One of the things I love best about writing in the tech space is getting access to all kinds of gadgets. The downside of this is there are only so many I can afford. So, I’ve got to choose. Here are my top 5 gadgets I’ll be using this 4th of July. Chances are very more »

Last night, while scores of Fathers Day families were snuggled around the TV to stream a movie from the popular Netflix movie service were met with disappointment: Netflix is unavailable. The service seemed to be unreachable via the web, Roku box, Apple TV, iPad (and other iOS devices) and game consoles. The disruption appears to more »

Apple offered up a press release last week stating how they were closing in on the 1 million sold mark for the Apple TV, and well, it seems they have officially hit that number. All said and done, 1 million in three months time is pretty impressive, but at the same time I am thinking more »

We’ve already heard what the new Apple TV has done to Roku sales, and now Apple is talking about how the device itself is selling. According to Apple, the new Apple TV will sell it’s 1 millionth unit sometime this week, just in time for Christmas. According to Apple, not only will the Apple TV more »

It looks like the Apple TV launch did some good for a company other than Apple. According to Anthony Wood, the CEO of Roku, their sales doubled after Apple announced the latest Apple TV. Pretty good for a device that many were expecting to have trouble after the Apple TV announcement. Wood went on to more »

The last we heard was how Google was planning to launch Google TV sometime in the fall. Well, according to a recently leaked image from an internal Best Buy system — the fall could mean October 17th. Of course, until something official comes by way of Google we are going to have to treat this more »

When everyone first learned about the Boxee set-top back in 2009, we were all equally excited about the the web video universal catch-all to be one plug integrated with our TVs. Placement of the device is obvious and will be a direct competitor with refangled Apple TV. As initially anticipated, the upcoming Boxee with not more »

Google, in a well-timed response to Apple TV, has promised the release of their television service coming stateside this fall. According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, consumers will now be able to have complete internet access throughout televisions completely free. For those of us who are not savvy with technology, this could actually be some more »

] A few years ago, there was Xbox Media Center, or XBMC, a platform that made the original Xbox into the ultimate media center at the time. Boxee was one platform to come out of it, now there is another: Plex. Plex recently launched it’s newest version Plex/Nine for Mac (no PC version available) to more »

As the “one more thing,” or rather “one more hobby,” at today’s event, Steve Jobs unveiled the new Apple TV. The product is essentially what we’ve heard rumors of for the past few months. The new Apple TV is small, about a quarter of the size of the original, which is possibly because it has more »