Anything New Going On?

I've been out of the loop computer-wise for the last few months.  I've actually been going outside doing stuff a lot lately so I have not been keeping up to date on what's going on in the computer/htpc world?  I was just wondering if there has been any significant news or fixes lately?  One thing that I notice on a daily basis is that Netflix still locks up all my computers if I let the show run to the very end.  Also, it is still pretty "jerky".  Anything been done to fix this lock-up issue with Netflix or any update to smooth out playback?  Has Microsoft ever released a stable update to Silverlight?  I know the last time I tried updating that it made my cpu usage go sky high and reverting back to the old version restored it to normal.  Since then I've been afraid to update.