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Your New Car Has Wi-Fi But Do You Use It?
SV Staff  |  Aug 27, 2015  | 
Automakers are spending billions to put technology in their cars that’s being ignored by many of the owners of those vehicles, according to a new J.D. Power survey.
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Your Tax Dollars at Work
SV Staff  |  Jun 12, 2008  | 
Just when you thought government spending couldn't get any more out of control, the boys and girls on the hill manage to surprise us one more time. Sure, we all understand why we needed to switch to digital television, and sure, we understand the...
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Your Tunes Anywhere: Roon Releases 2.0 and ARC Mobile App
Mark Henninger  |  Sep 22, 2022  | 
Roon is an impressive software music playback system that runs as a core (i.e. server) on a dedicated PC in your home, which you can access from various playback devices. It allows you to merge streaming through Tidal or Qobuz with local music files to provide a seamless listening experience. However, until now Roon only worked in the home.
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YouTube adds closed captioning to videos
SV Staff  |  Mar 04, 2010  | 
The web's biggest video site is now adding captions to its videos. From now on, all videos uploaded will have optional captions transcribed from the audio through Google's speech recognition system. This is a massive expansion of YouTube's...
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YouTube Allows Ads on Network Partners
SV Staff  |  Jan 22, 2009  | 
In what could be viewed as a direct attack on Hulu, YouTube is going to allow advertisements on its major partners YouTube channels. It's already been doing this with some partners, such as CBS. If YouTube's copyright detection determines...
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YouTube and Amazon Invade Your TiVo
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jul 24, 2008  | 
It's a news two-fer day for TiVo. The company will enable YouTube video clips to be viewed through everyone's favorite DVR. And TiVo has also signed an e-shopping deal with Amazon.
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YouTube begins movie rentals
Michael Berk  |  May 09, 2011  | 

Following up on a post earlier today by YouTube head Salar Kamangar, the company formally announced the launch of its movie

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YouTube Boobtube TiVo-fest
SV Staff  |  Jul 18, 2008  | 
Although we announced back in March that this was coming, it's finally official. Just announced - YouTube videos will be available on your TV through your TiVo. Broadband-connected TiVo Series3 and TiVo HD DVRs can access millions of videos hosted...
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YouTube Dodges Copyright Bullet
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 25, 2010  | 
A federal judge has thrown a major copyright lawsuit against YouTube out of court. It's a big win for Google, which owns the video streaming site, and a big loss for Viacom, which brought the suit.
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YouTube Embraces HD
Mark Fleischmann  |  Dec 10, 2008  | 
Google-owned YouTube has begun providing some offerings in an HD format. You can find them by logging onto the site and searching "hd."
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Youtube Experiment Reminds Us Why Lossless Formats Rule
SV Staff  |  Jun 04, 2010  | 
Even using the proper settings, uploading a video to Youtube can make a mess of your source material, mercilessly compressing it in the name of bandwidth. So, what would happen if you uploaded, ripped and then re-uploaded the same video 1,000...
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YouTube Gets Feature Films: Watch Out Hulu
SV Staff  |  Nov 06, 2008  | 
Long the home for user-created video clips, YouTube is looking at offering feature films. Yup — full-length feature flicks from one of the biggest Hollywood studios. Hulu better watch out. According to a report on CNET news, an exec with inside...
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YouTube Gets More Movies and TV
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 21, 2009  | 
Hundreds of movies and thousands of TV shows will appear legally on YouTube thanks to a deal involving the video site, Sony Pictures, and 11 other media companies.
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YouTube HD Link
SV Staff  |  Dec 19, 2008  | 
YouTube has had HD videos for a while now, but finding that HD content has been a bit like finding a needle in a haystack. Looks like they've made it much, much easier.Now, once you go to the Video page, there's a link to all the HD...
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YouTube Hits the Living Room
SV Staff  |  Jun 10, 2008  | 
YouTube is breaking out of your computer and hitting the big screen.  Well... bigger screen, that is. Sony just announced that YouTube is now available on Sony's Bravia Internet Video Link service. How does it work? Sony's Bravia televisions...
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