Hulu Hulu might be known as a home to recently aired television episodes, but the company is now looking to eat Netflix’s lunch, according to a new report. Hulu on Wednesday will announce a multiyear deal with Comcast’s NBC Universal and 21st Century Fox that will see the streaming-video service get its hands on past …

Amazon has fired yet another shot over Netflix’s bow with news that it’ll be the exclusive streaming home for popular series “24.” The popular espionage series starring Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer is now available for streaming to Amazon Prime Instant Video customers, the e-retail giant announced on Tuesday. A total of 192 episodes are available on Amazon. The company …

Ed Rhee/CNET Remember the good old days of ripping CDs? Well, the UK will soon allow its citizens to do just that without any fear of reprisal. Starting June 1, UK consumers will be allowed to make personal copies of media they own, the country’s Intellectual Property Office announced recently. The discs should be used for “private purposes such as …

European Commission The European Union’s highest court, the EU Court of Justice, ruled on Thursday that Internet service providers could reasonably be required to block piracy sites if those pages are found to be violating copyrights. The ruling is by no means a definitive decision on how ISPs across the European Union should handle piracy sites. The court essentially agreed …

Facebook The Facebook Messenger iOS app recently became a bit more useful for people who like to chat through the social network. Facebook on Thursday updated the app with the ability to put people in groups for easier access. The feature lets you group together people you message and assign that group a name and photo, for example “Roommates” or …

Andrew Hoyle/CNET Samsung chief JK Shin threw cold water on recent reports suggesting the Galaxy S5 might actually launch sooner than expected. Speaking to reporters in Korea on Wednesday, Shin said that the Galaxy S5 will launch in that country on April 11, as planned. His comments resulted from reports that cropped up in Korea recently, saying that the Galaxy …

Lynn La/CNET Sprint’s HD voice feature, which has been rolled out in only a few test markets so far, will be launching nationwide by midyear, the company’s chief executive has confirmed. CEO Dan Hesse said Tuesday at the Oracle Industry Connect conference that Sprint’s HD Voice will be available nationwide “around the first of July,” according to a report by …

Apple has again won a key patent ruling in its ongoing dispute with Samsung. Tokyo District Court Judge Koji Hasegawa ruled on Tuesday that Apple’s iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, and iPad 2 do not infringe on patents held by Samsung related to data communications. Samsung had argued that the devices were violating its intellectual property and it should be compensated …

Screenshot by CNET Apple is rolling out a feature that would conceivably make it easier for its App Store users to find programs, the company has confirmed to CNET. Apple has quietly started rolling out a feature that gives users suggestions on other apps to download based on their searches. According to Macstories, which published screenshots of it in action, …

BlackBerry HQ in Waterloo, Ontario BlackBerry BlackBerry’s quest for cash has been bolstered by a real estate sale. The embattled smartphone maker announced on Friday that it has agreed to sell over 3 million square feet of space, as well as vacant land, across its home turf of Canada. BlackBerry will lease back some of the space, but didn’t say …