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Hulu Plus drops invites, heads to Sony Bravia HDTVs and all PlayStation 3 users

Hulu Plus drops invites, heads to Sony Bravia HDTVs and all PlayStation 3 users

November 4, 2010 1:22 PM Devindra Hardawar

Even though Hulu’s paid offering, Hulu Plus, doesn’t appear to be a smashing success, the streaming video site is still pushing forward by dropping the need for invites, adding more content, and supporting more devices.

Hulu Plus is heading to …

Netflix streaming video now disc-free on the Nintendo Wii

Netflix streaming video now disc-free on the Nintendo Wii

October 18, 2010 7:05 AM Devindra Hardawar

Nintendo announced today that Wii owners can now watch Netflix streaming video without the need for a Watch Instantly disc.

Instead, Wii owners can download the free Netflix application from the Wii Shop Channel, and install the service directly on …

Netflix's Playstation 3 app goes disc-free, leapfrogs Xbox 360 with 1080p HD video, surround sound

Netflix's Playstation 3 app goes disc-free, leapfrogs Xbox 360 with 1080p HD video, surround sound

October 14, 2010 8:50 AM Devindra Hardawar

The battle for the best Netflix experience in your living room rages on. Sony announced today that Playstation 3 owners will no longer need to use a disc to access Netflix’s streaming service starting October 18, and the console’s Netflix …

Hulu may be headed to a Roku streaming video box near you

Hulu may be headed to a Roku streaming video box near you

September 27, 2010 12:37 PM Devindra Hardawar

Not that this comes as a huge surprise, but it looks like owners of Roku’s streaming video box may soon have access to content from Hulu, according to two of Hulu’s content partners who spoke to Dan Rayburn from Business …

Sony bullish on PS 3 outlook, announces game console will get 3D Blu-ray movies

Sony bullish on PS 3 outlook, announces game console will get 3D Blu-ray movies

September 16, 2010 4:39 PM Dean Takahashi

Sony announced at the Tokyo Game Show this week that it plans to hit its target of selling 15 million PlayStation 3 consoles during the fiscal year that ends March 31, 2011. It also said today that the PS 3 …

How Apple could undermine console gaming with TV app games

How Apple could undermine console gaming with TV app games

September 6, 2010 5:00 AM Dean Takahashi

Apple’s Steve Jobs is an expert at disrupting other companies’ businesses. Just look at what the iPhone did to Nokia and Motorola, two leaders of the cell phone business who are now trying to chase Apple.

What would happen if …

Sony offers new PlayStation 3 bundle as it readies Move launch

Sony offers new PlayStation 3 bundle as it readies Move launch

August 17, 2010 11:43 AM Dean Takahashi

Sony is offering new models of the PlayStation 3 as it gets ready to launch its Move motion-sensing system on Sept. 19.

The Japanese company announced at the Gamescom conference in Cologne, Germany, that it will offer a larger 320-gigabyte …

Console game sales shrink slightly in July, but StarCraft II makes PC game sales soar

Console game sales shrink slightly in July, but StarCraft II makes PC game sales soar

August 12, 2010 3:30 PM Dean Takahashi

Overall U.S. console game sales shrank 1 percent in July, continuing a weak trend that has persisted for much of the year. But sales of StarCraft II, which went on sale on July 27, were so strong that PC game …

Hulu Plus hits Sony's Playstation 3, exclusive until 2011

Hulu Plus hits Sony's Playstation 3, exclusive until 2011

July 14, 2010 2:42 PM Devindra Hardawar

With the reveal of its premium Hulu Plus service last month, video streaming site Hulu announced that it would be branching out to devices other than computers, including televisions, Apple devices, and game consoles. Today, Hulu Plus has finally landed …

Hulu's premium service may arrive next week, Playstation 3 rumors emerge

Hulu's premium service may arrive next week, Playstation 3 rumors emerge

June 24, 2010 10:54 PM Devindra Hardawar

Two separate reports have emerged tonight that point to Hulu’s long-rumored premium service finally arriving soon. The service, dubbed Hulu Plus, may be available for some 10,000 testers next week, according to All Things Digital. In addition, there’s talk that …

In turnabout, PlayStation 3 helps Sony reduce its losses

In turnabout, PlayStation 3 helps Sony reduce its losses

May 13, 2010 10:47 AM Dean Takahashi

For several years, the PlayStation 3 game console was a weight around Sony’s neck, dragging down revenues as Sony’s position in video games fall from No. 1 to No. 3.

Now the PS 3 is redeeming itself, as hardware costs …

Sony's PlayStation marketing machine now selling the digital living room

Sony's PlayStation marketing machine now selling the digital living room

April 1, 2010 10:39 AM Dean Takahashi

The living room is getting awfully crowded now that the Internet has come into it. But Sony is trying to take advantage of all that confusion by pushing the PlayStation 3 as the machine that can do everything.

While Nintendo’s …

Heavy Rain: I just changed a diaper. Can this be a video game?

Heavy Rain: I just changed a diaper. Can this be a video game?

February 26, 2010 7:00 AM Blake Snow

“Did I really just do that?” I ask myself, part way into playing “Heavy Rain,” the new, uh, video game for the PlayStation 3.

Moments before, I faced a unique problem—unique to video games that is. A baby was crying. …

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