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 »

What was once a rumor has now been confirmed, Redbox has announced plans to launch a streaming service in 2011. The news comes by way of Coinstar CEO Paul Davis who confirmed the news during their recent earnings call. “During the company’s quarterly earnings call Thursday, Coinstar CEO Paul Davis said that Redbox is in more »

And at last it is here, Microsoft revealed in the dark of night its latest XBOX 360 bundle which will include a new 250GB Xbox 360 slim console, Kinect motion-control camera and a copy of Kinect Adventures for $399 US (or £300 for our UK friends). The in-your-hands delivery date is slated for November 4th, more »

The E3 madness has begun and today there were plenty of news worthy notes to go around. One of the most significant announcements came out of the Microsoft camp revealing

Rumors that Mr. Xbox, Mr. Zune and the almost Mr. Courier, J Allard, will be parting ways with Microsoft. This whole mess began when Steve Ballmer decided to pull the plug on the Courier (or as I like to to call it, the iPad 2.0). Allard did not take to kindly to this and according more »

According to a Redbox survey, the company is considering a move into streaming movies Netflix-style for a mere $3.95 per month. Netflix currently offers streaming free, as long as you have a minimum $8.99 plan. Redbox currently operates kiosks that distribute movies for $1 a night across the nation. The survey was sent to users more »

The Pogoplug offers a convenient way to be able to backup your files and also have access to them from any Internet connection as well as share select files with others. I have been using one for a few weeks now, and have a review coming soon. But today, Pogoplug has rolled out a few more »

Radio Shack’s Black Friday deals have been leaked and here’s what you can expect. There are no Early Bird deals, but I still recommend you get to the store early as quantities will likely be limited! Camcorders: Sanyo Xacti VPC-CG10 10MP HD Flash Camcorder (Red) $169.99 Vivitar DVR 865HD Flash Camcorder $69.99 Computer Accessories: Gigaware more »

What’s better than a Black Friday sale? A desperate Pre-Black Friday sale in hopes to get all the dollars you would have spent on the actual Black Friday. Wal-Mart delivers with a sale this Saturday, Novermber 7. The deals look worthy of making a special trip. From the Xbox 360 reduced to $199 and includes more »

Microsoft has certainly been the charmer at E3 this year. People went gaga over their new Project Natal (as well they should!), they announced a way to deliver movies in 1080p format…no disks and no waiting for download. And also, they worked with the uber-social networking site of the time, Facebook, to have it work more »