Practical Technology

Ubuntu Linux fans will recognize this story’s title as a play on the operating system’s slogan: Ubuntu: Linux for human beings. Now, Canonical, Ubuntu’s parent company, is taking on Apple and Google by trying to make Ubuntu the operating system of choice for all-in-one Internet, cable, and satellite TV: Ubuntu TV. According to Jane Silber, [...]

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When people talk about Internet TV, I’ve noticed that they usually talk about either Apple TV or Roku. Both are fine devices, but you may be over-looking that are many other ways to get Internet video to your TV. Many of these are still too complicated for general use and others, like Google TV, are [...]

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I’m sure the future of TV is on the Internet. It used to be that you needed to be an audio/visual pro to set up an Internet/TV connection . Now, Google TV, mark two of the Apple TV, and the Roku XDS make it easy for anyone to do it. Better still, on many new [...]

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It may sound like a bad movie title, but HD DVD, after being kicked to the side of the road by Blu-Ray is striking back. . More >

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Vudu, like Apple before it with the Apple TV, brought Internet TV and movies to TV watchers with a set-top box. Now, LG Electronics will be baking Vudu Internet TV capabilities into at least two of its 1080p HDTV lines. Is this the beginning of the end for the Internet TV set-top box.? Eh…. I [...]

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