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Internet Explorer 9 users get a free month of Hulu Plus

by Jay Hathaway on March 15, 2011 at 05:00 PM

In a bit of Microsoft/Hulu cross-promotion, Hulu is offering a free month of its premium Hulu Plus streaming video service to users of Internet Explorer 9. To qualify, you just have to download IE9 and use the new taskbar pinning feature to pin Hulu.com to your Windows Taskbar.

If you pin Hulu, you'll see the free Hulu Plus offer appear in your IE9 jump list starting on March 28th. Hulu is currently only available in the U.S. (although there are unofficial workarounds), so there are no guarantees that international users will get any use out of the offer. Looks like a smart way for Microsoft to up the adoption rate of IE9 and Hulu to get users hooked on its Plus service.

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via: labnol.org
source: Windows Team Blog

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SilverWaveMar 15th 2011 8:26PM

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hmm yeah but you still have to use ie9...

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whenjasonattacksMar 16th 2011 2:41AM

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@SilverWave Have you actually tried IE9 though?

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SilverWaveMar 16th 2011 4:05AM

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@whenjasonattacks

Yeah use it at work for a few apps but Chrome for the internet... If you want secure... MS is not where its at ;-)

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poorwiggyMar 29th 2011 11:45AM

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Has anyone tried this to see if it works? I tried it last night, on the 28th, but havent seen a free trial offer pop up for Hulu plus after pinning their site it.

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