Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is in Canada this week, as part of the company's launch of a new online video subscription service.

The new service will give Canadians a chance to stream thousands of movies and TV shows for a set monthly fee.

Expanding to Canada marks Netflix's first move to a foreign nation. Apple and Boxee are also preparing Canadian launches in the near future.

Netflix in Canada will only include streaming, with no physical media rentals plans in the works.

Hastings does say there could be some issues: "In Canada, the challenges are licensing the right content... and then taking advantage of the right marketing channels at the right cost."

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According to a new research note by Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar, rumors of a smaller, 7-inch Apple iPad have resurfaced.

Kumar says the company will release the smaller iPad during 2011, with a Q1 launch likely.

The analyst bases his conclusions on talks with top Asian component manufacturers such as Pegatron. Pegatron supplies Apple with iPhone and iPad parts.

Kumar also went as far as to say that the manufacturer is currently assembling 20 million CDMA iPhone 4s, meaning the incredibly popular smartphone should be hitting Verizon soon.

The current iPad has a 9.7-inch display and Kumar adds that the upcoming smaller iPad will also include standard and front-facing cameras, allowing for video conferencing.

While it is unclear what benefits a smaller iPad could bring to the market, Kumar suggests that Apple may be trying to drop prices to a more competitive price point.

The cheapest current-gen iPad (16GB/Wi-Fi) costs $499 with the most expensive (64GB/Wi-Fi/3G) costing $829.

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Nintendo and Game Freak launched the latest Pokemon games (Black and White) on September 18th in Japan, and according to el33tonline, sales have crushed all estimates.

Pokemon, since its launch in the 90s, has long been one of Nintendo's biggest cash cows, bringing in strong sales for every new iteration of the franchise.

The latest games have all-new Pokemon, a fully revamped visual style, new ways to connect online, and even new battling options, giving the series a serious makeover for the first time in years.

Pre-orders for the game exceeded 1 million and the source says 2.63 million units of the game were sold in its first 48 hours of release.

The last releases, 2009's HeartGold/SoulSilver sold 3,382,597 copies, total.

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WMPU has posted the full specs for the upcoming HTC 'Mozart' smartphone this week, along with video of its playback.

The device is one of the first Windows Phone 7 smartphones, Microsoft's final chance to stop the erosion of their mobile OS market share.

Leaked specs show the Mozart running on a 1GHz Qualcomm QSD 8250 along with 512MB ROM and 576MB RAM and a 3.7-inch WVGA Super LCD display .

The smartphone has 8GB of internal memory and an 8MP CMOS camera with Xenon Flash.

Furthermore, Mozart is dual mode UMTS/HSPA (2100/900) and quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz).

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One of Nokia's top mobile phone division executives, Anssi Vanjoki, has taken a shot at Android today, just weeks before the exec leaves the company.

Vanjoki likened manufacturers who use Android to "Finnish boys who pee their pants for warmth in the winter," calling the OS sloppy.

Continuing on, the exec said Android would eventually hurt the branding of the manufacturers, as consumers will eventually begin purchasing phones for the mobile OS, not caring about the phone maker.

While Vanjoki may have some point to his rant, the fact of the matter remains that there are no Symbian^3 or MeeGo devices on the market, while there are plenty of Android devices now, with many of them being synonymous with their manufacturer, such as the Motorla Droid line, and the HTC Incredible.

Anssi Vanjoki is, for the time being, Nokia's executive vice president and general manager of mobile solutions.

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Google has said today that mobile editing capabilities for Google Docs are headed to Android devices and the Apple iPad in the near future.

Enterprise President Dave Girouard said the new feature should be implemented within weeks.

Girouard added that Google Apps now has 3 million business customers, and most would appreciate the ability to edit their documents saved to Google Docs.

"In the next few weeks, co-workers around the world will soon be able to co-edit files simultaneously from an even wider array of devices," noted the Enterprise president.

Currently, users can only view their documents.

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Microsoft has announced this week that they will be expanding the Zune music and movie store to the UK this fall, giving users in the region a chance to visit the Zune Marketplace.

Additionally, UK consumers can soon use the Zune Passmusic subscription service, which gives you unlimited downloads and streaming for £8.99 as long as you keep the subscription.

The move coincides with the upcoming release of Window Phone 7 devices, and the content will be synced through the phones as well as through Xbox Live.

Says Craig Eisler, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business Group: "The integration between Zune, Windows Phone 7 and Xbox Live is an exciting advance in our entertainment offering."

"Zune enables users access to the entertainment they want, wherever they want it - and now, more people than ever will be able to enjoy the freedom and flexibility that the Zune service offers."

Furthermore, Microsoft will begin offering rentals of movies to users with Windows PCs. The movies can be synced with WP7 phones.

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Popular micro-blogging site Twitter was hit pretty hard today by a newly exposed site exploit, with hundreds of thousands of users affected.

The "onMouseOver" incident, as dubbed by Twitter itself, started early in the morning (around 6 am EST) and was all patched by 12 pm EST, with the main problems fixed by 10 am.

Twitter says the security exploit was caused by cross-site scripting (XSS), which is "the practice of placing code from an untrusted website into another one."

In the case of this morning, hackers submitted javascript code as plain text in tweets that was then executed when others clicked it.

Twitter explains further: "Early this morning, a user noticed the security hole and took advantage of it on Twitter.com. First, someone created an account that exploited the issue by turning tweets different colors and causing a pop-up box with text to appear when someone hovered over the link in the Tweet. This is why folks are referring to this an "onMouseOver" flaw -- the exploit occurred when someone moused over a link."

The exploit only affected users of the Twitter website, with 3rd-party platforms and the mobile versions of the site being unaffected.

The official White House Twitter page, with 1.81 million followers, was the highest profile page to be affected.

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