Now at version 1.5, My Xbox Live enables iPhone users who have XBox 360s to control their console using their iPad or iPhone in a whole new way.
Previously the My Xbox Live app only allowed users to track and compare user profiles and achievements, connect with Xbox Live friends, and manipulate your 3D avatar. … Read more
Xbox continues to expand its repertoire of ways to stream movies. Paramount Pictures and Microsoft announced the launch of a joint app today that lets Xbox Live Gold subscribers stream bought or rented movies on their gaming consoles.
"This app offers users instant access to view any Paramount movies on their Xbox 360 console that they purchase from the Paramount Movies Web site," an Xbox Live spokesperson told CNET in an e-mail. "The catalog of premium movies is continuing to grow as new titles are released from the studio."
Just as mystery-novelists often write the ending first, I sometimes start my daily Cheapskate post by writing the bonus deal. And today, the bonus deals just got away from me, to the point where they consumed the whole post.
In other words, it's like all dessert and no dinner. But, somehow, I don't think you'll mind.
Bonus deal: The Xbox is rapidly evolving into a home-theater hub, what with the recent additions of HBO Go, SmartGlass, and the like. Alas, you need an Xbox Live membership to enjoy most of those features (including Netflix), and that'll … Read more
LOS ANGELES--It's been a big year for the people behind Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console, and its growing ecosystem. Month after month, the machine tops the console sales charts, and it boasts some of the most anticipated exclusive games in the industry.
This week, of course, the Xbox team is cheek-by-jowl with all of its partners and developers, and its competitors. It's E3 week, after all. And at its Monday media briefing, and at its mammoth booth at the Los Angeles Convention Center here, Microsoft has been touting its latest attempts at separating the Xbox from … Read more
Google is taking the wraps off some new mapping technology today, and CNET will be there to bring you the news live.
The Google Maps event kicks off at 9:30 a.m. PT. You can go here to find out where that is in your time zone, … Read more
One of the benefits of the Metro Start screen are live tiles, which can display the latest info from your e-mail, calendar, contacts, and other apps. How do you enable that feature?
You first need to open and potentially set up the app for which you want to see a live tile. Among the apps in the new Windows 8 Release Preview that can tap into this feature are Mail, People, Calendar, Photos, Weather, News, and Sports.
Just opening certain apps will turn on the live tile feature. For example, open the News and Weather apps and then return to … Read more
As many of my readers know, I'm not a video game fan, nor I am I a big TV fan. So sitting virtually through a two-hour E3 keynote address, chock-full of video game first-person-shooter previews...kill me now (pun intended).
But there were a couple of interesting bits from Microsoft at its E3 unveiling. One of these -- about which there had been conflicting earlier leaks -- was something called SmartGlass technology. But despite a few mentions and demos, I still felt as if I had no idea what SmartGlass is after watching the keynote. And it looks like … Read more
Marriage proposal is an art form.
If you're an actor, however, perhaps you feel a need to make such a thing a little more artistic. So please admire the efforts undertaken by Isaac Lamb, an actor from Portland, Ore.
Not for him a mere going down on one knee in a trattoria. Not for him a mere kiss beginning with K.
No, Lamb decided he would slaughter any of his girlfriend's resistance with the most irresistible live lip-dub spectacular.
He told the Oregonian that the biggest problem was keeping this secret. Unsurprising, given that there were around 60 … Read more
Our new friends at Western Digital are hooking up the CNET audience for a limited time only! The Western Digital TV Live helps you get the most out of your couch time with a range of streaming services for hit shows, movies, and music. Set up your favorites like Netflix, Vudu, and Hulu Plus, and start watching!
WD TV Live sets itself apart for the competition of Wi-Fi-enabled streaming devices because it is also a media player that supports an array of file types. It allows users to stream virtually any file format like USB drives, network drives, computers, cameras, … Read more
Have you wondered what happens backstage during a "Saturday Night Live" broadcast? Well, this week iPhone users can catch a glimpse behind the scenes and set pieces. "Saturday Night Live" will be streaming live videos to the Color for Facebook app during rehearsals this week and from the season finale this Saturday, May 19.
In order to watch the videos, you need to do two things:
1. Install the free Color for Facebook app on your iPhone.
2. Like "Saturday Night Live" or Verizon Wireless on Facebook.
Once you have the Color app and … Read more
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