Tag: STREAMINGVIDEO

I was fully prepared for Flash Player 10 to be totally underwhelming, but it looks as though Adobe has gotten things right this time around. After looking at the beta back in July, the new features - 3d effects, hardware acceleration, custom filters and effects - intrigued me. I also noted a slight improvement in performance on my workstation. You can view a full list of v10's features on ...

As Internet connections get faster, computer monitors become larger and HTPC integration become more widespread, watching TV shows online has become downright ubiquitous. In the dark ages, like three years ago, the only place you could get truly high-quality copies of TV episodes was to either buy the DVD or to BitTorrent the episode, you know, if one of the big TV groups happens to follow that ...

Here at Download Squad, Hulu has become our favorite way to watch television online. With ever-expanding content choices, good quality and a nice interface, Hulu is almost as good as TV (as long as you live in the United States, that is). One of the few downsides is the need to use a browser to access content. Paul Yanez has created a program that aims to to solve that problem and make Hulu ...

Some cheap Netflix users figured out a way around one of the main limitations of the service's new "watch now" feature. An $18 per month subscription should allow you to watch 18 hours of online video and a $6 per month subscription should grant you just 6 hours. But there's a way to trick Netflix into thinking you watched just a few minutes of video, when you actually watched a 2 hour movie. ...

After years of speculation, Netflix has finally launched an online video service. Starting today, a small number of Netflix users will find "watch now buttons" next to about a thousand of the 70,000 videos available through the Netflix web site. All users should have access to the online video service by the end of June. When I'd first heard that Netflix would be entering the online video game, I ...

Google has started dropping some tests of their streaming video ads and video content from the recent deal with Viacom's MTV Networks. The deal sees MTV Networks providing content for the ads that will run in place of Google's AdWords on websites. Through the ads, Viacom can showcase clips of such premium programs as SpongeBob SquarePants, Laguna Beach, The Real OC, and the MTV Video Awards. ...