Xbox 360: weekend promotion on Xbox Live

The free Xbox Live users will be able to enjoy a few days the benefits of users who have a paid account.

Microsoft will renew its promotional offer for users of a free Xbox Live account to Xbox 360. The Xbox Live Silver does not require any penny to spend, but does not, however, the benefits of Xbox Live Gold, as online gaming or access to YouTube, DailyMotion or MSN. Thus, from April 19 to 23, all free of Xbox Live users will benefit from these privileges.

Firefox: the soon-compatible joysticks

Mozilla developers have found ways to use a joystick in the Firefox browser. Using a programming interface called GamepadAPI, they hope to create new uses for the software.

A demo video was released showing a Firefox browser running and responding instantly to commands passed to it via a joystick Xbox 360 connected to the computer. This demo is particularly interesting that Google announced last week wanting to engage in a similar field, making Chrome compatible with joysticks. Many have imagined then that the publisher would bring Chrome straight into the world of online games. A rumor resurfaced now with Mozilla.