Parks Associates' Digital Lifestyle: 2010 Outlook report finds that web-connected game consoles outpaced PC-to-TV connections in 2008, 2009, and most likely again in 2010. The report states from 2008 to 2009 household web-connected games consoles increased by 64%, while PC-to-TV connections increased by 36%. Interestingly, though, Kurt Scherf at Parks Associates states: "Over three-fourths of [...]

Seriously, who needs a remote backup storage solution when you can pick up the ioSafe Solo SSD external eSATA/USB storage drive? (Actually, remote backup is still always a good idea.) Attached here is a video produced by the BBC showing how tough the ioSafe Solo SDD truly is. We first reported on the original ioSafe [...]

If you're a Windows user and you haven't picked up the Zune HD yet, or you're a fan already, have a look at the following demonstration video, recorded by Engadget, of Zune HD's v4.5 firmware update by Zune's Marketing Manager, Michael Yaeger. In the video you'll catch a glimpse of Smart DJ in action (it [...]

Dave Eyler, Mobile Product Marketing Manager at Sling Media has told Zatz Not Funny that the company is "actively moving towards H.264" from WMV to support Apple's new iPad. Unfortunately, a native iPad SlingPlayer Mobile app won't be available for iPad's launch in April, but they hope to bring HD quality video streaming to [...]

It looks like a lot of Wii love went into creating Netflix's Instant Streaming Disc for the Nintendo Wii console. User, Marcus Penn, has posted a video walkthough of the experience on his console and you can clearly see the Netflix UI has been tweaked to work seamlessly with the native motion controller. In fact, [...]

Sure you may have seen Steve Jobs' iPad unveiling presentation or Apple's recent iPad TV commercial, however, nothing beats seeing hands-on instructional video on using a device. Today Apple has posted 11 "Guided Tour" videos so users and potential customers can get a feel for operating things like Mail, iBooks, iTunes, Safari on the iPad. [...]

It's confirmed! The Spotify music service will be coming to the U.S. in the third quarter of 2010, according to Spotify's Senior VP. He tells Bloomberg: "We’re buying server space in random parts of the states and there are licensing discussions too." All this is great news because it means U.S. users will soon be [...]

That was fast! I heard about Blockbuster getting an exclusivity deal with Warner Bros. to rent their new movie titles 28 days before any competitor is able to, but I didn't realize that it was immediate and would affect all forms of delivery and sales (see press release below). As you can see in the [...]