Netflix to offer $11.99 plan, will allow four simultaneous streams

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Those with big families or lots of movie-loving friends might enjoy this: Netflix will offer a $11.99/month plan that allows for four simultaneous streams. At $8/month, users can currently stream two movies or TV shows at the same time. But in Netflix’s earnings report, CEO Reed Hastings announced the new plan today: A few members with… Read More…

Movie time: Flixster arrives on Xbox Live

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If Netflix or any other movie app on Xbox Live ain’t cutting it for you, there’s another option now available: Flixster. Microsoft announced the availability of Flixster for Xbox Live subscribers in the U.S. and you can now rent and buy movies directly from your console by using the app. Some cool features include the ability to… Read More…

Amazon Studios greenlights ‘Betas,’ a comedy about Silicon Valley geeks

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Amazon Studios is piloting its eighth comedy, and this is one that tech geeks may really enjoy — unless it ends up anything like Bravo’s “Startups: Silicon Valley,” of course. Directed by Michael Lehmann (Dexter, 40 Days and 40 Nights, True Blood), the show is called called Betas.  Here’s Amazon’s description: Set in the land of Silicon… Read More…

Our first look at Ashton Kutcher playing Steve Jobs and freaking out about user interface

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When the name Ashton Kutcher comes up, we might think of That 70s Show, Demi Moore or even Zaarly. Now you can add Steve Jobs to that list. Kutcher is playing Jobs — beard and all—  in a new biopic about the Apple founder and we’ve got our first look at his portrayal skills today…. Read More…

Microsoft co-founder lands role in male stripper movie ‘Magic Mike’ … in the soundtrack

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Paul Allen’s magical life continues. The Microsoft co-founder and guitarist has a new band, Paul Allen and the Natural Born Swimmers — and you’ll hear one of their songs if you listen closely to a scene toward the end of “Magic Mike,” the new film from Steven Soderbergh about male strippers at a Florida club. Yes,… Read More…

Microsoft’s new documentary about startups is brutally honest about Microsoft

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Gotta hand it to Microsoft, they’re taking this documentary stuff seriously. I just finished a full-length sneak preview of the company’s new film. Yes, an honest-to-goodness Microsoft fim, called Ctrl+Alt+Compete. (We first told you about it in September.) It’s a behind-the-scenes look at the startup world, making its world premiere at the Napa Valley Film Festival on Friday…. Read More…