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Apple to Stream Event Live, Is Amazon Developing a Netflix Competitor?

by Thomas Houston on September 1, 2010 at 08:30 AM

Apple Event
Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines
  • New Apple TV? A revised iPod touch? iPod Guitars? Today's Apple Event, where a new online video announcement is expected to take place, will be streamed live (for Mac users only). Expect productivity and Web speeds to dip around 1 p.m. EST when the event kicks off. [From: Apple and Engadget]
  • Regardless of whether or not Apple unveils the 'iTV,' the market for getting Web video to your living room is getting crowded. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon is developing a Netflix-esque video streaming model. [From: Wall Street Journal]
  • Plus, the Financial Times is reporting that Sony may be getting in on this whole video and music streaming thing, too. [From: Engadget]
  • Target will begin selling Facebook credits, great for buying more virtual cows and farmland, in its real-world stores starting this Sunday. [From: USA Today]
  • Sony announced three brand new, touch-equipped e-readers this morning, starting at $179 and topping out at $229. [From: Reuters]
  • Yale's unmanned flying 'Aerial Manipulator' features a robotic hand on the underside of its fuselage for, apparently, picking up delicate cans of Guinness beer. [From: Technology Review]

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