Netflix Screwed Up and Now it Shows

800K fewer subscribers humbles Netflix

Netflix reported earnings today and the company was made to feel the full force of subscriber dissatisfaction. Leading up to the third quarter this year, the Web's top video-rental service had added a minimum of 1 million subscribers in each of the prior seven quarters. But for the three months ending September 30, Netflix lost 810,000 subscribers. Stock price has fallen from a high of $300 down to just under $87.

U.S. Tablet Users Slow To Adopt Newspaper Subscriptions

One potential barrier to the adoption of digital subscriptions by U.S. tablet owners is screen size. Amazon, Dell, Samsung and other tablet vendors offer models featuring a 7-inch screen, which is less than ideal when viewing newspapers and magazines in a digital format.

Malware loves Windows Task Scheduler

More malware is using Windows Task Scheduler to do its dirty work. Here's how to mitigate this surprising attack vector

Android Ice Cream Sandwich versus iOS 5: Killer features

Google and Apple have both recently unveiled huge changes that respectively make their mobile operating systems far more powerful, and in some ways more similar to each other. Weighing the pros and cons of each platform against the other is a scenario that's played out daily among many people who are deciding which phone to buy.

A Look at Apple's iCloud

iCloud is a synchronizing service. It keeps your calendar, address book, documents updated and identical on all your gadgets: Macs, PCs, iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches. In other words, pretty much what MobileMe was.

Five tips for a better HDTV picture

Everyone wants the best performance out of any product they buy. HDTVs can look great in a store, and then terrible at home. If you're not satisfied with how your TV looks, or want to check to make sure you're getting the best out of it, here are five easy steps for better picture quality.

The Three Best Windows Productivity Tips

We've featured hundreds of Windows productivity tips on this site over the years but three stand out as having near perfect ratings as judged by our readers. I've supplemented these with my personal picks and for good measure, I've asked our readers to tell us what's their all-time favorite Windows productivity tip. Now this WILL be interesting.

Find Junk Files

Find Junk Files may not be an imaginative software name, but it's an accurate one. This free tool finds junk files on your PC, mostly temporary files and folders. It scans for more than 100 file types, even obscure stuff like DOS and Windows 3.1 files, but you can choose what to scan and what to exclude.