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Hands On With Netflix's New Mac Streaming Player: A Good Start (NFLX)
Hands On With Netflix's New Mac Streaming Player: A Good Start (NFLX)
Netflix (NFLX) opened up its new Microsoft (MSFT) Silverlight-based streaming movie player for Apple (AAPL) Macs and PCs yesterday, allowing subscribers to opt in to the service . This is the "huge step forward for online video players" that CEO Reed Hastings talked up during the company's ...
Opt-in for the new Netflix movie player
blog.netflix.com — Hi, Brent here with an update on our new player for the Mac and PC. We're past... the first phase of our beta already, so I'd like to give you a chance to join in. But before doing so you need to consider the following: There may be bugs. We are logging ... (more) Opt-in for the new Netflix movie player
Roku Forums : HD netflix streaming coming to xbox 360 first
forums.rokulabs.com — Regardless of what happens with "HD" capability and Roku I will stand by "Roku" and Open Source... devices over m$ every day of the week and twice on Sundays. If m$ wants to go flashing the bottomless wallet in the direction of Netflix then let em'. They ... (more) Roku Forums : HD netflix streaming coming to xbox 360 first
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Watch Netflix on an Intel-based Mac, thanks to Microsoft
Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk — ... Silicon Alley Insider has tried the system, and reports in Hands On With Netflix's New Mac Streaming Player: A Good Start (NFLX). It points out several problems with the beta, but says: ...

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