How many times have you said, "I would totally buy an Xbox 360 if I could rent movies from Netflix on it."  Well for all of you that walked past Microsoft's box of gaming, you are now in luck.  Netflix will be supplementing Xbox's media library with over 10,000 additional downloads. 

You won't be seeing the service until during the holiday rush, most likely late November or Early December.  You also will need to be a Netflix subscriber and obviously an Xbox Live Gold member to be able to download anything.  You will be able to download TV shows as well as movies.

The movie rental industry has been struggling to remain profitable in the age of online rentals, as the competition has pushed prices down low enough that little profit is being made.  Blockbuster and Netflix have both been trying every thing they can to get more users all the while cutting costs.  Maybe PS3 will team up with Blockbuster. This leaves only one question. Who will partner with the Wii?

http://kotaku.com/5025197/more-on-the-netflix360-deal

Have you ever wanted to be a secret agent? Well here is your chance in Secret Agent Clank, the most recent installment of the popular PSP Ratchet and Clank series. This time you play as Clank, Ratchet, and (slight retch) Captain Qwark.

STORY:  Clank goes to the Boltaire Museum to inspect a theft of the Eye of Infinity. He finds Ratchet there and the police arrest him under the suspicion that he committed the crime. Clank, of course, says that Ratchet could not do such a thing and goes on a quest to prove Ratchet's innocence.  

You play as Ratchet in Colosseum modes during his time in jail, while the usual running and jumping around worlds is done by Clank. Later on in the game, you learn that Qwark is writing a biography and, as usual, is stealing the acclaim from others. Qwark first steals the spotlight after the second area, creating an insane story of how he saved a city.  

GAMEPLAY:  A good spy always has gadgets and this game comes up a bit short on the gadgets for Clank.

With the economy as it is worldwide it is a prime time for mergers and buyouts as some companies remain strong and others weaken.  Currently there are two huge mergers concerning the gaming community.  Several months ago we told you that Blizzard and Activision are teaming up. After months of negotiations its finally official. Also there is a lesser known Ubisoft and Hybride deal coming together.  These two mergers can only help to strengthen an ever growing gaming industry that is already topping DVD sales for the first time ever. 

Ubisoft is acquiring Hybride which is the visual effects studio responsible for movies like 300, and Sin City.  Ubisoft is adding the movie study company to help bolster the graphics and visual effects of their games, as the industry is focusing more and more on that area.  With games such as Assassin's Creed and the Tom Clancy series, Ubisoft has already proven that they can delivery the visual effects needed to survive. 

Blizzard and Activision are teaming up to create what they call the world's most profitable gaming business, worth over 18.8 billion dollars.  Blizzard is owned by Vivendi which will now be a subsidiary of Activision even though Blizzard will own a majority of the stocks.  Suprizingly though ID, a developer owned by Activision has left them to join with EA.  

The June 2008 survey produced 172,338,726 sites as reported by Netcraft.  In the month of June alone the total number of sites increased by 3.9 million.  Which hosting company had the most gains?  Why our own ThePlanet with 632,000 new sites.  It's the 6th largest hosting company in the world.

 For all of you super tech and network savvy you can see their results and what types of servers added more sites and which ones declined. 

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2008/06/22/june_2008_web_server_survey.html

Dubbed "The Master of Memes" by Time magazine in an interview with 4chan creator Moot.  The interview does a pretty good job describing what 4chan is without getting into a lot of detail and also introduces you to its founder.  The history and future of 4chan are discussed and it looks like this kid has a great future ahead of him.  The article is a good read, check it out .