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Used to be that you could catch old episodes of The Tonight Show on NBC's website or head over to Hulu to get your funny fix online. But unfortunately, with Conan O'Brien's departure from the late-night talk show, NBC has decided to scrub Conan from both sites (Hulu is partially owned by NBC), leaving just a few crumbs behind. Gone are the links to The Tonight Show from NBC.com, and if you search The Tonight Show on Hulu, you'll find episodes of The Insider covering the recent shake up of hosts, but nothing of the show itself.

Jay Leno is set to take back The Tonight Show on Mar. 1, but I doubt that means NBC will also bring back the seven-month stock of Coco-fronted episodes when the show returns.

Not everyone has the luxury of having Super Bowl Sunday off from work. Or maybe you'll be on vacation, where there are no televisions or computers (lucky). So what to do if you miss the action of the big game? Besides setting your DVR, iTunes is offering its Super Bowl XLIV Season Pass ($8), which gets you access to the Pro Bowl now and the Super Bowl the morning after the game airs.

But, if you're aching for some sports action now, you can get all the season's highlights and past Super Bowl commercials on Hulu to tide you over. If all else fails, get yourself a Slingbox and SlingPlayer app ASAP and stream it over your phone on game day from anywhere!

• The WSJ confirms the Apple Tablet is real, along with some interesting insider details — Wall Street Journal
• HP is working on tablets and notebooks with incorporated projectors — Gizmodo
• Don't blame OK Go; it's EMI that won't let you embed their new video — CNET
• OnLive gaming system gets beta tested — Engadget
• Hulu might charge $5 a month subscription fee for older TV eps — Silicon Alley Insider
• Submit your Cool Captures for your chance to win a CanvasPop print — GeekSugar

There are times that I'm so engrossed in my technology-filled life that I forget that not everyone has the same geeky habits and quirks that I have. After reading this article about friends watching TV together in different time zones, I had one of those reactions. Call me an early adopter, but I've been doing this since high school, when my then-boyfriend and I used to watch Dawson's Creek together on the phone.

But, like so many other things, technology makes co-watching TV shows even easier, thanks to DVRs and services like Hulu, which allow you easily to watch the same show with a friend from virtually any two locations. Then, add services like Skype, which allow you to talk to friends in real time while you're watching. Not to mention there's no danger of someone else in your house complaining that you're hogging the phone line during your favorite show (or picking it up every five minutes until you promise to hang up).

I love doing this with friends who don't live in my city. Usually, my friends on the East Coast will DVR a show and watch with me when it's live in PST here in California. We'll iChat — sometimes with video, sometimes without — and talk as the show progresses. It's an easy (and fun!) way to feel in touch even when there are thousands of miles between us. Do you ever do this?

• Steven Spielberg is producing a film version of the children's novel War Horse — Cinema Blend
• The Beautiful Life will debut three unaired episodes on YouTube — Vulture
• The USA network is turning '90s movie The Freshman into a TV series — TV Squad
• Emmy Rossum joins the cast of Showtime's Shameless — MovieWeb
• The guys behind Two and a Half Men are developing another CBS comedy titled Mike and Molly — The Wrap
• Thor adds Rene Russo to its cast roster — Cinematical
• Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante has quit the band — Rock and Roll Daily
• Yet another track from Vampire Weekend's Contra, yay! — Stereogum
• Cool ways to make your home feel like Sherlock Holmes's — CasaSugar
• Bryan Singer returns to the X-Men franchise with X-Men: First Class — HitFix
• Simon Fuller is creating a new reality web series that will air episodes on Hulu — Inside TV
• Kid Cudi drops out of Lady Gaga's tour — Billboard
• You must check out this awesome movie quote site — GeekSugar

• Google Chrome for Macs is finally available — Lifehacker
• Get ready for a new site like Hulu, but for magazines —The Silicon Alley Insider
• Ikea launches a store catalog iPhone app — Unplggd
• Find out what the bestselling iPhone apps of 2009 were — Gizmodo
• Purchase 200GB ($50) of paid storage from Google, get a free Eye-Fi card — Gmail Blog
• Log in for your chance to win a HP Envy Laptop — GeekSugar
• Submit your Cool Captures for your chance to win a CanvasPop print — GeekSugar

• Right up until Christmas, you can test out EA Sports Active in stores in San Francisco and Boston — EA Sports Active
• Walmart's Black Friday ad has surfaced — CrunchGear
• Firefox 3.6 Beta3 for Windows, Mac, and Linux users is now available to download — Lifehacker
• Hulu has just teamed up with EMI to offer music videos on its free video streaming site — The New York Times
• The Nokia N900 is now on sale in the US — CNET
• Find out how you can download videos to your iPhone — Switched

• Guess who Rumer Willis's character on 90210 is going to have a girl-on-girl relationship with? — Ausiello Files
• Hulu will not start charging for content after all — PopWatch
• Zooey Deschanel will make a guest appearance on Bones — The Futon Critic
• Natalie Portman was the guest judge on Top Chef last night — test your knowledge! — YumSugar
• Dave Eggers's novel Zeitoun is going to be made into an animated film — Vulture
• The new Avatar trailer is a bit more exciting than the first — Cinematical
• Keanu Reeves will star in romantic comedy Henry's Crime with Vera Farmiga — Coming Soon
• Abigal Breslin will star as Helen Keller on Broadway, along with Alison Pill — Hollywood Crush
• Will Twilight's Anna Kendrick get a supporting actress nomination for Up in the Air? — HitFix

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Bad news if you're one of the many who peek at your favorite shows online: Hulu may start charging for content as early as next year.

I can't say I'm surprised by this — not much comes free, so it was bound to happen eventually — but that doesn't mean I'm not bummed. Even though many of the network sites stream their own shows, Hulu has always been a reliable source for older TV shows, movies, and fun exclusive interviews. I'm not giving up on the website just yet, as long as they keep the cost reasonable, but how much is that price benchmark? I'm leaving that up to you guys.

How much would you be willing to pay to use Hulu? $1 per episode? $2 per movie? $10 a month? Or will you swear off Hulu entirely once this new plan goes into effect? Speak your mind in the comments!

Since most of you are fans of the online video streaming site Hulu, you may be interested in knowing that it's possible to watch some of your favorite Hulu TV shows or movies on your television using your Wii. All you need is an Internet connection, a Wii (which just so happened to go on sale today!), a PC computer (sorry Mac-heads) and PlayOn (this video will show you how to download it for free). Overall, a pretty simple way to watch Hulu content on your TV!