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• Samsung preps two new Chromebooks as Google updates Chrome OS, Apps

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 30 May, 2012 07:53

  Samsung will launch this week two new Chrome OS-based computers, a laptop and desktop that have been designed to be significantly faster and more versatile than previous models.

• Walmart to expand disc-to-cloud movie service to 30 countries

  By Lucas Mearian | 28 April, 2012 04:25

  Leveraging the power of 5,000 stores, Walmart plans to expand it's Vudu cloud video service from U.S. shores to as many as 30 countries beginning in June, including Eurpoean, Asian and Central and South American nations, according to reports.

• Is 'carrier bill shock' IT's problem? Absolutely

  By Custie Crampton, VP of product management at Tangoe | 17 April, 2012 05:35

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

• Cloud computing done the Netflix way

  By Bernard Golden | 06 April, 2012 08:46

  I serve as the co-chairman of the SVForum Cloud and Virtualization SIG, based in Silicon Valley. Thanks to our location, we are able to call upon an array of innovative and interesting speakers and attract a sophisticated, knowledgeable audience.

• Netflix uses lots of cloud services -- but don't call it 'NoOps'

  By Ellen Messmer | 28 March, 2012 08:22

  Netflix's streaming-video entertainment via the Internet has become so popular it now represents almost a third of peak downstream traffic in North America. It also represents an IT support challenge for Netflix, which is trying to balance use of cloud services with traditional internal IT and data centers.

• 'NoOps' debate grows heated

  By Nancy Gohring | 21 March, 2012 11:35

  The dust-up over the term "NoOps" escalated this week, with high-profile IT executives from Netflix and Etsy issuing dueling blog posts about the evolution of IT organizations.

• Apple unveils new Apple TV with 1080p support, updated UI

  By Jonathan Seff | 08 March, 2012 06:15

  Apple unveiled a new Apple TV model on Wednesday, with support for 1080p video and a new user interface, at a special event in San Francisco.

• Personal clouds will be on 90 per cent of devices by 2015

  By Brandon Butler | 07 March, 2012 05:48

  Within three years the personal cloud will be ubiquitous on consumer devices, Gartner predicts in a research report released Tuesday.

• AT&T DSL: Getting What I Pay For?

  By Mark Gibbs | 01 March, 2012 08:30

  So, here in Gearhead last week I discussed the problems AT&T has been having in providing me with a reliable DSL service and it seems a significant number of you feel my pain.

• Proposed encrypted media support in HTML5 sparks DRM debate on W3C mailing list

  By Lucian Constantin | 25 February, 2012 04:40

  A proposal drafted by Microsoft, Google and Netflix to add support for encrypted media playback in HTML5, has sparked a debate on the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) HTML public mailing list.

• Netflix settles privacy-violations lawsuit for $9 million

  By Ellen Messmer | 15 February, 2012 06:31

  Video service Netflix has disclosed it paid out $9 million last year to settle a class-action lawsuit that it violated privacy by keeping records on what subscribers watched two years after customers had canceled their plans.

• Lawmakers question proposed change to video privacy law

  By Grant Gross | 01 February, 2012 06:27

  Let's say you like to watch heady documentaries over Netflix's streaming service and would like to share recommendations with your friends on Facebook. Netflix would like to offer that service, but the company says a 24-year-old U.S. law is in the way.

• With Thompson in CEO seat, Yahoo may go after Netflix

  By Sharon Gaudin | 06 January, 2012 07:58

  Just one day after Yahoo announced that it has found a new CEO, speculation began swirling that the Internet company may be looking to scoop up Netflix.

• 2011 in review: The year in entertainment

  By Jonathan Seff | 27 December, 2011 01:23

  2011 was a big year for digital entertainment. It brought us expanded content options for the Apple TV, the tenth anniversary of the iPod, iTunes Match, AirPlay to the masses, and more.

• Goodbye 2011 ... What a year!

  By Mark Gibbs | 19 December, 2011 17:27

  Well, as we are just a hop, skip and an eggnog away from putting on silly hats, drinking champagne, and kissing random people as we bid goodbye to the year, it behooves me to look into the digital rearview mirror and ponder what we can see rushing away from us.