Tesla Cars Now Offers Hands Free AutoPilot Driving

Posted by Beverley Cameron
|Date: October 15, 2015
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Tesla Cars Now Offers Hands Free AutoPilot Driving

Tesla's Model S and Model X vehicles can now drive for you thanks to a software update issued Wednesday b ...

Tesla's Model S and Model X vehicles can now drive for you thanks to a software update issued Wednesday by the all-electric automaker. Before you get too excited, it's not a self-driving car like what ...

October 15, 2015
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GameStop Announces It’s Black Friday Store Hours, Not Black Thursday

Posted by James Anderson
|Date: October 12, 2015
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GameStop Announces It’s Black Friday Store Hours, Not Black Thursday

With Black Friday becoming Black Thursday, retailers across the country have announced opening their door ...

With Black Friday becoming Black Thursday, retailers across the country have announced opening their doors for the "Black Friday" shopping season on Thanksgiving Day rather than Black Friday morning b ...

October 12, 2015
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