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E3 2013 Highlights
Geoffrey Morrison  |  Jun 12, 2013

I'm the wrong person to cover E3. I loathe it. True, I'm a gamer of the 1st degree, but being a E3 has nothing to with being a gamer. It has everything to do with the shouty, misogynistic, terrified-of-the-new, big-business industry of gaming.

Also, I fraking hate crowds of aimlessly wandering people. Haaaaaaaate.

That said, this year was less horrible than year's past. Here are some pictures and highlights. 

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Audio Video News
Aereo Spreads to Boston
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 12, 2013
Aereo has brought its live-TV-over-Internet service to the Boston metro area as of May 15, following a controversial launch in New York. The move expands Aereo’s reach to 4.5 million viewers spread over 16 counties in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
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Bluetooth Speaker Reviews
Review: NYNE NB-250
Brent Butterworth  |  Jun 11, 2013

Thanks to the runaway success of the Jawbone Jambox, it seems most of the new Bluetooth speakers coming out are cute little things that can barely muster enough volume to hear in the next room.

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SmartStream
Apple to Offer Music Streaming with iTunes Radio
Barb Gonzalez  |  Jun 11, 2013
Apple announced their new streaming music service, iTunes Radio. Here's a look at its features compared to Google Play Music and Spotify.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Skyfall
Chris Chiarella  |  Jun 11, 2013
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Half a century after the release of Dr. No, director Sam Mendes and a gifted team of screenwriters have managed to give audiences a James Bond film unlike any other. Skyfall is Daniel Craig’s third outing as 007, and yet the star is unafraid to show his advancing age, as we are reminded that the job of international secret agent apparently takes a heavy toll on all who dare to sign up for it.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
On The Waterfront
Fred Kaplan  |  Jun 11, 2013
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All of you know the taxicab scene from On the Waterfront in which Marlon Brando tells Rod Steiger, “I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. Let’s face it.” But I’d bet not many have recently seen the whole movie—and never have you seen it looking as breathtaking as it does on this Blu-ray Disc, a wondrous collaboration between Sony’s 4K digital-restoration lab and the Criterion Collection’s special-features team.
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Remotely Possible
The VoicePod: You Speak. It Obeys.
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jun 11, 2013
CEDIA 2012 has receded into the poorly lit reaches of my cobweb-covered memory. But the one thing that most stood out in the cornucopia of all things custom-install still stands in sharp relief today: HouseLogix’s absolutely amazing VoicePod. Actually, it sits in sharp relief – right on the top of my desk thanks to HouseLogix’s CEO and Founder, Ted Rosenberger, who shipped a beta version of the VoicePod for me to play for the last few months.

So what exactly is a “VoicePod”?

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This Week
This Week in Movies & TV, June 11, 2013: 7 Year Witch
Josef Krebs  |  Jun 11, 2013

Wild Strawberries

In this much-beloved 1957 masterpiece from the great film artist Ingmar Bergman (The Seventh Seal, Persona,Smiles of a Summer Night), Professor Isak Borg - memorably played by veteran director Victor Sjöström (The Phantom Carriage, He Who Gets Slapped, The Wind) - is a selfish and somewhat cruel, yet old-world charm

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This Week
This Week in Music, June 11, 2013: How Black is thy Sabbath?
Ken Richardson  |  Jun 11, 2013

Black Sabbath: 13

New release (Vertigo/Republic; tour dates)

“What is this that stands before me — again?”

That’s the unavoidable question you’ll ask yourself when you hear “End of the Beginning,” the first track on 13. After all, this song isn’t just Black Sabbath; it’s “Black Sabbath,” the first track on Black Sabbath. That opening to the band’s 1970 debut had quiet, three-plucked-note verses alternating with massive, three-power-chord choruses, all taken at a slow pace until a choppy riff sped us away. “End of the Beginning,” from the original band’s first album together in 35 years, has quiet, four-plucked-note verses alternating with massive, four-power-chord choruses, all taken at a slow pace until a choppy riff speeds us away.

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Sweepstakes
FAVI SmartStick Sweepstakes
HT Staff  |  Jun 10, 2013
Register to win a FAVI SmartStick (MSRP $49.99) we are giving away.

According to the company:

"With the SmartStick by FAVI Entertainment, you can transform any HDTV into a Smart TV. This small device, which is inserted to the HDMI port on your television, brings the Android OS to your big screen."

[This Sweepstakes is now closed.]

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