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Apple Gulps Memory Company In Stuff Not Posted

4:00PM December 14, 2011 | Brian Barrett

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. More »


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Netflix Wants All Of Your Friends To Know Everything You’re Watching

6:00AM December 12, 2011 | Sam Biddle

There’s a law in place that requires a company to get your permission before it discloses videos you’ve seen. It sounds like an obscure, niche piece of legislation, but it’s suddenly super relevant — and Netflix wants to kill it. More »


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Netflix Rejects New Zealand, But Offers Hope For An Aussie Launch

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10:15AM November 30, 2011 | Nick Broughall

We love our Kiwi cousins here at Gizmodo, so it’s with a heavy heart we regret to inform them that US movie streaming company netflix has completely rejected the potential for the service to launch in New Zealand. But there may still be hope for Australia… More »


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Watch Netflix Separate DVDs And Streaming Like Siamese Twins With A Laser Pistol

5:20AM September 21, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Netflix is having themselves quite the week, and everyone’s favourite insaneo Chinese animators are here to show us how things really happened. Apparently it involved asteroids, disc-headed mutant siamese twins, laser pistols and the Insane Clown Posse. Although in fairness, that mix of ingredients would have made more sense than what actually happened. More »


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Netflix Is Not Negotiating With Jason ‘@Qwikster’ Castillo

3:38AM September 21, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

According to Steve Swasey, VP of Netflix corporate communications, the company isn’t thinking about marketing for Qwikster just yet. Which makes me wonder, who is Jason Castillo talking too? More »


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Netflix Spin Off Qwikster Has Foulmouthed Pothead Twitter Problem

7:55AM September 20, 2011 | Brent Rose

Over in the US, Netflix has spun off its non-streaming DVD business in the form of Qwikster. Problem is, it wasn’t the first to come up with the name: That distinction goes to a Mr. Jason Castillo, a man with an affinity for full-frontal cursing and weed. More »


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Could Qwikster Make Mad Bank With His Twitter Handle?

4:00AM September 20, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

Sunday night’s announcement from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings that the company was to be split in two was a bombshell that quickly became a joke. According to Reed, Netflix will continue to stream content, while a new company called Qwikster would handle DVD distribution. Unfortunately Netflix/Qwikster haven’t acquired the Qwikster Twitter handle from weed-smoking gangstaz, Jason Castillo. More »


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Will Harvey Norman Stop Selling McTivia?

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10:20AM September 12, 2011 | Alex Kidman

The Australian reports that executives at Harvey Norman are considering their position on selling the McTivia media streamer, due to concerns over its potentially copyright-infringing promotion of VPN services to access overseas video content. More »


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Amazon Considering A ‘Netflix For Books’

10:00AM September 12, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Would you pay a fee to access a library of written content? A Netflix for the book-reading world? Amazon is apparently banking you might, as it was reported tonight by the WSJ that the online retailer was considering that option. More »


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Remastered HD Star Trek: The Next Generation Episodes Soon?

6:00AM September 12, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Well, this news is a long time coming for most Star Trek Fans. Apparently, CBS is hard at work remastering the Next Generation as an HD offering, and for Aussies using a VPN, will beam it via Netflix this fall. More »