Netflix获得了按需发布的新版本，iPad在《星际迷航：下一代》（StarTrek:the Next Generation）中诡异的概念性外观，谷歌内部隐私辩论披露，等等。

• Netflix to Stream Films From Paramount, Li*** Gate, MGM Starting Sept. 1, Netflix is going to have access to many more recent releases thanks to a $900 million deal. Then again, the big red movie shop pays $600 million in postage each year, so streaming's the way they're heading. [Media Decoder Blog/NYTimes.com]
• Introducing Fast Follow, and other SMS tips Twitter adds a new fast-follow feature that can send SMS alerts to any phone, so you can get breaking alerts on your device whether or not you've got a Twitter account. Service-y! [Twitter Blog]
• New Video Series: Ask Me Anything About Working Smarter Wish you had some **art advice about working **arter and getting more done? Gina's offering it up in one-to-one Skype chats for a FastCompany series. [Smarterware]
• How Star Trek artists imagined the iPad... 23 years ago The picture alone, of Picard using his "electronic clipboard," will give you weird kinds of future shock feelings. [Ars Technica]
• Kaspersky reports Android's first SMS-based trojan The name of the app isn't identified, and it technically asks for permission to use your SMS access. Once you do, though, it starts texting some very expensive locales. [Android and Me]
• Google Agonizes on Privacy as Advertising World Vaults Ahead In a rare not-totally-anger-inducing news leaks lately, you can see the internal back-and-forth at Google about using their search data for profit. [WSJ.com]
• webOS 1.4.5 update to start hitting handsets today Palm Pre owners get fixes and updates for podcasts, video messaging, email signatures, and battery use. [Boy Genius Report]