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ABC’s ‘How to Live with Your Parents’ will be a hit or miss

By Kevin Bartelt | March 17, 2013

After spending spring break binging on Netflix (don’t deny it), you are probably ready for a new show. Like for all of life’s problems, ABC has a solution. “How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)” is a refreshing sitcom that...

Everything’s better because of the Internet

By Danny Cozzi | February 11, 2013

Last week, my Internet went out for a few hours. I took note of my frustration from not being able to repair the connection and realized something: I’m an Internet addict. There’s no use denying it anymore and I’m sure many NIU students are, too....

‘Mansome’ documentary offers look into masculinity

By Kevin Bartelt | December 2, 2012

I watched a really cool documentary that just came out this year on Netflix. It’s called Mansome and features Will Arnett and Jason Bateman. This hour-and-a-half documentary explains the different types of facial hair. If you’re 12 years old, a woman,...

Microsoft updates Xbox software, holiday prices

By Roy Herrera | October 23, 2012

If you have an Xbox 360 with Xbox Live, you might have come across a few changes in the past couple of days. Microsoft released an update for the Xbox 360 Dashboard last week. If you are one of the few who didn’t receive the update, don’t worry; Microsoft...

Arrested Development to return in the spring

By Kevin Bartelt | October 21, 2012

One of the funniest shows of all time is finally making a comeback. Arrested Development has been off the air since 2006, but according to huffingtonpost.com, a new season will premiere this spring on Netflix. The writers plan to write at least 10 episodes...

Worst movies on Netflix

By Katie Finlon | September 4, 2012

It’s Labor Day weekend, and how do I choose to spend my time? Watching the worst movies ever created on Netflix’s instant queue, just so you don’t have to. Shaolin Grandma Rating: 1.5 stars Takeaway line: “There’s a dead granny in this house!”...

Popularity of streaming services alter student use of television

By Felix Sarver | November 10, 2011

Bryan Palmer, freshman physical therapy major, loves Netflix."I love that I can watch TV shows," Palmer said. "The movies come out relatively quickly."Palmer has used Netflix for over a year, he said. He said he knows a lot of his friends and roommates...

In this Oct. 1 photo, a Netflix DVD envelope and Netflix
on-screen television menu are shown in Surfside, Fla. Netflix's CEO
says it's abandoning its widely panned decision to separate its
DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming accounts.

Netflix nixes plans to split company

By Matt Liparota | October 10, 2011

Netflix generates more head-scratching plot twists than a cheap B-movie. On Monday, the company said it would reverse a previously announced decision to put its DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming services on separate websites, a plan that was widely...

Netflix Rate Changes

Netflix Rate Changes

By Paul Sakuma | July 26, 2011

In this July 21, 2006 file photo, Netflix customer Victoria Tichenor poses with a Netflix envelope and a DVD in Palo Alto, Calif. Netflix on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 said it is raising its prices by as much as 60 percent for millions of subscribers who...

Netflix announces changes in rates and available options

Netflix announces changes in rates and available options

By Shelby Devitt | July 25, 2011

DeKALB | Netflix users have a few choices to make between now and Sept. 1. The online media streaming and DVD mail service has reconstructed the amount of media available to costumers and the prices, and not all are welcoming the change. Currently, a...

Former NIU student gains fan base for online videos

By Eric Beesley | March 1, 2011

DeKALB | College students spend hours at a time browsing the internet for side splitting videos to pass the time. NIU students can now follow some former Huskies who are attempting to make it in the movie business. Andrew Morris, former NIU student who...