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YouTube Adds Machine-Generated Automatic Captions
10:00AM Sarah Rae Trover | YouTube clips have previously allowed for captioning, but it was a system that was a little buggy and only worked from YouTube’s site. That’s all changed with the advent of machine-generated captions and auto-timing. More »
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4:10AM Kevin Purdy | Adam thinks XBMC is the best media centre around, but I roll with Boxee for its many awesome plug-ins. Here’s how I turned a relatively cheap, yet surprisingly powerful home-theatre PC into a DIY Boxee Box for my HDTV. More »
Build A Powerful Boxee Media Centre
4:10AM Kevin Purdy | Adam thinks XBMC is the best media centre around, but I roll with Boxee for its many awesome plug-ins. Here’s how I turned a relatively cheap, yet surprisingly powerful home-theatre PC into a DIY Boxee Box for my HDTV. More »
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YouTube Rolling Out 1080p HD Video Next Week
11:30PM Kevin Purdy | If you’ve been uploading really high-resolution stuff to YouTube, you’ll see a real payoff next week. That’s when the video sharing service starts streaming videos in 1080p, widescreen TV–friendly, high-definition video. More »
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YouTube XL Supersizes YouTube For Your TV
1:30AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Many people are sporting HTPCs these days — media computers hooked up to their televisions — but some sites are designed like you’re sitting at your computer desk not on your living room couch. YouTube XL makes YouTube couch-friendly. More »
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Orb Streams Your Media To Any Computer On Windows And Mac
5:30AM Adam Pash | Windows/Mac only: Free application Orb lets you access music, video and other media stored on your computer from virtually any device (Wii, PS3, mobile phone, etc). It’s been around a while on Windows, but today it’s also available on the Mac. More »
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10:30AM Angus Kidman | The Apple TV hasn’t set the media world alight in the manner of the iPod, but Apple keeps plugging away. A new update to the onboard software claims a simplified interface and support for some other recent Apple innovations, including iTunes LP playback and Genius playlists.. More »
Apple TV Upgrades To 3.0
10:30AM Angus Kidman | The Apple TV hasn’t set the media world alight in the manner of the iPod, but Apple keeps plugging away. A new update to the onboard software claims a simplified interface and support for some other recent Apple innovations, including iTunes LP playback and Genius playlists.. More »
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Classic Cinema Online Streams Free Classic Films
9:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Whether you’re in the mood for some classic animation or some old-school spooky films, Classic Cinema Online has hundreds of films in dozens of categories. More »
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8:30AM Angus Kidman | Foxtel Downloads doesn’t really cut it, so will it be up to Microsoft to provide a comprehensive video-on-demand system? Nick over at Gizmodo has been putting the Zune Video Marketplace on Xbox Live through its paces, and he’s pretty impressed with what he sees. More »
Zune Video Marketplace The One To Beat For Australian Downloads
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Foxtel Downloads doesn’t really cut it, so will it be up to Microsoft to provide a comprehensive video-on-demand system? Nick over at Gizmodo has been putting the Zune Video Marketplace on Xbox Live through its paces, and he’s pretty impressed with what he sees. More »
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Spotify Lets Users Download Playlists For Offline Playback
6:30AM Adam Pash | Good news for Spotify users—that is, most people who don’t live in Australia or the US: the coolest desktop music player we’ve used has added an offline mode that allows users to download music to their hard drive for offline playback. More »
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9:00AM Angus Kidman | The most surprising aspect of yesterday’s Foxtel download service announcement was that Foxtel hadn’t stitched up a deal with BigPond (or another ISP) to offer cap-free downloads. It turns out that Foxtel has a simpler strategy in mind: begging ISPs not to do it. More »
Foxtel Wants ISPs Not To Charge For Downloads
9:00AM Angus Kidman | The most surprising aspect of yesterday’s Foxtel download service announcement was that Foxtel hadn’t stitched up a deal with BigPond (or another ISP) to offer cap-free downloads. It turns out that Foxtel has a simpler strategy in mind: begging ISPs not to do it. More » 
