Microsoft’s Sneaky Success: The Xbox Is the Most Popular Video Player in the U.S.

New data says the game player serves up more video than the iPad, iPhone or Android. Google TV or Apple TV are so far behind they don’t even make the cut.
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Roku Plays Nice With Cable Guys

Get ready for an app explosion, Roku says — including ones from cable providers.
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Roku to Launch Cordless Streaming Stick for TVs

Roku, maker of set-top boxes that stream media like Netflix and Angry Birds to TVs, is hoping its new Streaming Stick will offer all the bells and whistles of “smart” TV sets.
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Boxee to Release Last Software Update for PCs

Boxee, maker of that irregular-shaped video-streaming device with the nifty Qwerty remote, is turning its focus toward TV boxes and tablets, and away from its PC software.
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Year of the Talking Phone and a Cloud That Got Hot

Important new products and services—including Ultrabooks, cloud computing and Android devices—raised questions and anticipation for the year ahead.
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A Mac on Windows?

Walt answers a reader’s question on whether a Mac operating system can run on a Windows PC, and more.

High-Definition Streaming

Walt answers a reader’s question on set-top boxes streaming movies in high definition.

Ways to Make Web Watching More Like TV, Less Like a PC

Walt reviews three set-top boxes that make it easy to bring Internet content to your TV, minus the wires, mice and keyboards.
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Angry Birds Coming to TV, Via Roku

Yes, there are still places you can’t see Angry Birds yet. Roku wants to fix that.
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Maybe It's Not Cord-Cutting, But Cord-Nevers: TV Ownership Drops

It’s not unprecedented–this also happened back in 1992–but it’s certainly going to set off alarm bells.

Hulu Plus Cuts Its Price, After All–By $2