• Microsoft Surface 2.0

    Microsoft Surface 2.0

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_53dvndkcrYVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Microsoft Surface 2 by Samsung (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_53dvndkcrY) Microsoft offered a brief glimpse of its revised Surface earlier this week at the Ballmer keynote. The  Samsung SUR40 for Microsoft Surface has that “2.0 experience” firmware. The screen is gorgeous. I see a future with one in every house much like TV…

  • Boxee Gets CBS Content

    Boxee Gets CBS Content

    It appears that CBS boss Les Moonves wasn’t joking when he said that CBS was willing to talk to streaming VoD companies, as long as the price was right: relatively minor VoD company Boxee has announced that it will start selling individual episodes of CBS shows later this year. The announcement was made at CES, and marks…

  • Skype To Acquire Qik

    Skype To Acquire Qik

    Skype  announced plans to acquire rival video calling company Qik. No terms of the deal have been disclosed, but Skype says that the transaction is expected to close this month. According to Skype, the two companies will “focus on providing a richer, more integrated experience that will allow people globally to share experiences in real-time video across…