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Postal Worker Steals 3200 Netflix DVDs, Faces Up to 5 Years in Prison

Unsolicited advice: If you insist on robbing people, do so quickly. Grab everything in sight and sprint to Mexico. Because when you gradually steal $36,471 of Netflix DVDs from your day job, someone will eventually notice. Myles Weathers, a (former) postal sorting facility employee from Springfield, Massachusetts, was busted removing DVDs from Netflix envelopes and…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Netflix to Come to the iPhone “Eventually”

I’m not sure it’s the most forceful statement ever uttered by a titan of industry, but Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings has expressed confidence that Netflix content will make it to the iPhone—some day. When questioned by Reuters if Netflix was working on an iPhone-related partnership with Apple, Hastings responded: it’s something that’s likely to come…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Which Do You Use More: Hulu Or Netflix On Demand?

The fact that NBC is pulling some of its major shows off Netflix in favor of Hulu has got me thinking—which of these online services to you use the most and why? https://gizmodo.com/blerg-30-rock-and-other-major-shows-leaving-netflix-on-5352993 Which Do You Use More: Hulu or Netflix On Demand?(online surveys) [Image via Digital Home Thoughts]

Tech News Sean Fallon

Blerg! 30 Rock and Other Major Shows Leaving Netflix On Demand

I love Netflix On Demand precisely because it lets me watch 30 Rock episodes whenever I want. So I was horrified to notice, just now, that 30 Rock was going bye-bye on Oct. 1—along with other great shows. Yes, read that screenshot from my queue above and weep. In a month, there will be no…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Digital vs. Analog Storage: How Many VHS Tapes Equal One Hulu.com?

Mozy, in a shrewd plug for their online backup service, have created a chart to show how much data our digital collections can hold compared to old analog storage. Have you guys heard of the iPod? It looks amazing. We’ve seen comparisons like this before and as we move into terabytes of digital storage they’re…

Social Media Dan Nosowitz

PlayOn Will Soon Stream Netflix, Hulu to Your Wii

MediaMall is on the verge of announcing their Wii PlayOn beta, which has been in quiet testing for a while now. What this means to you: For about $40, you’ll be able to stream Hulu and Netflix to your Wii. PlayOn’s been around on the Xbox and PS3 since last year, as well as on…

Tech News John Herrman

Netflix Will Continue To Farm Its Research Out To Cash-Strapped Nerds

Netflix’s last foray into research bribery, a million dollar prize for anyone who could improve the company’s recommendation algorithm by 10%, was a success, both as a programming project and a spectator sport. Naturally, they’re doing it again. https://gizmodo.com/nerds-beat-netflixs-recommendation-system-qualify-for-5303238 Neil Hunt, Chief Product Officer at Netflix, dropped this on the Netflix forum: The advances spurred…

Movies John Herrman

Xbox 360 Scores Exclusive Netflix Movie Streaming, PS3 Cries Blue Tears

Those Microsoft rascals have scored a big one: The Xbox 360 is now the only game console that will get Netflix video streaming. No Sony PlayStation 3, no Nintendo Wii, no Atari 2600. That’s what the Xbox Update page says: Netflix Partnership This exclusive partnership offers you the ability to instantly stream movies and TV…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Live Streaming MLB Games Now Available on Roku

In addition to Netflix and Amazon on Demand, Roku users will now be able to access baseball games from premium MLB.tv accounts. That means live, out-of-market games as well as on-demand games from the past week. Only problem is, you have to be a subscriber of the paid MLB.tv service, which would cost $35 for…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

A Peek Inside a Netflix Sorting Facility: Secret, Silent and Full of Old Ladies

I’m not entirely sure how I pictured Netflix’s shipping centers, but it definitely wasn’t like this: A Chicago Tribune reporter describes his visit to one, including the “few things about the building that suggested it was not a meth lab.” Its location is top secret and its building disguised; its employees are mostly female, and…

Tech News John Herrman

Time’s Richard Corliss Thinks Netflix Stinks, But Maybe He Is Wrong

Richard Corliss, movie critic for Time, has an infuriating editorial about why he thinks Netflix stinks. Let’s see if I can prove him wrong, point by point: Let me get started by comparing my personal experiences to Corliss’s: I have used Netflix for more than six years, both in major cities (Brooklyn, San Francisco, Chicago)…

Movies Dan Nosowitz

Netflix Could Be Cooking Up Streaming On the iPhone and Wii

A “industry executive familiar with Netflix’s plans” speaking with Multichannel News claims that Netflix will soon extend Watch Instantly to the iPhone and the Wii. We have been hearing rumors about the Wii for quite some time, but the iPhone? Naturally, Netflix did not comment on the rumor, but if it did happen on the…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Hands On With Vudu On LG: 1080p, Like, Now

Don’t get me wrong: the announcement that LG’s connected HDTVs are getting Vudu streaming—especially instant-on 1080p HDX movies—is a good thing. It’s just that we got a few minutes with the service, and, well, something’s a little… off. https://gizmodo.com/lg-shacks-up-with-vudu-brings-1080p-movie-streaming-to-5325335 It’s got nothing to do with Vudu’s service, which is largely unchanged from the days of…

Tech News John Herrman

LG Shacks Up With Vudu, Brings 1080p Movie Streaming to Connected TVs

Adding to an already impressive list of services available on their web-connected HDTVs, LG has yanked Vudu into the fold. What this means: instant 1080p movie streaming. Also, that standalone set-top streaming boxes might finally die, as they should. So what gets this? It’s a decent spread of 42-inch-and-up plasma and LCD TVs, including the…

Tech News John Herrman

Netflix Prize Competition Comes to a Thrilling Conclusion

After a last-second buzzer beater put them in the front runner position for the Netflix Prize on Saturday, it appears as though “The Ensemble” has held off any late surges from other developers to take top honors in the competition. The competition, which was kicked off by Netflix back in 2006 as a way to…

Tech News Jack Loftus

August 11 Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Bringing Full Game Downloads, Other Features

The previously announced Xbox 360 dashboard update is coming on August 11, bringing with it Games on Demand, Netflix party support and the new Avatar marketplace. Twitter, Facebook and Last.FM integration are coming this fall, along with 1080p streaming. [Kotaku] https://gizmodo.com/new-xbox-live-update-full-game-downloads-expanded-net-5316525

Tech News Adam Frucci

New Xbox Live Update: Full Game Downloads, Expanded Netflix Features and More

The newest Xbox live update is in the process of filtering out to the masses, and it brings with it some pretty sweet features. It’ll offer downloadable Games on Demand (full games!), new Netflix options and a bunch more. Games on Demand looks pretty great; you’ll be able to download full games, including manuals, and…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Crazy Rumor: Amazon Wants to Buy Netflix

Netflix shares are exploding over the admittedly thin rumor that Amazon wants to buy them. An options analyst tells Bloomberg that, “There’s heavy call buying and the stock is up on renewed takeover talk, with Amazon being mentioned specifically.” That would be a pretty expensive Christmas in July for Amazon—Netflix ain’t exactly a startup. But…

Commerce Matt Buchanan

Nerds Beat Netflix’s Recommendation System, Qualify for $1 Million Prize

In a very shrewd move, Netflix created a contest more than 3 years ago to award $1 million to anybody that could create an algorithm more than 10% more accurate than theirs. Now, a team has finally done it. The two front-running teams, distressingly named Team Pragmatic Theory and Team Bellkor in Chaos, joined forces…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Blockbuster Offering $10 Unlimited Rental Weeks this Summer

In case you plan to take a week off of school or work to solely watch movies and play video games, Blockbuster’s Summer Escape Pass will make the couch potatoage economical. For $10, Blockbuster is offering a Summer Escape Pass. Each is good for a week and offers unlimited rentals of movies and video games.…

Movies Mark Wilson

Postal Worker Steals 3200 Netflix DVDs, Faces Up to 5 Years in Prison

Netflix to Come to the iPhone “Eventually”

Which Do You Use More: Hulu Or Netflix On Demand?

Blerg! 30 Rock and Other Major Shows Leaving Netflix On Demand

Digital vs. Analog Storage: How Many VHS Tapes Equal One Hulu.com?

PlayOn Will Soon Stream Netflix, Hulu to Your Wii

Netflix Will Continue To Farm Its Research Out To Cash-Strapped Nerds

Xbox 360 Scores Exclusive Netflix Movie Streaming, PS3 Cries Blue Tears

Live Streaming MLB Games Now Available on Roku

A Peek Inside a Netflix Sorting Facility: Secret, Silent and Full of Old Ladies

Time’s Richard Corliss Thinks Netflix Stinks, But Maybe He Is Wrong

Netflix Could Be Cooking Up Streaming On the iPhone and Wii

Hands On With Vudu On LG: 1080p, Like, Now

LG Shacks Up With Vudu, Brings 1080p Movie Streaming to Connected TVs

Netflix Prize Competition Comes to a Thrilling Conclusion

August 11 Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Bringing Full Game Downloads, Other Features

New Xbox Live Update: Full Game Downloads, Expanded Netflix Features and More

Crazy Rumor: Amazon Wants to Buy Netflix

Nerds Beat Netflix’s Recommendation System, Qualify for $1 Million Prize

Blockbuster Offering $10 Unlimited Rental Weeks this Summer

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