Hulu Desktop Lets You Rot Your Brain From The Comfort Of Your Couch

Since launching in late 2007, Hulu has done one one thing very well: it lets you watch your favorite TV shows and movies from your computer, free of charge. But aside from improving the user experience with assorted niceties like smart thumbnail, improved navigation, and social features , the site hasn't really done anything extreme to expand its functionality. That changes today. One of my only long standing gripes with Hulu was that it could never really replace the TV watching experience simply because you had to sit in front of your computer to control it. Boxee was the perfect solution to this, as it allowed you to control Hulu via remote through a very snazzy media center interface. But Hulu has repeatedly killed that functionality, largely at the behest of its major network investors. Now Hulu is releasing its own desktop application , allowing you to browse through the site's content using your computer's remote control (both the Windows Media Center remote and the Apple Remote are compatible).