If you're planning on buying into a new HD set and/or a Blu-ray player this holiday season, the BBC is packaging up a six-disc Blu-ray set that you'll want to check out. 'The BBC Earth Collection' combines the 'Planet Earth: The Complete Series' and 'Earth: The Biography' like so much peanut butter ...

by Steven Kim on Nov 15th 2008 9:01AM

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Mac owners who have been waiting for Netflix to open up the 'Watch Instantly' option just got a little something to light up their day -- the service is now available to the public; or at least members of the public who opt in via a Web form. It's all based on Microsoft's Silverlight, so you'll ...

by Steven Kim on Nov 3rd 2008 1:15PM

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It turns out that the tongue isn't tied to the spinal cord (had we paid better attention in Bio101, we'd have known that), which goes a long way towards keeping it unimpared in the event of spinal cord injury. A team at Georgia Tech is developing a tongue-based apparatus for disabled people that, ...

by Steven Kim on Aug 26th 2008 4:22PM

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Just in case you can't find a HTIB (home theater in a box) system from Yamaha's CES salvo of four systems, the company has rolled out the TSS-20 at the "really small" end of the scale. The receiver of Yamaha's other HTIB systems has been replaced by a small module that pumps out 6-Watts to the ...

by Steven Kim on Apr 21st 2008 2:35PM

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Always a favorite around the offices of Engadget HD, Lifetime Movie Network HD has a new best-friend-forever in the form of Lifetime Television HD, which has now launched. The sister (heh) channel has already lined up deals with U-Verse TV and FiOS TV. All kidding aside, the new channel has some ...

by Steven Kim on Apr 19th 2008 5:25PM

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