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Microsoft sells clean signature PCs
Microsoft’s retail and online stores will be selling a line of signature PCs. When you usually buy a PC, you have to spend time removing all of the pre-installed applications on the computer. These can include 30 day music trials, limited anti-virus protection software and photo editing tools you probably will never use. On these more »
Hulu on a BlackBerry? As soon as next summer
Finally, we will be seeing a full Internet experience on a mobile instead of an optimized or broken version thanks to BlackBerry. RIM plans to add full Flash and Silverlight into their browser. The news is “pretty much confirmed” according to Boy Genius what ever that means. Said to be slated for next summer (2010), more »
No HD Netflix for computer users any time soon
Right now, the Xbox 360, the Roku Player, some TiVos, and some Blu-ray players can play HD video from Netflix’s Watch Instantly service. But what about plain old computer users?
Steve Swasey, VP, Corporate Communications, recently told Gadgetell that Netflix has no plans to bring HD video streaming to PC or Mac users. “It’s a stake in the ground at this point.” He cited the underwhelming HD selection and the fact that the audio is only stereo and not 5.1.
New Netflix movie player for Windows and Mac available
According to a source, you can opt into the new Netflix Watch Instantly movie player. The source is The Official Netflix Blog, so it’s probably accurate. This brings Netflix’s movie player to OS X for the first time (without running Windows) by using Microsoft’s Silverlight. If you’re a slider and you use both Mac and more »
Microsoft says Silverlight will be heading to your mobile soon
They say better late than never, and Microsoft seems to be taking this to heart in promoting their Silverlight platform, aiming to spread it as far and wide as possible, in a slew of different devices and especially in mobile phones. So far, only devices running on Windows Mobile 6 and Symbian Series 60 support more »
Microsoft getting hit on all sides
Allistar Croll over at GigaOm wrote an interesting piece on Saturday about Microsofts current battles on three fronts: Consumer, Enterprise and Developer as seen from Mix08. In each battle, Microsoft is portrayed as a lumbering giant, struggling to catch up to where Croll says are the market drivers. Multi-front battles are tough to win, how will Microsoft face each challenge?
CES 2008 cabbie interview: more info than Gate’s keynote?
“So, what is new?” is the first question I get as I get into the taxi from in front of the Las Vegas Convention Center. I had been trying to answer that question for the past four days. I’ve seen seas of LCD TVs (most black, shiny and look virtually identical). There has been lots more »
