Americans are going to watch a lot more movies at home this year, but the entertainment industry won’t be making nearly as much money from it. According to a new report from IHS Screen Digest, the number of films bought or rented online this year will grow by 135 percent in 2012 to 2.4 billion.  While

It’s hard to believe there was a time where the idea of dialing across the country without assistance required a 10 minute film to explain it. This 1951 short from Bell Systems – which eventually would be AT&T – talked about the amazing advancements in technology that allowed someone in New Jersey to call someone

One thing you can say about issues like the over heating iPad, at least it provides fodder for good humor. Following up on the Consumer Reports findings of the new iPad running hot, the Joy of Tech thinks it may have figured out the cause of the issue.  While we doubt this is the actual

If you’re finding 1080p televisions not looking as sharp as they once did, there may be hope on the way for you of an even higher resolution. We’ve been hearing more and more about IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) display screens, but it seems that now television manufacturers are taking a liking to the technology

It seems that iPhone rumors are coming at a breakneck pace as of late, and we’ve got a few more for you to ponder this weekend. According to iMore, the release for the iPhone 5 – or new iPhone if Apple drops the numbering system as it just did with the iPad – is going

Crackle.com is getting all the pieces in place to launch another original series, Unknown. Of all the streaming solutions out there, the one we probably hear the least about is Crackle.com.  Launched as a commercial-supported streaming service for older movies and television shows, the service has added one original series that it shares with Netflix

Rumor has it that Netflix may be in talks to save ABC’s freshman drama, The River. According to Deadline, Netflix is in preliminary talks with ABC Studios to pick up The River should the ABC network cancel it this year.  The drama series hasn’t had the strongest of ratings when it airs live, but has

Someone who claims to be leaving “the game” of leaks within the next month is going out with a blaze of glory by leaking supposed Microsoft plans. A Reddit user calling themselves ‘MSnerd’ took to the site today to run a “IAMA” thread and talk about future Microsoft plans in general, but offered up some

As promised yesterday, Mojang has released the Minecraft 1.2.4 update today. The folks at Mojang are on a roll with updating Minecraft as of late.  1.2.4 marks the third update this month, but Jeb of Mojang has said this will probably be the last until 1.3 which currently has no set release date as of

The wait is finally over, and your favorite birds – along with some new ones – have left the Earth for new adventures in Angry Birds Space. Pretty much any place you want to play the new Angry Birds Space game, you’ll be able to.  The game is currently available for iOS devices (iPod touch,

Netflix has announced its next original series for its Watch Instantly service, Hemlock Grove, based on the novel of the same name. Acclaimed horror director Eli Roth has partnered up with Netflix for the streaming video company’s next project which will deal with the gruesome murder of a girl in a Pennsylvania steel town.  The

Mojang is moving ahead with a 1.2.4 update for Minecraft and may release it as soon as this Thursday. According to Jeb of Mojang, a lot of bug fixes are on their way courtesy of the guys from Bukkit who have now joined the team officially.  For those of you unfamiliar with Bukkit, it’s the

Rumored for the past two days, Zynga and OMGPOP have now made it official with the former acquiring the latter. Although Zynga hasn’t said how much it paid for the makers of Draw Something, yesterday’s numbers had the company valued at $130 million, but speculation from earlier today put the number at closer to $200

Can’t get enough of Angry Birds Space after it launches tomorrow? Walmart can help you unlock even more levels. Rovio has teamed up with Walmart to promote its latest entry in the Angry Birds franchise, Angry Birds Space. Starting tomorrow you can visit the Walmart Facebook page to begin unlocking “Golden Eggsteroid” clues that will

Google has received approval from the state of Kansas to provide television programming in the state. Following in the footsteps of its success in Missouri, Google Fiber Kansas, LLC has received the blessing of the Kansas Corporation Commission to offer video services.  This now means that it has the rights to offer video services throughout all

Do you have a burning question about tech?  Well, it’s time to ask  Jon Rettinger and hear him answer one of your pressing queries on video.  Until 3 PM PST on Thursday, March 22nd, leave a comment with your question for him, and then you’ll be able to see him answer them in a video

As HP tried to find a new niche for itself, rumors are arising that the company may combine its flagging PC business with its still successful printer division. A story has been circulating today that originated over at All Things D that HP CEO Meg Whitman, formerly of eBay, is looking into combining the two

It seems investors took a real shine to shares of Apple today, seeing it close above $600 for the first time in its history. Shares of Apple ended the day up 2.65%, or $15.53, to close at $601.10.  This is the first time shares of the Cupertino-based company have closed out the day beyond that

While Apple talks about how well the new iPad sold this past weekend, some users are complaining that the device isn’t all it’s cracked up to be due to over heating. Reports have been coming in all weekend from sources everywhere of people complaining about the new iPad overheating.  Some users have even noted that a

Apple assured analysts and the media this morning that it remains focused on innovation as it prepares to issues a stock dividend and initiate a share repurchase program. Following up on this mornings press release announcing some of its plans for its enormous war chest of cash, Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer held a

Apple finally announced this morning what decisions had finally been made as to what to do with its enormous war chest of nearly $100 billion. Beginning on July 1, 2012, Apple plans to begin issuing a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share, a first for the company since 1995.  This will be followed up by

Apple has announced a conference call for Monday morning where it was finally announce its intentions for its nearly $100 billion in cash reserves. Investors have been wondering endlessly for some time now about what Apple will do with its ever growing reserve of cash, now estimated to be worth around $100 billion.  Apple sent

It seems that jailbreaking iOS devices is getting easier and easier with each release as a new iPad already got hit on release day. We’d already seen work being done by one jailbreak team on launch day, but all of the various groups were out there working on it, and it seems success was popping

Here’s another photo entry in the ongoing sage of Samsung Galaxy S III leaks that seem to pop-up daily as we wait for the official announcement. It seems that Reddit is becoming the site not only for funny images and videos, but for people to also post suposed images of one of the most anticipated

As we all bask in the glow of a shiny new “resolutionary” screen, we do have to take a moment and realize the new iPad is still missing some things.