As Perian begins its slow farewell comes news that world’s best loved open-source media player has hit an important milestone — one billion downloads. The odd things about the story is that VideoLAN, the group behind VLC Media Player, didn’t …

The hottest show on television these days is Game of Thrones, all the kids are talking about the HBO adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s books of the same name. Another thing people are talking about is how absurdly expensive …

Wherever you live, the airwaves and print media, as well as billboards and buses are saturated with advertising from subscription TV — telcos, satellite and cable — providers, all vying for your money, but that messaging is increasingly falling on …

Are you pining for the fjords? Miss your youthful misadventures in British Columbia, swinging from tree to tree? Then you will — Albatross! — want, nay, feel compelled to get this app, the Pythons’ latest go at wringing a few …

After all she has done for you, the least you can do for mom is keep her entertained and a Roku box is the perfect, affordable way to get ‘er done. And, now you buy her a Roku XD or …

OK, it’s a lemon shark (i.e. no recorded fatalities), so the actual implementation is only a little more dangerous than ill-tempered Sea Bass. Nevertheless, the picture is pretty darned cool — say the words, “shark with a frickin’ laser on its …

On this date back in 2003, Apple launched the iTunes Music Store and the Windows version, the real turning point, became available in October of the same year. Naturally, analysts and experts on the whole hated it, though the rest …

And, most of the other 85 percent involves something they’re calling a “television” — I think dad has one. Sarcasm aside, a fresh study indicates that “tablets,” by which the authors mean iPad, have displaced notebook computers as the second …

Although he’s been around, actually quite a bit, it seems fair to say that Jack’s back. White Stripes’ front guy and producer extraordinaire Jack White, a.k.a. John Anthony Gillis, has issued his first solo album, which is both immediately familiar …

Apple has gotten quite a bit of grief over the last year or so because the company has abandoned pro users. Yet, the FCP, Motion, Compressor, Logic, etc. updates continue to roll. Feeling the love? Your answer likely depends on …