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Discovery Channel's Time Warp: Slo-Mo Videos of Crazy Sh*t Go Primetime

Overheard in a recent Discovery Channel producer's meeting: "Hey—here's a crazy idea: you know how videos of things happening in slow motion tend to blow up the internet? Let's make that into a whole show. And in HD to boot. Face punches, raw chicken exploding, champagne blowing its top (the more latent sexuality the better!)—that kind of thing. We'll start it off next week, and yeah, we'll put some pretty great interactive slo-mo videos on our website that can be controlled frame-by-frame. I don't know about you guys but I'm sold!" [Discovery Channel]

9:20 AM on Thu Oct 9 2008
By John Mahoney
8,627 views, 36 comments

Latest by Bokusatsu_Tenshi: I hope they tape someone getting a kick to the crotch (not me though). I wanna see all the emotions in more »

question of the day

Question of the Day: Who Controls the Remote in Your House?

Whenever I give up the TV remote to someone else in the house, I am inevitably forced to suffer through The Bachelor or something that involves female friendship and bonding during difficult situations. It's torture—which is why the remote rarely leaves my side these days. Besides, I consider myself a fair remote ruler. I try to find stuff that we are both interested in watching. But what about you? Who controls the remote in your house? More »

7:00 PM on Tue Oct 7 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,137 views, 46 comments

Latest by venomous_duck41: Just because I hold the remote doesnt mean I get to controll it. Luckily my girlfriend likes football and baseball more »

hologram

Breakthrough in Holographic Tech Makes 3D Sets 5 to 10 Years Away

Holographic television sets may be only a few years off thanks to a new breakthrough in 3D technology. Researchers at the University of Arizona said they had made the first updatable 3D displays with memory, a prerequisite for getting any holographic image to move. With the new technology, displays can now be erased and rewritten in a matter of minutes. More »

2:00 AM on Tue Oct 7 2008
By Elaine Chow
11,972 views, 44 comments

Latest by StealthNinja: It's like a Pico projector that comes out of the screen, but with a polymer holographic 3-d film coating! Etc... more »

Anderson Cooper Loves Giz

CNN Responds To Giz's Pundit-Laptop Baseball-Watching Exposé

Update! After our shocking reveal of exactly what happens on CNN pundits' laptops while Anderson Cooper is blabbing about Sarah Palin (thanks again, Mark), the folks at the world's Most Trusted Name in News have responded. Unable to let such a scandal sit unanswered, on Friday night's 360 Cooper dialed up legal analyst and guilty baseball fan Jeffrey Toobin himself for an explanation. Busted! More »

7:00 PM on Mon Oct 6 2008
By John Mahoney
18,886 views, 58 comments

Latest by Nick_Bentley: Yeah Anderson Cooper is cool because he doesn't pander to anyone for a sound bite, he's not full of crap. more »

ceatec 2008

Panasonic Smart Home Probably Won't Try to Kill You like HAL 9000

Panasonic demoed their Smart Home concept at CEATEC this week. Smart Home seems to be an integrated system that controls the electronics in your house, from lighting to air conditioning to multimedia. Even the television will slide to follow you around, which actually looks sort of creepy and desperate. More »

5:00 PM on Sat Oct 4 2008
By Dan Nosowitz
2,961 views, 14 comments

Latest by EricAlder: I'd rather have the push-button control panel that Daffy Duck installed in Elmer Fudd's home, complete with the Red Button more »

Pundit Tech

So That's What CNN's Political Crew Is Doing On Their Laptops

In the arms race to squeeze more pundits with more laptops into a single stage, CNN has always held the lead. They're for keeping an up-to-the-second finger on the blogosphere's pulse, receiving sordid tips from 21st-century Deep Throats, yes? Tell that to CNN's legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin—what you up to on that screen there, Jeff?

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12:30 PM on Fri Oct 3 2008
By John Mahoney
72,970 views, 44 comments

Latest by discounteggroll: 68,000 views and all I got was this lousy pagerank? something's fishy more »

tivo

A Sneak Peek at the New TiVo User Interface

TiVo is apparently focus testing a new, more modern user interface that puts content—and ads—front and center. Besides finally adding Picture-in-Guide so you can keep watching a show while chugging through the guide, the main menu is now lined with a row of pictures along the top. The thumbnails are a combo of recently watched, favorites and suggestions—as well as ads. More details, and videos of the new UI in action are below, courtesy of Dave Zatz. More »

9:16 PM on Sun Sep 28 2008
By matt buchanan
11,551 views, 40 comments

Latest by joshman: @Zitaos: I would argue that Digeo's Moxi is better. Too bad Digeo has been unable to meet goals allowing them more »

rumor

Rumor: Apple TV Changes Afoot

A reseller says that they received an email from Apple telling them to remove and destroy all Apple TV displays and literature by Sept. 30 at 5PM. While it could simply be because the licensing for shows and movies used in the ads and displays is running out, the supposed letter from Apple mentions a webcast "kick off" on the same day. Update: MacRumors seconds that the licenses are just expiring. More »

7:30 PM on Sat Sep 27 2008
By matt buchanan
15,490 views, 37 comments

Latest by ralfhutter: Apple needs to have full network support (play to multiple TVs/speakers via wireless), plus use of iPhone remote. more »

tv

Netflix Streaming Heroes Season 3 the Day After New Episodes Air

Yesterday, I told you about Netflix inking deals with CBS and Disney to bring shows to Netflix as streaming content the day after they air. Now, will you look at this? The new season of NBC's Heroes is available to stream already, with every new episode arriving the day after it airs. You can't stop progress, people. Now boost the quality and bring more shows, please. How about 30 Rock and The Office, to start? [Netflix]

1:33 PM on Wed Sep 24 2008
By Adam Frucci
6,601 views, 37 comments

Latest by JemimaSheep: Wish someone like Hulu would realise that there are countries that aren't the US :( (Yeah, I know, it's not them more »

tv

Netflix Fires Shots Across Traditional TV's Bow by Signing Deals with CBS, Disney

Netflix has just inked deals with CBS and Disney to start adding shows to its streaming service the day after they air. The shows will include crime dramas your parents like such as CSI and NCIS as well as shows your younger cousins like such as Hannah Montana and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. But more exciting than the specific shows is the precedent this sets: yet another reason to cancel cable. More »

4:09 PM on Tue Sep 23 2008
By Adam Frucci
7,054 views, 44 comments

Latest by maven2k: They need to keep doing this so I can ditch cable all together and just have internet coming into my more »