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How To Download Hulu TV and Movies For Good

We love Hulu. And we wish it lived on TVs, phones, tablets and places other than laptops. StreamTransport, a Windows Hulu ripper, is a start. Get the software before it’s inevitably shut down. [StreamTransport via Lifehacker] https://lifehacker.com/streamtransport-grabs-hulu-videos-for-offline-viewing-5493091

Tech News Brian Lam Mar 15

Screw Avatar, 3D Gaming is What Will Get You to Buy a New TV

I’ve been skeptical of the big push for 3D in TVs and movies. But I just played the first 45 minutes or so of Metro 2033 on a top-of-the-line 3D-enabled gaming rig and, well, wow. https://kotaku.com/metro-2033-screens-depict-a-really-dark-future-5448224/ Playing games in 3D right now requires a lot of work on your part, or at least a lot…

Tech News Adam Frucci Mar 15

Windows Marketplace Will Be the Only Source For Windows Phone 7 Apps

What many feared (or briefly thought about without much emotion either way) has turned out to be true: Microsoft PR has confirmed that Windows Marketplace for Mobile will be the only source for Windows Phone 7 apps, meaning that you can’t sideload apps, and that Microsoft will be the sole gatekeeper for all apps on…

Tech News John Herrman Mar 15

Surprise: Windows Phone 7 Has Native DivX Support

This is an unexpected treat: Windows Phone 7‘s SDK came out today, and apparently it includes DivX support up through DivX6. That means no DivX7, but it’s still a lot more than you can find on the iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-sdk-available-now-free-5493741 While the move decidedly puts Windows Phone 7 way ahead of the iPhone in terms of…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 15

Windows Phone 7 SDK Available Now, Free

You can download the Windows Phone 7 SDK right now from this link. Make us some good stuff, programmers. [Windows Phone Developer]

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 15

Netflix App Streams Gorgeously on Windows Phone 7

Here’s the first demo of Netflix running on Windows Phone 7. Keep in mind, it’s technically a prototype, but equipped with show subscriptions and 3G streaming, Netflix is super hot on the platform. We want this. Now: Read more on Windows Phone 7 Apps in our mega guide. [MIX] https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-apps-everything-you-need-to-know-5493569

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 15

The First Xbox Live Windows Phone Game Looks Awesome (Achievement Unlocked!)

Harvest shows what Xbox Live gaming will be like on Windows Phone 7, and it’s pretty damn impressive. Achievements, explosions, and glorious gamerpoints. Leaving your house officially no longer means stalling your gamerscore. UPDATED. They’re also showing off Goo Splat and Battle Punks. What’s curious is the mention that Goo Splat, an internal Microsoft game,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 15

Windows Phone 7 Apps: First Video

Click to viewSo this is how apps are going to look on Windows Phone 7: visually captivating, great animations, 3D transformations. It’s a very distinctive look and feel from iPhone apps, and may be just what Microsoft needs to establish themselves. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-apps-everything-you-need-to-know-5493569 It’s a good move to show the Associated Press clip in action: it…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 15

Windows Phone 7 Apps: Everything You Need To Know

Windows Phone 7 Series: It’s a thing! And it looks pretty great, so far. Last month’s announcement, though, left a lot of questions. Questions which are answered here, in Gizmodo’s live updated coverage of Microsoft’s MIX 2010 keynote. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-series-everything-is-different-now-5471805 https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-apps-what-we-know-what-we-dont-5472235 How exactly will multitasking work? What about those incredible cross platform game demos? Whither WinMo…

Tech News John Herrman Mar 15

Windows Phone Marketplace Partners: Pandora, Foursquare, EA Mobile, AP, and More

It’s not clear yet when Microsoft’s newly announced Windows Phone Marketplace is going to launch, but when it does they’ll have a bevy of partners already on board, ranging from the AP to Foursquare to Pandora. And they look good! Microsoft’s keynote at Mix 2010 this morning is all about about Windows Phone 7 apps,…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 15

iPhone-Loving Microsoft Employees Endure Unspeakable Hardship

The WSJ has a discussion today of the phenomenon of the iPhone-using Microsoft employee. Apparently that time Ballmer fake-stomped an iPhone is emblematic of some (barely) real anti-iPhone sentiment in Redmond. https://gizmodo.com/ballmer-busts-microsoft-staffer-taking-his-photo-with-a-5357235 Interestingly, it turns out that 10,000 iPhone users accessed Microsoft’s employee email system last year—about 10% of the total company’s workforce. But like…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Mar 14

Inside the Apple-Google War: It’s Personal

The New York Times has a long, juicy look at what’s been going on behind the scenes with the ever-escalating conflict between Google and Apple. The cause for all the enmity, according to insiders? Ego. https://gizmodo.com/how-apple-and-googles-romance-turned-to-hate-5483662 When Apple filed suit against HTC earlier this month, it was clear that Google and Apple’s romance had turned…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 13

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Best and Brightest Edition

In today’s Remainders: excellence. Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world’s richest man; Battlestar Galactica and the Beastie Boys get mashed-up real good; Everquest data is a motherlode for behavior scientists, and more! Carlos > Bill Earlier today, Forbes released this year’s Billionaires List, a ranking that assigns specific names and amounts to a…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 11

Mental Math: The PlayStation Move Experience Is Going to Be Expensive

Sony barely mentioned pricing with their PlayStation Move motion controller, only noting that the combo pricing with PlayStation Eye and a game will cost less than $100. But by our back-of-the-envelope calculations, the experience is going to be really expensive. https://gizmodo.com/sony-motion-controller-is-called-playstation-move-laun-5490508 Our previous look was with the Wii MotionPlus, which clocked in at $80 per…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 11

Why Windows XP Users Upgrading Their Hard Drives Should Be Wary

Considering the fact that Windows XP is still the most-used OS worldwide, anyone considering swapping out their old hard drives for a new one should heed this advice: be careful. You may want to even consider not doing it. Why am I getting all cautious on you? Because of warnings by both the BBC and…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 11

Android Surges While the iPhone Stalls Out

The latest smartphone subscriber numbers are out, and the last three months have been kind to Google. Android’s still a relatively small player, but its usage base more than doubled since October. The iPhone, meanwhile, keeps on treading water. RIM remains the leader in the smartphone space, with nearly half the market using BlackBerries. Apple’s…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 10

Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives

With stories abounding of identity theft aided by information lifted from discarded storage devices, you want devices you no longer plan to use to have no usable information when they head out the door. Here’s how to wipe them clean. Why Erasing Files Is Not Enough Sure, you could erase the contents of the drive,…

Tech News MaximumPC Mar 10

Zune HD2 Will Be Like iPod Touch for Windows Phone 7 (Read: Apps! Also, Zune HD Is For Suckers)

Sorry, everybody who bought a Zune HD! You screwed up. It won’t be a part of the XNA Game Studio 4.0 party—meaning it won’t play those new mobile Xbox Live games for Windows Phone 7—unlike the Zune HD2. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-demos-game-across-windows-phone-7-xbox-360-5487232 It’s through MIcrosoft’s XNA Game Studio 4.0 that developers get access to the Xbox Live goodness,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 9

Cellphone Overshare

In Taiwan, there are more cellphones than people. About 7% of all mobile data goes to movie information. And Google owns nearly 100% of the mobile search market. These, and more fun facts in this handy infographic! [DataViz via ChartPorn]

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 9

Pivot Shows Again that Microsoft Is Kicking Serious Ass

According to Microsoft, Pivot’s “a new way to browse and arrange massive amounts of images and data online,” enabling “spectacular zooms in and out of web databases, and the discovery of [invisible] patterns and links.” According to me, it’s awesome. Click to view Pivot allows you to create and access data collections made from massive…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 8

How To Download Hulu TV and Movies For Good

Screw Avatar, 3D Gaming is What Will Get You to Buy a New TV

Windows Marketplace Will Be the Only Source For Windows Phone 7 Apps

Surprise: Windows Phone 7 Has Native DivX Support

Windows Phone 7 SDK Available Now, Free

Netflix App Streams Gorgeously on Windows Phone 7

The First Xbox Live Windows Phone Game Looks Awesome (Achievement Unlocked!)

Windows Phone 7 Apps: First Video

Windows Phone 7 Apps: Everything You Need To Know

Windows Phone Marketplace Partners: Pandora, Foursquare, EA Mobile, AP, and More

iPhone-Loving Microsoft Employees Endure Unspeakable Hardship

Inside the Apple-Google War: It’s Personal

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Best and Brightest Edition

Mental Math: The PlayStation Move Experience Is Going to Be Expensive

Why Windows XP Users Upgrading Their Hard Drives Should Be Wary

Android Surges While the iPhone Stalls Out

Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives

Zune HD2 Will Be Like iPod Touch for Windows Phone 7 (Read: Apps! Also, Zune HD Is For Suckers)

Cellphone Overshare

Pivot Shows Again that Microsoft Is Kicking Serious Ass

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