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Netflix Streaming, the Internet's changing our Brains, and Cable goes Online

I’ve been virtually absent from ZNF for the last two weeks, and my backlog of posts is growing out of control. So, in an attempt to catch up, here are a few related items I’ve found interesting of late.

Data Robotics Charging for Drobo Firmware Updates

This is the first time in my 25+ years in computing that a hardware manufacturer has informed me that it wants to charge me for a firmware upgrade. I innocently checked my Drobo for firmware updates yesterday and was startled to receive the message above.

Night Of The Living DivX

The last couple of years may have felt like a bad dream to most investors, but for DivX shareholders itâ€™s been nothing short of a nightmare. They donâ€™t hand out Oscars for businesses, but if they did DivX would have won hands down for best horror flick.