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Walmart’s Cloud Movie Service Shapes Up

Peter Kafka in News on January 7 at 9:00 am PT

“Disc to digital” didn’t make much sense last year, but the retailer is making some key improvements.

Tipping Point? We’re Watching More Web Video on TVs Than on PCs.

Peter Kafka in Media on September 26, 2012 at 9:20 am PT

A story about devices, and a story about content.

Digital Game Revenue Wasn’t Enough to Offset Broader Industry Declines in Q3

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 20, 2011 at 5:37 pm PT

Revenue from mobile and social games, among other categories, is growing, but not at a fast enough clip to offset the declines witnessed in the traditional games market.

Coming to a Gadget Near You: A Movie for All Your Screens

Geoffrey A. Fowler in Personal Technology on October 19, 2011 at 7:04 pm PT

A new service called UltraViolet lets users buy a movie once and then watch it on any of their gadgets.

Thanks, Thor! Hollywood Sells Some Discs After All.

Peter Kafka in Media on October 14, 2011 at 11:23 am PT

Turns out some people are still interested in buying movies, not renting them — for a certain group of titles.

Intel And Apple To Debut Thunderbolt Video and Data Connection Today

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 24, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Intel will debut a new connection technology for PCs that combines a high-speed data connection and a high-quality video connection into a single cable. Its name: Thunderbolt. And Apple will debut computers using it today.

Maybe UltraViolet, the Ginormous Media Cloud Locker Thingy, Won't Fail, After All. What Do You Say, Steve Jobs?

Peter Kafka in Media on January 6, 2011 at 12:01 am PT

A big “everyone but Apple” coalition of hardware and software companies might be able to make a cloud-based media service work. If Apple will play along.

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How Videogames Are Changing the Economy

Andy Kessler, Co-founder, Velocity Capital Management in News on January 4, 2011 at 9:53 am PT

This fall, the Chinese National University of Defense Technology announced that it had created the world’s fastest supercomputer, Tianhe-1A, which clocks in at 2.5 petaflops (or 2,500 trillion operations) per second. This is the shape of the world to come—but not in the way you might think.

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Vizio Extends Battle Plan

Yukari Iwatani Kane, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 3, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Vizio Inc., which put inexpensive flat-panel TVs in living rooms, now is setting its sights on cellphones and tablet computers. Vizio, which has vied with Samsung Electronics Co. for leadership in U.S. sales of television sets, plans Monday in advance of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to discuss its new mobile products.

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Blu-ray's Time Comes as DVDs Fade

Nat Worden, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 24, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Blu-ray is emerging as a holiday hero for Hollywood as the film industry grapples with the rise of online video and a persistent slump in its most profitable source of revenue: DVD sales.