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Entertainment

You Can Rent Disney Movies On YouTube Now

5:45AM November 24, 2011 | Casey Chan

From classics like Alice in Wonderland to the Pixar hits and Pirates movies of today, Disney will eventually put up a lion’s share of its movies for rent on the digital boob tube, YouTube. There are only a handful of Disney movies on YouTube right now but hundreds more will join the rental list in the next few weeks. More »


Software

Join A Mac Timeshare In The Clouds

5:40AM October 28, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

You want a Mac — or at least try one out — but you don’t want your friends to think you’ve become one of those Apple-owning hipsters you’re always making fun of. A cloud-based Mac rental service lets you use a Mac without losing your Windows cred. More »


Entertainment

Apple Kills iTunes TV Rentals

7:07AM August 27, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Due to a distinct lack of interest, a new video strategy, both or neither, Apple’s axed the ability to rent TV shows. Now, you can only buy them or a season pass for a big bundle. [All Things D]


Entertainment

Android Movies: Hellloooo Cheap Streaming Rentals

2:27AM May 11, 2011 | Brian Barrett

No longer are Android devices left out in the cold when it comes to movie streaming. Movie downloads have found a home in the Android Market, with thousands of titles available to rent starting at $US2 a pop. The announcement came today at Google’s mega I/O conference. More »


Online

YouTube Is Now Your Newest Movie Rental Store

6:24AM May 10, 2011 | Sam Biddle

While we’ve been enjoying Apple’s TK-strong and Netflix’s TK-title streaming movie libraries weren’t enough, YouTube’s been plotting a little jugular strike, sucking the streaming juice with a movie service of its own. Today, it’s real. More »


Entertainment

Mainstream Movie Rentals Are Coming To YouTube… Legally

4:04AM April 27, 2011 | Adrian Covert

YouTube might currently be chock full of unauthorised movies, but now they’ve struck a deal with major Hollywood studios to bring new, legal movies to their site as well. More »


Entertainment

The Age Of $US30 Movie Rentals Is Upon Us

11:40AM April 1, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Following through on what probably started as an epic round of double dog daring, four major studios – Warner Bros, Sony, Universal and 20th Century Fox – have agreed that charging $US30 for streaming movie rentals is a pretty great business model. More »


Software

How To Remove DRM From iTunes Video Purchases And Rentals

7:40PM January 13, 2011 | Adam Dachis

We’ve looked at removing DRM from iTunes movies and TV shows on Windows, but what about Mac OS X? Here’s how to rip out the DRM and turn that copy-protected M4V file into a regular old MP4 on your Mac. More »


Entertainment

28 Days Later: Blockbuster Now Waits With Netflix

4:00PM December 17, 2010 | Adrian Covert

You know Blockbuster’s incredibly smug ad campaign about how they get new releases 28 days before Netflix? NOT ANYMORE! You see, in a cost-cutting move, they just agreed to deals with Warners, Fox and Universal to delay new release offerings. More »


Entertainment

Have You Received A Free iTunes Movie Rental Code From Apple?

2:50AM December 8, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

The word on the street is that Apple’s giving out early gifts this Christmas, emailing free iTunes movie rental codes to random iTunes users. I haven’t received one – but have you? Let us know in the comments below! [9to5Mac]