With a full-time job and two kids, Michael Shanafelt doesn’t have much time to watch movies. Seeing his Netflix or Blockbuster rentals collect dust on top of his TV, and paying a monthly fee for them, ...

The DVD swapping service Peerflix is closing, according to an e-mail sent to users this evening. The service enabled its members to request DVDs from other members. It let users print prepaid ...

After a year long beta period and another year of operation, Peerflix is ditching its barter model of swapping DVDs. Until today, users swapped DVDs in the Peerflix marketplace, and the company took a ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Peerflix, the world’s largest online DVD marketplace, today unveiled a completely new site that allows members to easily turn their old DVDs into their choice of ...

A Netflix-like system for trading your unwanted DVDs with others through the mail sounds like a cool idea. But in practice, you wind up with a stack of old discs that no one will take off your hands.

As we reported yesterday, Peerflix is to close its core DVD sharing/ swapping business April 23. Since then we’ve heard reports from users who are having problems cashing out their Peeflix accounts.

SAN FRANCISCO — Online DVD trading service Peerflix Inc. may expand beyond movies, thanks in part to a new patent that could force other e-commerce companies to change the way they do business. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Online DVD trading service Peerflix Inc. may expand beyond movies, thanks in part to a new patent that could force other e-commerce companies to change the way they do business. The ...

This year has become the “show-me” year. Internet start-ups showing no traction are getting shut down, or trimmed — abandoned by once wide-eyed investors. The Web 2.0 bubble is bursting, but ...

Demofall HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--After Tuesday morning's opening session of presentations at the Demofall 2005 conference here, one company whose allotted six minutes on stage had lots of people ...