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Roku brings casual gaming to its internet TV platform starting with Angry Birds this summer

Roku's line of boxes have come a long way from being used only to stream Netflix, and now the company has announced a plan to take its talents to casual gaming. Naturally, the first app out of the gate this summer will be the wildly popular and increasingly ubiquitous  Angry Birds . There's not a lot of details available yet and while we're told the gaming experience will be available on a new player launching this summer,  whether or not the existing Roku hardware will get any gaming action remains to be seen . Roku CEO Anthony Wood is very excited about the company's gaming prospects saying "Just as we were the first to enable Netflix to stream instantly to the TV, we intend to be the catalyst for transforming the way people play casual games-starting with Angry Birds-on the biggest screen in the home". While we wouldn't bet against the upstart media streamer maker, it may be a bit tougher to compete with Xbox 360, PS3 and whatever Nintendo has up its s...

Plex Media Server launches client for Roku

Plex has been serving up streaming video for more than a minute, bringing content to Macs, iDevices, and evenjailbroken Apple TVs (not to mention apps for all sizes ofAndroid). For those who are neither Apple aficionados nor dedicated 'droid users, the company has rolled out a client that runs on Rokus. It's currently in beta and only supports video, but Plex plans to provide picture and music management in the future. Plex's XBMC secret sauce paired with Roku's ample streaming content buffet? Sounds delicious . Plex