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“Family Guy” goes wild for Windows - at least for a night

by Jodie Andrefski on Oct 14, 2009 at 01:30 PM

You’d have to be blind not to see Microsoft trying to shove Windows 7 into the living rooms of America through TV commercials.  The most recent—the gaggy sweet little girl making rainbow and flower pages though, is in my opinion, not their best effort.  But, that effort is now veering… Continue Reading »

Bored at work? Watch comedy on Hulu with no commercials

by Iyaz Akhtar on May 26, 2009 at 02:30 PM

Every now and then Hulu goes commercial free.  Today, Hulu’s comedy channel will be commercial free thanks to a deal with Toyota.  Toyota is promoting its newest Prius.  If you are unaware, Hulu has several different ways to watch programs and movies.  You can do searches for video or use… Continue Reading »

Hulu to go commercial-free tonight

by Iyaz Akhtar on May 8, 2009 at 02:01 PM

Hulu’s a great way to catch up with shows you’ve missed.  Their advertising breaks are even somewhat bearable.  Tonight will be different though. Tonight, McDonald’s McCafé promotion starts on Hulu.  Together they are bringing commercial-free Hulu programming from 7PM EST to 3AM EST.  That’s a pretty cool deal.  I’d assume… Continue Reading »

Online video war part 2: Battle of the network sites

by Iyaz Akhtar on May 5, 2009 at 08:09 PM

We’re back with another helpful post on how to find the best in online video. Last time, we covered Joost, Hulu, and Sling.  This time, we’re talking about the individual networks.  While it may be more work to go to different sites, you will get better quality video and that’s… Continue Reading »

Hulu gets Disney-fied; Disney buys chunk of Hulu

by Iyaz Akhtar on Apr 30, 2009 at 11:00 AM

Disney has bought a 30% piece of Hulu.  Hulu began as a joint venture of News Corp. (owners of Fox) and NBC.  Disney owns ABC, ESPN, and plenty of other networks.  It looks like it is just a matter of time before Disney programming hits Hulu.  This makes Hulu a… Continue Reading »

Hulu says “Bye bye” to Boxee

by Iyaz Akhtar on Feb 18, 2009 at 09:40 PM

Hulu announced today that its content providers have requested Hulu’s content to be removed from Boxee.  If you haven’t heard of it, Boxee is a free media center and is an offshoot of the XBox Media Center that currently supports Mac and Linux (Windows support is coming). In the blog… Continue Reading »

Do you Hulu yet?  Here are ten shows that make it worth it.

by Jodie Andrefski on Oct 14, 2008 at 02:25 PM

You must have heard all the hype about Hulu by now.  How it gives you the ability to watch your favorite shows online, any time you want.  How it’s easy to use, and so convenient.  How it is—(drum roll here)—FREE. Granted, there are several different places you can go to… Continue Reading »

[Update] Sony may prompt next video format war (not really, oops)

by Shawn Ingram on Oct 3, 2008 at 06:35 AM

Looking for the next video format war?  It might be in the last place you want it: movie theaters.  Sony announced Thursday that has teamed up with Twentieth Century Fox and Paramount Pictures to promote the new Sony-developed digital projection setup.  This came only a day after five major studios… Continue Reading »

News Corp. in acquisition talks with Digg?

by XXDustin Brewer on Oct 25, 2006 at 03:05 PM

It looks likes rumors are going around the Internet about the possibility that Digg.com could be bought out by News Corp., or at least they are in acquisition talks. It seems that our current Web 2.0 Bubble is nearing its end and about to pop with all of these big… Continue Reading »

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