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Uruguay scientists genetically modify sheeps to glow in the dark

Brian Sin — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:22:10 +0000

Scientists in Uruguay modified the genes of sheep using the fluorescent protein from an Aequarea jelly fish, causing the sheep to glow-in-the-dark. The sheep were born last October at the Animal Reproduction Institute of Uruguay. The sheep glow when they are exposed to certain ultraviolet light, emitting a glowing green color. Aside from glowing in

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NOOK Video store goes live in UK: First to support UltraViolet

Chris Davies — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:36:24 +0000

Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Video store has launched in the UK, offering TV and movie purchases and rental on the NOOK HD and HD+ tablets, in addition to UltraViolet digital copies of existing DVD and Blu-ray purchases. The freshly-opened store also features new content, after B&N inked new deals with BBC Worldwide, HBO, Sony Pictures,

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NOOK HD and the B&N ecosystem gamble

Chris Davies — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:30:05 +0000

The tablet market is heating up, and for once it’s not Apple, or Google, or Samsung doing the shaking, but booksellers Barnes & Noble. The new NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ may carry the same name as B&N tablets of before, but they’re worlds apart in hardware and clarity of software ecosystem. Not content to

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B&N reveals NOOK Video for movie and TV shopping

Chris Davies — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:10:12 +0000

Barnes & Noble has revealed NOOK Video, its upcoming movie and TV show store for NOOK devices, smart TVs, tablets, and smartphones. Set to launch in the US this fall, with a UK debut by the holiday season, NOOK Video will offer both streaming and download options, integrating with the NOOK Cloud for viewing on

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UltraViolet flicks get better sound courtesy of Dolby Digital Plus

Shane McGlaun — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:37:28 +0000

When it comes to watching movies most of us want a high-quality picture and high-quality sound. Sound is particularly important when you’re watching high-resolution digital video on your home theater system, and you want to feel the bass as well as hear it. Dolby Laboratories has announced that its Dolby Digital Plus technology will be

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Fox will offer digital movies weeks before DVD release

Eric Abent — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 20:13:21 +0000

Fans of digital media have a reason to smile today, as Fox has revealed that it will begin offering digital versions of its movies weeks before physical Blu-ray and DVDs release. The first movie that will getting this treatment is Prometheus, which is scheduled to release on Blu-ray and DVD on October 11. Fox will

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Paramount launches Xbox 360 app for streaming UltraViolet flicks

Shane McGlaun — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:32:57 +0000

Earlier this year, Paramount started selling digital copies of movies directly to movie fans. To begin with, those films, which used the UltraViolet cloud were stuck on your computer alone. Paramount is making a move to free those films from computer and allow you to watch them on your TV. The movie studio is doing

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UltraViolet cloud conversion to cost $2-$4 per DVD

Shane McGlaun — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:25:44 +0000

We have been talking about UltraViolet for a while now, but the official announcement of the service will come today at 1 PM ET. Ultraviolet is the DVD movie conversion service that Walmart will operate along with partners Universal, Paramount, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, and Fox. The idea is that consumers can bring in their

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Hollywood partners with Wal-Mart to offer “disc-to-digital” scheme

Ben Kersey — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:40:59 +0000

The movie industry have been scrambling to find the best solution to piracy lately. Last month Fox and Warner Bros. partnered with SanDisk and Western Digital to launch their “Project Phenix” initiative, allowing you to move DRM laced content via their hard drives. The digital locker service UltraViolet also launched back in January, and reportedly

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