The creators of "Arrested Development" announced that they have teamed up with Netflix to teach you a lesson about canceling your instant subscription. more ›

Ladies and gents, Netflix has changed its mind yet again. According to today's message from The Netflix Team, there will be "no Qwikster." Clap your hands and say "convenient." more ›

Ready your Twitter account and stock up on Netflix: President Obama is coming to L.A. The president is headed to town next week for a west coast campaign swing. He'll be in L.A. on Monday, then fly to San Diego later the same day. more ›

Well, folks, looks like all of your hard work complaining about Netflix's new price plan has paid off. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced that the company will split its DVD and streaming options into two businesses plus rebrand its DVD division to win back the loyal, media-loving hearts that Netflix crushed. The new DVD service has been dubbed "Qwikster." more ›

So let's say you've already looked at the new Netflix pricing plans, and, while they don't kick in until September, you're ready to break up with the disc-by-mail plan and stick to streaming. Great. A click here, a click there, and you are now a subscriber at a new rate with a new plan. And that DVD you had out? You pop it in the mail and wipe your hands of the whole disc-at-home service. Done. But wait: What's that in your mailbox? The next disc in your queue? more ›

When California-based rental and streaming hub Netflix announced upcoming pricing plan changes, investors were delighted, while consumers were irate. Under the new plans, subscribers who now want to get discs by mail and access content online for streaming will have to purchase two plans for a combined cost that reflects a 60% price increase from what they currently pay for the same services. more ›

Your days of enjoying a combo plan of getting a disc or two via those red envelopes in the mail and streaming content from California-based Netflix are numbered, kids. Starting September 1, the popular site is implementing separate plans for streaming and physical disc borrowing. more ›

Half of all fixed-line internet traffic delivers video, audio and other real-time experiences from websites and applications such as Netflix, YouTube and iTunes, displacing good ol' web browsing for the first time as bandwidth leader during peak internet hours in North America, according to a new study. more ›

Several hundred titles from the Miramax film library will be instantly watchable beginning in June according to a multi-year agreement announced today by Netflix and Miramax. It will be the first time Miramax titles will be available through a digital subscription service. more ›

The general pitch at Google I/O 2011 was this: Use Google's web-based tools and applications, combine with seemingly infinite storage space in the cloud, and bulky hard drives and desktop PC's will become remnants of our technological evolution. A Google account combined with a device running Android or Chrome OS will be all you need to do [almost] anything. more ›

Imagine, if you will, a down-and-out porn director, desperate to make a legitimate film. Naturally, his reputation precedes him, and the only people willing to make his dream come true are the ragtag crew members from his porno sets. So, armed with skeezy studio money earmarked for a particularly boorish production, the director finds himself secretly filming legitimate cinema…with porn stars. Not exactly ‘high brow’, but then again neither is spending an afternoon in a papasan chair eating Cool Ranch Doritos and nursing a headache. more ›

Less than a year ago, Netflix and Film Independent (FIND) awarded director Philip G. Flores with the Netflix FIND Your Voice Award, a $150,000 cash grant and prize package that would allow his feature script to be made with a premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Based on the short story Touchback by Max Doty, The Wheeler Boys premieres tonight as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival and will be streamed concurrently on Netflix. Available for 48 hours starting tonight at 8 p.m. more ›

Inspired by our friends at Gothamist, we took a look at the Los Angeles maps posted by the NY Times showing trends and popularity of titles in Netflix rentals. more ›

Netflix and Warner Brothers today announced a new deal with means good and bad news. The bad first: customers seeking new Warner Brothers DVD releases will have to wait 28 days until the rentals are available. The catch? Well, Warner Bros. wants people to buy DVDs instead of rent them and other movie studios are likely to follow suit with a similar deal. Any good news here? Possibly. "Both companies would like you to know that the deal also guarantees that Warner Bros. will add more direct-to-video and streaming titles to the Netflix collection," says Mashable. That, however, doesn't guarantee all titles, just "more." more ›

Another week in February, another Q1 with not many greatly anticipated games. But at least there's always news. This week around the internets, we've learned a few cool things that may pique some interest out there. Check out some news, game releases, and other info for this week after the jump. more ›

/> *Update: Read the developments from the next day. I don't think I'm a bad person. I'm nice to strangers. I gave my belt to a homeless man a few weeks ago. And I drive my car as little as possible so as not to pollute the environment or exacerbate our dangerous oil dependency. I bike everywhere. In fact, I frequently go a week or more without using my car at all. So why am... more ›

- To boost ridership, WiFi has been proposed to travel with riders on the Gold Line - Curbed LA - Dogs in Echo Park as a hot issue - Chicken Corner - Nevermind. Thomas Mauk has decided to stay with Orange County instead of moving to LA County as Chief Administrative Officer - LAO - Kobe = suspended. Lakers will still win tonight against the Knicks - NY Times - The city council race... more ›