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I recently switched from AT&T to Comcast because the former was cheaping out on DSL customers, trying to nudge them toward U-Verse, an alternative that is faster, but more expensive, requiring you to sign up for at least TV service (if not also phone service as well). I was pleased when I found my new [...]

From the sexy tech department comes VideoJS, a nice little drop-in embedded video player that uses HTML5 technology.  The default player looks fantastic, and they also include look-alike player skins for YouTube, Vimeo, Hulu, and more. It is lightweight, open source, easy to use, supports fullscreen playing, and even has addons for WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, [...]

I just finished watching the latest episode of The Event on my Sony Blu-ray Disc player, using Hulu Plus streaming video.  It played well with a clear HD picture, and it was nice to sit in front of the TV to watch it, rather than at a computer. Despite that good experience, Hulu Plus falls [...]

This morning, Hulu Plus seems to be available on our Sony Bluray Disc Player.  I watched a sample video without any problems (other than our bad DSL connection – thanks AT&T), but the quality was good. I have not actually signed up, but it appears as though the app is ready.  Just two days ago, [...]

Today I happened to notice the new website design at IMDB.com (a movie database site).  I say it’s “new”, but this may just be the first time I noticed something that’s been up for months. At any rare, the design is more friendly and even has cute little social media buttons.  I do block ads, [...]

Four weeks after Ruper Murdoch tried to kill our fun by announcing that many of the newspapers you (not I) read will soon charge for access to certain online content, his new attack dog (a.k.a. chief digital officer), Jonathan Miller, claims that Hulu will start charging for content as well. Forget the fact that Miller’s [...]