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Crucial security information about the Sony PlayStation 3 has been leaked online, making it easier for users to play pirated games on the machine. Unlocking games consoles is a co... More

The video game industry is under attack. Every month sales of video games and consoles continue their precipitous decline. Why? The number of smartphones and tablets is exploding, ... More

Microsoft Corp. has big plans in mobile devices, aided by a new version of Windows coming Friday. But it is also making further moves in the living room. The company on Tuesday ... More

We know Apple is showing off a new iPad today. And we know it will be smaller and cheaper than its other models. But while we obsess over the details that Tim Cook and company un... More

The networks hit the ground running Monday with news of series renewals and additional episode pickups, which is not unusual at this time of year. But how the news was disseminated... More

According to the 84-page briefing filed on October 19, Aereo’s position in this case is identical (in every relevant way) to Cablevision’s in the mid-2000s, when the cable prov... More

Los Angeles-based Hulu, which is co-owned by The Walt Disney Co., NBC Universal and News Corp., has seen the number of hours spent viewing video on its site fall sharply in 2012, i... More

Norwegian technology blogger Martin Bekkelund describes how his friend Linn Jordet Nygaard found that her Amazon account had been shut down and access to all of her Kindle books ... More

As TV disrupted radio, and as the Internet disrupted TV, what’s next? What disruption will bring us to a post-Internet era, and what rules will govern this new age?...... More

The UK’s first 4G mobile phone network will bundle movie downloads and streaming when it goes live next Tuesday, October 30. Announcing pricing and other details today, EE said ... More

Mobile app analytics firm Flurry has released an updated version of one of its most popular research reports, first published three years ago...... More

Zynga is building its own advertising platform that it plans to make available to third-party developers that work with the gaming company...... More

With Xbox SmartGlass, Microsoft wants to revolutionize the second screen. Microsoft is committed to extending the appeal of the Xbox brand beyond gaming and beyond the console. Thi... More

This is the latest salvo in my never-ending quest to bring common sense to the second screen market. It takes on everything from the fact that not all TV watching is purposeful (e.... More

The latest release of the zeebox TV companion app deepens its links with TV by adding a unique two-way remote control feature, responding to popular demand from zeebox users.  Mil... More

A few years ago, crowdsourcing was the shiny new toy in the marketing arsenal. All it took was a couple of success stories and soon every brand wanted to let people design the next... More

Forget cord-cutting; the latest wave of research on pay TV subscribers attests to plenty of cord-cuddling. Multiple studies released this month offer evidence that consumers are in... More

The BuddyTV Guide TV Listings GRID will prove to be useful for anyone who loves their specific TV. Not everyone likes the same stuff, so we implemented a way for everyone to be hap... More

The war for control of the TV screen, specifically the battle over which company or companies will own the user interface—and by default, the relationship with the average viewer... More