Blogs are Stupid

Gotta post stories about subjects that are on my "Things that rule" list. Current things on it:

Google
Netflix
Tivo
XM
Apple

Things that do not rule:
AOL

thats it.


Netflix near launch of movie downloads

Netflix is poised to test its long-awaited Internet movie download service, which would broaden its rental business beyond its current DVDs-by-mail offering and fulfill the promise of its name.

Well-placed industry sources confirmed Friday that the Los Gatos company is close to launching an on-demand rental service that is paired with a Netflix-provided television set-top box.

``We have said we're committed to testing a product this year and we expect the test to be of a very modest nature,'' said Netflix spokesman Ken Ross, who declined to discuss the timing of the launch or the nature of the service.