Tag: netflix
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Before You Watch the New ‘House Of Cards’, See the UK Original
from theatlantic.com: I’ll watch anything Kevin Spacey is in, so I’ll be among the early downloaders of the second installment of House of Cards, which will be out via Netflix touchingly on Valentine’s Day. But now I’ve done something I should have done earlier, and that will put Spacey-style House of Cards 2, 3, any…
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Netflix profits rise fivefold as streaming service hits 44 million subscribers
from theguardian.com: Online movie and TV streaming service Netflix announced it had over 44 million subscribers worldwide by the end of last year, and revealed on Wednesday that profits had risen more than fivefold. The company, which delivers DVDs by mail as well as offering movies and TV shows online, had about 33.4 million paying…
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How #Netflix Reverse Engineered Hollywood
from theatlantic.com: If you use Netflix, you’ve probably wondered about the specific genres that it suggests to you. Some of them just seem so specific that it’s absurd. Emotional Fight-the-System Documentaries? Period Pieces About Royalty Based on Real Life? Foreign Satanic Stories from the 1980s? If Netflix can show such tiny slices of cinema to…
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10/13 defcon: outage, buyout, lineup
video: fbi makes arrest after johansson emails hacked* mitsubishi heavy, japanese defense contractor, targeted by over 50 computer viruses* fake netflix app poses data-stealing risk* blackberrys buzz back to life after long outage* dennis ritchie, father of ‘c’ programming language, dies at 70* microsoft skype buyout is officially official* faithful line up as apple’s new…
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8/4 Defcon: Black Hat, Shady Rat, Mantech & More
Former CIA official Cofer Black ‘predicts’ cyber 9/11 // Stuxnet changes terrorism equation, says former CIA official at black hat con // Vanity Fair exclusive on ‘Operation Shady Rat’: Unprecedented cyber-espionage campaign & intellectual-property bonanza // Hackers hit FBI merc Mantech; Online security contractor for FBI, NATO, DOD, DOJ & state dept // Randi Zuckerberg…
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Dear Netflix: People Really Hate the Price Hike & Threaten to Cancel
Subscribers have been up in arms since Netflix announced a changed pricing structure on Tuesday that will raise the price for a combined DVD and streaming subscription from $10 to $16 a month.
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‘Navigating Netflix’ – Coming Soon!
Netflix subscribers often find diamonds in the rough – films that illustrate history & reality – but aren’t marketed or organized such that you can easily find what’s valuable. Coming soon from Media Monarchy & Tragedy and Hope: ‘Navigating Netflix’ – the show designed to prioritize your time for movies that feed your mind!
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10/28 Defcon: The Dark Ages & Leaking Data
One EMP burst and the world goes dark // Feds let Google off with warning for Wifi–sniffing cars // Google admits street view cars took emails & passwords from computers // Netflix now accounts for 20% of downstream bandwidth during peak
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defcon 9/24: f the cc, felonies, netflix & spacejunk
fcc to propose ‘net neutrality’ rules*fcc position may spell the end of unlimited internet*should the president have the power to turn off the internet?*presidential internet kill switch may still be alive*feds move to control the internet*cybersecurity: one step forward*cybersecurity vs cyberwarfare*obama cyberczar to regulate the information highway*will the US president have the authority to shut…