Netflix Instant Watch announced for PS3. Due November 2009

Big news for PlayStation 3 owners, Netflix Instant Watch is coming this November! Just like on the Xbox 360, PS3 owners will finally be able to instantly stream thousands of movies and TV shows as long as they are signed up for the Netflix service for $9. This had been rumored for a while, but not many people thought it would happen so soon. It’s not a coincidence though, as Netflix for PS3 will happen exactly a year after the service first went live on Xbox 360. Meaning Microsoft had a one-ye

Windows 7 in an HTPC, Part One

From yourgreenfriend.com The home theater PC, or “HTPC” as it is often called, has never really gained a lot of traction – it seems doomed to forever remain a niche product, especially as home video game consoles like Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s Playstation step up and become high-definition media devices. Still, with streaming video Web sites like Hulu confined to PCs, the HTPC can still have a place under many TVs, and the low cost of decent computing equipment these days makes it mor

Sony Announces Netflix Partnership: PS3 Movie Streaming Service Starts Next Month

The “anything you can do I can do better” competition between the Sony PlayStation 3 and the Microsoft Xbox 360 for the title of ”Master Swiss Army Knife Console King Toaster Oven” continues as Sony announced their partnership with Netflix on Monday. Remember when video game consoles didn’t cost 500 dollars and just played video games? I do. Starting next month, PS3 owners (who are also Netflix subscribers) will be able to instantly stream thousands of movies and TV shows from the Netflix cata

Netflix Streaming Coming To The Playstation 3 Next Month

Tags: gaming, homes, internet, microsoft, north, sony, streaming, united-states Remember how Microsoft said they had an exclusive deal with Netflix to stream their movies to their Xbox 360? Wrongzo my friend! Sony has just inked a deal with the DVD rental company that will bring the service to over 9 million PS3 owners in the US sometime next month.I can’t find the source, but Netflix obtained millions (more than 1 less than 3) of users as a result of signing a deal with Microsoft’s gaming u

Impressions of the Engadget Show with Steve Ballmer

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/...-steve-ballmer/ Yesterday afternoon I witnessed a great interview between Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, and Joshua Topolsky, editor-in-chief of gadget blog Engadget. The event of course celebrated the launch of Windows 7 , but Windows Mobile (6.5 and 7), Zune HD, and Microsoft’s cloud computing initiatives were all hot topics, and each were discussed at some length. While Josh maintained a level of cool collectedness throughout, Ballmer was en

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