CNETAnalysis: Microsoft’s attempts to take over living rooms across the US continue to escalate, as the company has announced a new partnership that will allow Xbox 360 owners to access Amazon’s massive selection of streaming video content from their gaming consoles. With an Xbox Live Gold account ($60 annually) and an Amazon Prime membership ($79 per year), Xbox 360 users can hop on the console’s free Amazon Instant Video app and access over 17,000 streaming movies and TV shows. Buying and renting videos on demand is currently not supported from the Xbox 360 app itself, but users without an Amazon Prime membership can purchase streaming movies and TV shows one at a time from a selection of over 100,000 by visiting Amazon.com/instantvideo . Once purchased, the videos appear instantly on the Xbox 360 app’s Watch List. Amazon is also offering one-month free trials of Amazon Prime for users who’d like to try the service out. Kinect functionality and Kindle Fire cooperation Amazon’s Instant Video service streams new episodes of many popular shows the day after they air, and the entire selection is now available on Microsoft’s Xbox 360. The Amazon Instant app is also compatible with the Xbox 360′s optional Kinect peripheral, a sensor-equipped device that allows users to control video selection and playback with arm gestures and voice commands. The Xbox 360′s Amazon Instant Video app can work in tandem with Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet, and the devices will remember video playback positions, making it easy to switch between them for portable or living room viewing. The Amazon Instant Video app is free to download, and it’s now displayed prominently on the Xbox 360′s “Apps” tab, just a button press (or gesture or voice command for Kinect users) away. Will the videos stream in HD? Amazon’s UK streaming service Lovefilm just announced a multi-ye! ar strea ming deal with Universal, a partnership that will further fuel the war between Netflix and Lovefilm that’s already spawned several other exclusive deals in the UK. Lovefilm videos will be streaming in 720p, and an Amazon spokesperson confirmed to TechRadar via email that Amazon Instant videos streaming to the Xbox 360 in the US are available in full HD. The Amazon Instant Video App brought free Amazon Prime content and paid on-demand movies and TV shows to the Sony’s PlayStation 3 in April, but this is the first time the app has been available on the Xbox 360. Posted by: Maryum
CNews Karachi. July 05: A Pakistani Scientist in Britain has invented a new chemical for processing plastic (polythene) bags which has the quality of dissolution after its use in 105 days.A manufacturing unit for these plastic bags was being set up in Turkey while interest has been shown in the setting up of a big unit and manufacturing firm’s head quarter in Karachi which will be used to supply such dissolvable polythene bags to Asian countries. The Director of UK based firm Bio Plast Biodegradable Plastics GL Punn while leading a 15 member delegation called on EDO Municipal Services City Government Masood Alam. The Executive Director of Bio Plast Pakistan Muhammad Hanif Awan and M. Sultan Mehmood Awan was also present on this occasion. The Director of Bio Plast informed the EDO Municipal Services about the characteristics of new chemical. He said that the firm was going to set up its first plant in Turkey which will be operative in next two months. The delegation also praised the vi