http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/hulu.sees.major.jump.in.viewing/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/huludesktop.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Hulu has recorded one of the largest gains in viewers in its short history, according to new data from Comscore. In October, the multi-studio video site hosted almost 856 million viewers, its best ever result and a 47 percent jump from September. The results were well behind Google's 10.5 billion views and 37.7 percent share of web video in the US but were enough to give Hulu second place with 3... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/hulu.sees.major.jump.in.viewing/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/22/roku.launches.open.channel.store/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/rokuchannelstore.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Roku late Sunday gave its Internet media players a boost in the form of the Channel Store. Now considered an open platform, the avenue lets content producers of any scale implement their own video services. The service also brings major content providers such as Facebook's photo service, Flickr, Mediafly, Pandora, Revision3 and TWiT; relative newcomers like blip.tv, FrameChannel, Motionbox and M... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/22/roku.launches.open.channel.store/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/youtube.api.now.only.on.some.devices/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/popcornhourc-200.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />YouTube drew controversy with word this week that it has begun limiting the use of its native video API on devices. Reflecting new terms of service, any device that connects to a TV must have a license from YouTube to get fully native video support. The move will ban smaller-scale devices like the Popcorn Hour C-200 from directly accessing YouTube videos, although it will still allow them access... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/20/youtube.api.now.only.on.some.devices/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/hulu.to.add.emi.artist.music.vidoes.profiles/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/huluin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Video on demand service Hulu, which offers the majority of its content for free to US viewers, is adding a dedicated music video section to its site on Wednesday. Together with music label EMI, the first artist's videos will be singer Norah Jones, before more artists' work is featured over time. All of Jones' videos will be on the site, as will footage of four concerts and several of her interview... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/18/hulu.to.add.emi.artist.music.vidoes.profiles/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/boxee.finds.hardware.maker/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/boxeebox-render.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Boxee today confirmed talk that it would produce its own hardware. The media center startup now says it has partnered with an unnamed home electronics company to make its own set-top box and that a mockup as well as further details will be shown at an already-planned December 7th event that was to mark the Boxee software entering beta. Most details aren't known, but Boxee stresses that the devic... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/12/boxee.finds.hardware.maker/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/moxi.dvrs.get.lower.prices.new.models.functions/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/moxihdrin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />ARRIS, the recent owner of Digeo and its Moxi-branded DVRs, announced on Monday it has overhauled the Moxi line and given it new features. This includes adding a three-tuner version of the Moxi HD DVR and introducing a new Moxi multi-room package that includes the new three-tuner Moxi. At the same time, ARRIS has dropped the price of its existing dual-tuner Moxi HD DVR. The new three-tuner Moxi HD... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/moxi.dvrs.get.lower.prices.new.models.functions/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/myka.ion.a.home.theater.pc.for.the.living.room/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/mykain.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Myka has moved on from producing media hubs by releasing its Myka ION nettop as a full-fledged home theater PC. As the name implies, the PC packs a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor and 2GB of RAM, along with an NVIDIA Ion graphics platform to supply HD (non-Flash) video. It runs on Ubuntu Linux and includes Boxee and XBMC media center software as well as support for standard-definition Adobe Flash and ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/05/myka.ion.a.home.theater.pc.for.the.living.room/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/02/itunes.tv.sub.would.rival.traditional.tv/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/itunes9.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple could upturn the entire TV market by offering an iTunes TV subscription service, a prominent rumor says today. iTunes head Eddy Cue is believed to be pitching the idea of a $30 monthly plan that would give users much broader access, much like conventional TV. The exact terms aren't specified by the "multiple" MediaMemo tips but wouldn't confine the service to a single device.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/02/itunes.tv.sub.would.rival.traditional.tv/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/30/fios.internet.tv.users.get.720p.online/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/epix-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Verizon this morning became the first provider to offer EpixHD streaming video as part of its service. Those who have both a FiOS Internet connection and a FiOS TV subscription with the Epix TV channel can watch an unlimited amount of movies on the web at up to 720p. About 150 titles will be in rotation online, but the service will emphasize major, recent movies from MGM, Lionsgate and Parmaount... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/30/fios.internet.tv.users.get.720p.online/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/13/glidetv.marries.av.computer.controls/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/glidetvnavigator.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Catering explicitly to home theater computers, GlideTV today produced an unusual controller known as the Navigator. The bowl-shaped peripheral has a trackpad for mouse pointing but is surrounded by AV controls and a directional pad that ease navigating through common apps. It can steer through Front Row and iTunes on Macs, Windows Media Center, and platform-independent apps like Boxee or SageTV.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/13/glidetv.marries.av.computer.controls/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:15:00 GMT