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11.21.09

Happy 40th Birthday, Internet! Five Milestones in the Ever-Evolving History of the Web

By Stuart Fox Posted 10.29.2009 at 2:57 pm 8 Comments

Your Daddies: A group of BBN programmers, the builders of Arpanet.

Yes, hard to believe, but it was 40 years ago today that the first two nodes of what would become Arpanet connected, thus beginning the Internet As We Know It. In the ensuing four decades, the Internet would change our world as profoundly as radio and the printing press had before it. So to celebrate, we’ve compiled five milestones in the Internet's young life.

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Xbox 360 To Show Netflix Movies

Microsoft announces that its popular game console will stream Netflix movies in the fall

By Jaya Jiwatram Posted 07.18.2008 at 11:19 am 4 Comments

Just when you thought you couldn't waste enough time on your Xbox 360, Microsoft has decided to add another way to get you to stare at your tube for longer, by streaming movies and TV shows through its popular game console. The tech giant announced its partnership with the movie-rental company Netflix this week at the E3 video game convention in Los Angeles. While video-gamers were leaping for joy at the convention when Square Enix announced Final Fantasy XIII for the Xbox 360, avid movie fans were leaping even higher to hear about Microsoft's movie deal.

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Battle of the Internet Video Boxes: Netflix vs. Apple TV vs. Vudu

We pit the leading digital-delivery TV boxes and services from Netflix, Apple and Vudu against DVD and Blu-ray. Who will reign supreme?

By Sean Captain Posted 06.04.2008 at 5:21 pm 9 Comments

Battle of the Video Boxes: We put the leading set-top video boxes to the test (L to R: Apple TV, Vudu, and Netflix's Roku) vs. Blu-ray. Who emerges victorious? Apple/Vudu/Roku

We live in interesting TV times. DVD players are as common as toasters. Basic Blu-ray players offer high-def flicks at prices we can (almost) afford. And now, if you can’t bother to go to the store or wait for a disc to arrive, you finally have some enticing download options.

The biggest news, of course, is the recent arrival of Roku's streaming Netflix Player, which is finally giving the company a service to match its name. The Netflix Player joins two other on-demand boxes: Vudu, which premiered last September, and Apple TV, which got upgraded to a movie-playing box in February. So, what’s the best way to go?

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