The Hacking Netflix recently reported that the Mac version by Netflix of its streaming movie player has been opened into the public stage of beta testing. This player, which is based upon the Microsoft's Silverlight animation plugin can be tried by anyone now. As of now, the entire collection by Netflix is not available, however, more than 12,000 titles are already accessible and the company is constantly adding more content to its "Watch Instantly" section. By the end of this year, the service would be available to all the customers.
The number of authorized devices has been kept till six due to DRM restrictions. Furthermore, if the user chooses to opt in, then each device requires using Silverlight for the Watch Instantly playback.
London, Hollywood: Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins has confessed that she took cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis, and that she is ashamed of her drug past.
The golden-voiced mezzo-soprano, who is glad she hasn’t ‘ended up like Amy Winehouse’, admitted that she took cocaine and ecstasy at private parties and in the toilet of a London nightclub.
The 28-year-old, who started taking drugs when she came to London, further said that she decided to make her guilt public intending to warn others off the deadly habit.
London, Nov 3: British troops serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan would be provided with a new hi-tech combat outfit and hundreds of better-armoured vehicles by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), UK.
According to a report in the Times, a total redesign of military fatigues will give soldiers a head-to-toe integrated uniform, with all parts of the body being given new or additional protection against threats from high-velocity bullets and blast noise to mosquitoes.
Development work on the new battle uniform has been carried out amid growing criticism of the MoD over the protection given to troops.