How To Install Netflix On Any Android Phone (The Easy Way) (GOOG, NFLX)

For some lucky Android owners, Netflix is already available.

But for now, it's limited to only a few HTC devices along with Google's own Nexus One and Nexus S.

It was only a matter of time before someone figured out how to tweak the app to get it to work on most other phones. (Unlike the method we showed you before, you won't need to root your phone for this new method to work.)

Here's how to do it:

• Make sure you enable third-party apps on your phone by going to Settings > Applications and check the box next to "Unknown Sources." (This won't work for most AT&T phones at the moment. But a fix is coming.)

• Head over to this thread on the XDA forums.

• There are three different versions of Netflix. One is the clean version, the second won't verify which device you're using (should work on most phones), and the third fixes a problem where the app crashes on certain phones. (Read through the thread and see which version will work on your device.)

• Download the file to your phone and install when prompted.

This isn't guaranteed to work on all phones, but it looks like many have had success already.

[XDA Developers via Lifehacker]

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Forefront Identity Manager: Making It Easy for Administrators

How many people on the help desk, security, or administration team support basic user-management functions, for example, group membership management, password reset, and Active Directory account creation? If one could automate these processes based on Human Resources data (Cost center, job function, and location) and expose more self-service functions to the user through a single, integrated platform, wouldn't that be easy? Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010 provides this functionality natively and can greatly simplify day-to-day user management processes.

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Hey @Jack, Here's An Easy Product Fix For You To Start With

Jack Dorsey, the inventor of Twitter, is back at the company focusing on product, and has ambitious goals like making the service easier to understand and use for normal people, which is great.

But Dorsey is nothing if not a detail-oriented product visionary, so here's a small product detail that he should pay attention to and fix. It's not much, but it's really annoying and a poor user experience -- exactly the kind of thing we imagine Dorsey won't tolerate.

It's a bit tricky to explain, but bear with us.

Twitter's official iPhone app lets you email tweets. I use that feature very often, because I often email myself links that look interesting. So far so good.

The problem, however, comes from the way Twitter now shortens URL. On Twitter's apps, its official URL shortener t.co doesn't display URLs as http://t.co/XYZ but as the original URL, shortened. So a link to http://www.businessinsider.com/clusterstock might look like this: businessinsider.com/clust... Again, good: instead of an undecipherable bit.ly link, you can have at least an idea of where you're being pointed to.

Here's where it goes wrong: when you email a Twitter-shortened link, the link in the email points to the shortened version and not the actual URL.

For example, this morning we emailed ourselves a tweet to a blog post by Twitter investor Bijan Sabet, and here's what it looks like in our inbox:

The URL to Sabet's post is http://bijansabet.com/post/4220407806/sensitive-vcs-or-something-else. If you click on the link from inside Twitter's app, the shortened link takes you there. But the link in the email takes you to http://bijansabet.com/post/422040780 which is a page that doesn't exist.

See? It's not a huge deal, but it's annoying when it happens and it would be pretty easy to fix. The reason why this happens is because the "email tweet" feature in the iPhone app was implemented before Twitter's new URL shortener, and (I assume) because Twitter employees don't email tweets.

It's the kind of small mistake that tends to slip by when you have an unfocused product organization without strong direction, which seems to have been the case with Twitter for a while. And while things like this aren't a big deal, if there's enough they can add up to an overall user experience that turns off people, especially the non tech savvy normal people Twitter so covets.

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Here's An Easy Way To Jailbreak Your Apple TV (AAPL)

There are a lot of cool things you can do with your second-gen Apple TV, but jailbreaking is the best way to open your device up to more content beyond what you can play in iTunes.

Seasonpass, a desktop program that allows you to jailbreak your Apple TV, just released a new version that will allow you to do so with an "untethered boot."

Before now, you had to plug your jailbroken Apple TV into your computer to boot it up. Now it can boot on its own, which is much more user-friendly.

Fair warning: As with any Apple device, jailbreaking voids your warranty, so do this at your own risk.

Here's how it works:

• First, download Seasonpass to your Mac. (The developer says a Windows version is coming shortly).

• Unzip the file and launch the Seasonpass app. It looks like this:

• Plug your Apple TV into your computer and make sure it is also connected to a power source. You'll need to find a micro USB cable, which isn't included with your Apple TV.

• Now click "Create IPSW" to begin jailbreaking and let Seasonpass do the rest.

• Make sure you have your Apple TV's remote close by. You'll be prompted to press the Menu and Play buttons when the Jailbreak is complete.

• You'll have to perform one tethered boot after jailbreaking. After iTunes restarts, open Seasonpass again and click "Boot Tethered."

• Hook your Apple TV up to your television as normal and you should be good to go.

After jailbreaking, check out our guide to cool things you can do with your Apple TV

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Microsoft App Makes It Easy To Sync A Windows Phone With A Mac (MSFT)

If you're an iPhone owner, it's a snap to sync your phone to your Mac through iTunes.

Just plug it in and all your contacts, music, and calendar events are automatically updated.

But if you have any other smartphone, it's not so easy.

Microsoft has bridged the gap between its Windows Phone 7 devices and Mac with a new app available in the Mac App Store.

The app lets you sync photos, music, and movies from iTunes and iPhoto with your Windows Phone or Zune player. There's even a capacity bar at the bottom that looks a lot like the one you see in iTunes when syncing your iPhone.

The only thing it's missing is iCal and Mail support. Microsoft probably wants you to stick with Outlook for that. But it's still pretty significant that they recognize so many people use iTunes to manage music.

You can download the Windows Phone 7 Connector app for free in the Mac App Store.

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