Remains of the Day: Flash Gets Serious About Your TV Edition [For What It's Worth] - 1485th Edition

YouTube cashes in on British phenom, Flash comes to your TV, you tweak your Mac for speed, and XP gets seriously cheap for netbooks.

Photo by Gilberto Viciedo.

• Adobe Flash secures set-top deal
  Flash is coming soon to a TV (or set-top box) near you—which, as far as we can imagine, will mean one more place for Hulu to block access. [BBC]
• Banish Your Browser With Innovative Adobe AIR Apps
  We’ve already covered the 10 apps we think are worth installing AIR for, but over at PC World I (Adam) rounded up 11 AIR apps I like—including several not in our original post. [PC World]
• Windows 7 Starter Edition headed for a netbook near you
  The Starter edition of Windows 7, meant for netbooks (or emerging markets) only runs three apps at a time. If you want more, you’ll need to upgrade. [WSJ]
• What’s up, bot? Google tries new Captcha method
  Google asks users to prove they’re not robots with a small image orientation challenge. [CNET]
• Microsoft asks just $15 for each XP netbook
  It’s a price even pirates might consider paying. [Electronista]
• 17 Reasons Why Your Mac Runs Slower Than it Should
  We’ve covered most of these at some time or another, but in short: Keep your desktop clean, keep an eye on open but unused apps, and—oh yeah—install more RAM if you need it. [ChrisWrites]
• Susan Boyle YouTube Video: 100 Million Hits and Cash Windfall
  Britain’s Got Talent heartwarmer Susan Boyle’s YouTube video brings YouTube back into the spotlight as a viable means of distribution for big media. [Wired]

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