The days of only watching video on the television and listening to music only on the radio are over. Even devices as small as mobile phones can play live television. But living room entertainment is far from dead, and with the increase in the amount of Internet content (both free and premium), the need for methods of streaming that content to the television has increased. Fortunately, there are a variety ways to get Internet content, from movies to the latest songs, playing on your home theater. Some methods are easy as purchasing a box, while others are more complex but offer a wider range of customizable options. This list should help...

Dell Streak Tablet If swirling online rumors are correct, Dell's new Android-based tablet could be released as early as Wednesday, while some blogs claim the release will be Friday or later. The tablet is a 5" computer that will run Android 1.6 upon release, with updates to 2.2 (codenamed Froyo) expected later in the year. It will reportedly run a 1Ghz Snapdragon ARM processor, 5-inch multi-touch WVGA screen (800x480), 5 MP camera with LED flash, a front facing camera for video chat, integrated 3G, Wi-Fi, GSM, and Bluetooth, and a micro SD card expansion slot. Best of all, the Dell Streak will have access to the growing Android ...

A new study by the University of Ballarat in Australia has confirmed what the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) have been telling us all along, that nearly all of the content being shared through the BitTorrent protocol is illegal copyrighted material. The study looked at 23 torrent trackers (services that provide torrent clients with the information necessary to connect to peers and download chunks of the files). From those trackers, they sampled 1,000 files, chosen "randomly" from the most actively seeded files (seeing a problem with this yet?). Much to almost ...

Blizzard Starcraft II Blizzard has released another trailer for Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. This one was previously awarded to people who managed to unlock it in Blizzard's Join the Dominion! promotion. You view the video in full HD on Blizzard's Starcraft II YouTube channel. It is exclusively a cut-scene trailer with no actual gameplay, but plenty of gameplay footage has already been released anyway. This extended trailer gives you a little more of the storyline, complete with plenty of political catchphrases, explosions, and dramatic dialog. Starcraft II is scheduled to be released on July 27, so let's just recap what we k...

Google's announcement of Google TV promises to revolutionize the level of interaction between your television and the Internet, but the concept itself is not new. Many devices already have varying levels of Internet connectivity and service. Two of the largest TV and Blu-ray Disc player (BDP) manufacturers, Sony and Samsung, both offer Internet services through many of their TVs and BDPs. From music and video streaming to social networking, their offerings continue to grow. But which one is better?  We will look at the user interfaces, the services and applications offered, and the types of devices available, all in an effort to help y...

The phone that would change the way phones were used has reached its end, at least in the U.S.  The Nexus One, Google's flagship device, just took its last trip to Google headquarters in the U.S. While the phone will continue to sell in Europe and parts of Asia, the concept of a powerful, unlocked smartphone was not enough to raise sales to the level Google had hoped. With many users already locked into one or even two-year contracts with one of the major U.S. carriers, an unlocked phone may have just been unrealistic. The phone was very popular in "geek" crowds, but the average consumers, many of whom are accustomed to purchasi...