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Finally, Netflix Streaming is Coming to the PS3

Update: Microsoft has issued an official response to this news here, and it seems they’re keeping 360 Netflix access tied to Live Gold membership. Don’t despair though, I have a hunch that they’ll reconsider if the Netflix PS3 service takes off strongly. — It was only a matter of time before Netflix started sharing the streaming love [...]
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Why Xbox Live Can’t Be Free… Yet

In a recent post over at CNet Digital Home,  Don Reisinger argues that Microsoft should make Xbox Live free. To an extent, I actually agree with him. Of course, I don’t think the situation is as clear-cut as Reisinger believes. Yes, Xbox Live will eventually be free, but that won’t happen until Microsoft has a [...]
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Will Sony Ever Stop Playing Catch Up with the Playstation 3?

Today Sony announced that they would be selling and renting video content over the Playstation Store, and I suppose if this was a year ago, that news would have actually been somewhat interesting. But coming off the recent Netflix/Xbox 360 announcement, wherein the 360 would become a Netflix streaming device this fall a la the [...]
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Gamestop Dropping Zune, What Exactly is Microsoft’s Zune Strategy Now?

photo credit: markhoekstra How sad it is that the biggest news to come from the Zune front in the past few months is anything but positive: Word is out that Gamestop has stopped selling Zunes. Honestly, I’m surprised it took this long, not because the Zune 2 is a worthless player (despite what some other news [...]
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Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope Shows Great Potential, Haters Say Meh

photo credit: DRB62 This morning I woke up to a Slashdot posting on Microsoft’s latest software project, the WorldWide Telescope (WWT). This is the rumored world-changing project that made Robert Scoble cry, and it’s something I’ve been waiting eagerly for since Scoble’s teasing posts. I’ve loved astronomy since I was a kid, so when I [...]
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