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Qtrax Free Music Download Service Offers Free, Unlimited Music Downloads (With A Catch)
Free legal music downloads. It’s the holy grail for both pirates looking to go legit and misers. Finally it seems to have arrived in the form of QTrax, a silverlight-based free music download service that – perhaps most surprising of all – is available to Australians. There is a pretty big catch though…
Hello Xbox 360 Apps? Silverlight’s Coming To Xbox 360
Microsoft Menlo Is Actually A Prototype Mobile Phone OS
Microsoft’s Menlo prototype, previously believed to be a Windows tablet in the wake of Courier’s untimely demise, is actually a prototype mobile device, complete with 3-axis accelerometer and a digital pressure barometer. Yes, a barometer.
Download The New Firefox Beta That Doesn’t Crash When Videos Do
Mozilla’s serving up a beta of Firefox Lorentz, a version of the browser that runs Flash, Quicktime and Silverlight videos as a separate processes. If plugin-caused crashes and stuttering YouTubes have you red in the face, Lorentz offers sweet relief.
Microsoft Turtle and Pure Dumbphones Run on Silverlight
Netflix Streaming Getting A 1080p Upgrade
Oh hey there, mixed messaging! As Netflix makes the case to Wii owners that they really aren’t missing anything by not streaming HD, word from CNET is that Netflix instant streaming is making the jump to 1080p, with 5.1 audio.
Rumour: Full Flash, Silverlight Coming To BlackBerry Browser
It’s pretty much a given that every major smartphone OS has Flash support in its sights, but BlackBerry and Adobe have been alarmingly mum on the subject. Today, Boy Genius, a certifiable BlackBerry nut, has news: It’s coming.
Microsoft Silverlight Now Supports GPU Video Acceleration
Download links are live for the latest version of Microsoft’s softly maligned not-Flash plugin, and they come bearing gifts. Ars breaks the new features down:
Netflix Lays Off 50 Tech Support Workers Because Microsoft Silverlight Is So Easy To Use
In today’s entry of “WTF Really?”, we have a Netflix spokesperson saying that they have to lay off 50 of their “technical specialists” because Silverlight, Microsoft’s Flash-esque video player tech, is so damn easy to use.
