Amazon Adds Instant Videos to Amazon Prime

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced the launch of a new benefit for Amazon Prime members: unlimited, commercial-free, instant streaming of more than 5,000 movies and TV shows. This new benefit is being added at no additional cost -- Prime membership will continue to be $79 per year. Amazon Prime's all-you-can-eat free Two-Day Shipping has already attracted millions of members. Customers can learn more about an Amazon Prime one-month free trial and start watching instantly at www.amazon.com/primevideos.

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CBS and Netflix Announce Two-Year Licensing Agreement for Library Content

NEW YORK and BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 22, 2011 -- CBS Corporation  (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) and Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) today announced  a two-year, non-exclusive licensing agreement that will allow select TV shows from CBS's library, including episodes of "Medium" and "Flashpoint" as well as full seasons of classics such as "Frasier," and "Cheers," to be streamed instantly from Netflix. CBS retains an option to extend the agreement for up to two additional years. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Global TV Shipment Growth Improves, LCD Share Surges

Santa Clara, California, February 22, 2011—Global TV shipment growth improved in Q4’10 after falling sharply in Q3’10, rising 15% Y/Y to a record 77.6 million units, according to the figures released in the latest DisplaySearch Advanced Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report. The improvement in annual growth rate, which had fallen to 9% Y/Y in Q3’10, can be attributed to improved growth in developed markets, particularly North America, which had experienced a substantial slowdown during the first half of the year. China was the only region to decline in Q4’10, falling 2% Y/Y as a significant decline in CRT TV shipments more than offset growth of LCD and plasma.

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Inception HT Guys Blu Ray Disc Review

Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in this sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the best there is at extraction: stealing valuable secrets inside the subconscious during the mind’s vulnerable dream state. His skill has made him a coveted player in industrial espionage but also has made him a fugitive and cost him dearly. Now he may get a second chance if he can do the impossible: inception, planting an idea rather than stealing one. If they succeed, Cobb and his team could pull off the perfect crime. But no planning or expertise can prepare them for a dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy only Cobb could have seen coming (Buy Now Two Disc Edition $13.99).

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The Social Network HT Guys Blu Ray Disc Review

On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history… but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications. (Buy Now)

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Listener Review: Acer K11 Portable Pocket Projector

From time to time listeners like to write in and provide us their thoughts on products they own. We like to encourage this as it gives different perspectives on the tech we love so much. Neil from Ottawa wrote in to tell us about his experience with the Acer K11 Portable Pocket Projector (Street Price $360).

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