Breaking Out
BBC
The BBC Opens Up Its First “Perceptive Media” Experiment and You Can Try It Out Right Now

The BBC has a whole R&D lab dedicated to engineering the next big thing in TV, radio and media. It's just unveiled its first adaptive, changing or "perceptive" media experience called Breaking Out, which changes depending on who you are, where you are, and even what the weather's like. Read More >>

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review
Google Nexus Q Review: Who Is This Orb For?

Google unveiled its media-streaming glowing orb to many oohs and ahhs, followed by head-scratches. The thing looks cool. And it sounds good, both in concept and fidelity. But three major questions remain: Who is it for; how well does it work, and will the UK ever actually see it? Read More >>

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google
The UK’s Getting Screwed Over the Google Nexus Q

What with people hurling themselves out of planes with Google Glass strapped to their faces yesterday, and the surprise announcement that yes, the UK will be getting the Nexus 7 tablet and it'll actually be cheap, it was easy to miss the fact that the UK isn't on the list for that fancy Nexus Q. Read More >>

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apps
All the NYT’s Content Will Be Available on Flipboard From Thursday

Flipboard — the social reading app which is no longer just confined to iOS — has just announced that New York Times subscribers will be able to read all the paper's content through the app, on any platform, from this Thursday. That's a big deal for the New York Times, Flipboard and readers alike. Read More >>

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music
How Winamp Disappeared Into Obscurity

This year marks the 15th birthday of Winamp. During that time it went from being a must-have piece of software to languishing in complete obscurity. But where did it all go wrong? Read More >>

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netflix
Netflix and LoveFilm Added to UK Movie Competition Probe

The arrival of Netflix in the UK and the growth of rival LoveFilm on the film delivery scene could help BSkyB out of its current fix with the Competition Commission, which has asked for more time to consider competitiveness in the UK's broadcasting world thanks to the new streaming upstarts. Read More >>

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tv
Virgin Media Launches ‘Red Button’ Services Ready for Sky’s F1 Onslaught

Virgin Media has just launched a selection of 'Red Button' interactive features, designed to give sports fans yet more angles of footballers gobbing on themselves. And it'll also make Virgin's broadcasting of Sky's 2012 F1 coverage all the more in-depth. Read More >>

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samsung
Samsung Has Another Underwhelming Non-Phone Media Player

That's the new Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi 4.2, the latest in a long, long line of disappointing media players based loosely around the company's popular Galaxy S series of smartphones. Read More >>

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netflix
Britain Gets Screwed Again as Netflix Shows Just How Unbalanced It Really Is With More US Exclusives

Netflix has some great news; it’s tied-up yet more streaming exclusives in the form of Academy Award nominated films from The Weinstein Company including The Artist. Trouble is us Brits aren’t in on the deal, and that’s a problem. Read More >>

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piracy
War Against Newzbin2 Continues: Yet Another Forced Blockade Gets Pushed Through

I’m not quite sure how this is still happening given the recent EU rulings deeming the practice of forced blockage illegal, but TalkTalk has now been court ordered to rub Newsbin2 off the map. Read More >>

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rumours
Is Apple Struggling To Organise Content For Its New TV Service?

Rumours about a fully-fledged Apple TV have circulated for years. But recently, things have reached boiling point: from hints in Walter Issacson's Steve Jobs biography, to talk about upcoming technology to a hotly anticipated media announcement later this month. Read More >>

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samsung
Got a Galaxy Note? Grab Some Free Stuff On Samsung

It's almost Christmas and Samsung's feeling generous -- at least towards Galaxy owners. Now Galaxy Note-wielders can claim even more goodies, in the form of £120's worth of music and movies. Read More >>

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app of the day
Jotly for iPhone: Rate EVERYTHING

What do you think about that restaurant? More importantly, what you do think about that spoon over there? Or, maybe that plant next to the door. Seriously, that plant is starting to piss me off. Thankfully I can tell the world what a huge ass that plant is with the Jotly app. Use the app to rate anything. Anything! I'm rating this keyboard right now. My God it's filthy. Read More >>

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streaming
Roku Media Streamers UK-Bound For “Early 2012″

The Roku has been the darling child of many an American media-streamer, but now it looks like we'll get to have a play too. Roku's announced plans to expand into both the UK and Canada, complete with region specific channels. Read More >>

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android
Motorola Corvair — 6″ TV Remote With Android

As well as two updated Xoom tablets, Motorola has another Android-powered thing on the horizon -- the Corvair media controller. Read More >>