Major Nelson says Stevie was wrong/confused/doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about — Blu-ray still not coming to Xbox 360

Remember that bit of Steve Ballmer loose lip that went down many hours prior to this very second? During an interview, Steve was quoted as saying not specifically saying that Xbox 360 hardware was to see Blu-ray add-on accessories, but that if the Xbox were to get Blu-ray, it would be via external forms. Many including myself took this as a sort of admission by omission if you know what I mean. Side stepping hot topics often leaves the Balms in a stuttering incoherent state, this wasn’t anything new.

Well, I’ve got a spoiler for ya. According to Major Nelson, during the now infamous interview, Steve Ballmer was apparently referring to Blue-ray accessories for PC’s. Case closed. No Xbox/Blu-ray love. Though Major Nelson does go on to highlight the importance of the Xbox platforms upcoming support for 1080p HD streaming — a first I believe.

So are you broken hearted? Or did you give up physical media years ago?

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Theme Firefox the lighter way with Personas

I won’t lie, I love to put various themes on all of my electronics if possible. I simply like change. Changing themes on Firefox can sometimes be chore as you have to restart the browser. Granted, you can “save and quit” and have all of your tabs reopen at restart but if you have dozens of tabs open, all of those tabs reloading at once can cause the less apt computer to have a stroke. That’s where Personas come in. They aren’t as deeply integrated as normal themes and are integrated as extensions instead. There are tons of personas to choose from as Mozilla has just released a ton of new ones.  As an eye-candy lover, the more the better.  However I also like speed and know that the more eye-candy you throw in, the slower your browser will perform.  For those with older machines where themes and the other 40 plug-ins/extensions they have installed are starting to slow their browsing experience down should give personas a try.  You don’t have anything to lose and they look pretty cool!

Source: Tech Crunch