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This week, Spotify announced the launch of new gapless playback and crossfade features. Gapless playback lets songs flow seamlessly, one to the next, without any silent spaces in-between.

Comcast has announced the launch of a streaming media service called Xfinity Streampix that's positioned to compete directly with Netflix.

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MonoPrice's new cables are using the active amplification provided by RedMere for 10.2 Gbps HDMI data throughput up to 20 meters (65 feet) and at 6.75 Gbps, which is sufficient for 3D video and more.

What is Google up to? We've reviewed GoogleTV, even taking a look at several different iterations, including the Logitech Revue GoogleTV and the Sony Google. But apparently that's not the end.

DISH Network recently announced the expansion of family and kid's programming available through the company’s Blockbuster @Home entertainment package. DISH will add more than 3,000 titles.

SV Sound is giving away either a PB12-NSD or a SB12-NSD (winner's choice) Subwoofer to one (1) lucky entrant in our forum contest!

DISH Network wants everyone to check out their online streaming services. Today they introduced "DISH Test Drive". This program allows anyone in the US the ability to sample TV Everywhere technology.

Kopimism is a new "church", led by piracy advocate and philosophy student Isak Gerson, that has finally succeeded in its efforts to be officially deemed a religion - in Sweden of all places.

Hulu, the online bastard-child of ABC, Fox and NBC is launching a salvo at Netflix with the announcement of its own original content. Let's hope HBO doesn't end up laughing all the way to the bank!

Directed by the legendary Martin Scorsese, written by Terence Winter (writer/producer of The Sopranos) and staring Steve Buscemi - Boardwalk Empire on Blu-ray.

DISH and HBO announced an agreement to give DISH customers expanded access to HBO programming. The agreement enables DISH customers who subscribe to HBO and Cinemax to get expanded on demand service.

Netflix has around 20 million streaming customers and HBO has around 28 million. Cable and satellite companies that hate Netflix are to be expected, but HBO? That's unusual.

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LG Electronics is announcing a 55" television that will measure a scant 3/16" thick and weigh just 16.5 pounds. That's pencil thin. Samsung is making similar claims and both will announce at 2012 CES.

Enter to win the Velodyne EQ-Max 10 Subwoofer Audioholics forum contest contest giveaway by December 31st, 2011.

The new models are the Z-Base 220 ($199.99), Z-Base 320 ($249.99) and the Z-Base 420 ($299.99). Each system is smaller than its predecessors and uses high quality speakers and amplifiers.

With rumors of an Apple-branded TV pending, LG Electronics wanted to beat everyone to the punch and released an innovative "Magic Remote" voice-activated remote for its newest Cinema 3D Smart TVs.

Stream TV Networks is a rather obscure company, but it's making a splash at CES this year by announcing that it is debuting a new glasses-free 3D technology called Ultra-D.

Finally. After all these years the NFL is finally going to broadcast the big game on the Internet. That's right, 2012 marks the very first time you can pull up the NFL.com and watch the game online.

The PDX-11 is a easy-to-carry, powerful speaker system that frees your iPod/iPhone music for your active lifestyle. Enjoy your entire content library whenever you want, wherever you go.

Possibly the greater reason we're excited about WiSA is because the group contains some heavy hitters that makes this more likely to be a true standard - one that goes further than just a "neat idea".

When Verizon launched Fios several years ago, it was one of the newest challenges to traditional cable or satellite TV that had occurred in recent history. Then came the onslaught of streaming media.

Apparently HDCP has been cracked. Now, Blu-ray content protection has been cracked before. At least, it's been cracked such that you can rip/store the files to hard drive. Now hardware is available.

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Well, I guess Microsoft is serious about Kinect. According to an Associated Press report today, the company is rolling out its newest Xbox 360 interface tomorrow - and it's all about the Kinect.

Spotify Platform beta is now live as a preview. For more information about the apps please visit www.spotify.com/apps. The full consumer rollout will take place later this month (December).

The Twelve South BookBook for iPhone 4 is every bit as cool as the BookBook for the MacBook Pro that we reviewed last year. Except that we don't carry that thing around all over the place.