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Games
If You Buy A Used Xbox 360 That’s Been Banned, You’re Screwed
7:50AM Matt Buchanan | Major Nelson, updating us on a periodic Xbox Live purge — banhammering cheaters, pirates and other folks of ill-repute, though not 12-year-olds — reminds us of Microsoft’s official policy that if you buy a used Xbox 360 that’s been banned, you’re screwed. More »
Games
Oracle Of Xbox 360 Packaging Predicts Pro Will Be Murdered In Its Sleep By Cheaper Elite
12:00AM Matt Buchanan | Following the rumour that the pricey Xbox 360 Elite would take on a more populist tack as the standard console to fight the PS3 Slim—shoving aside the current Pro—is new Arcade packaging that totally dumps the Pro. [Kotaku] More »
Games
THQ Confirms Project Natal For 2010
10:53PM Mark Wilson | Even though Microsoft won’t be so specific, we’re all pretty sure that Natal is coming at the end of next year. Now even the boss of THQ (a major game publisher) has grown tired of the elephant in the holiday of 2010, going on record that Natal would be released “late next year.” So why won’t Microsoft just come out and say it to the public? My guess is that they don’t want unforeseen delays to alter public perception. [Kotaku]
Design
Bono Gets Laser Jacket, Public Probably Gets Eye Damage
2:20AM Jesus Diaz | Bono got all pew-pew at the first concert of U2’s new tour, wearing a black leather jacket with 240 red lasers built along his silhouette. Not LEDs, lasers. See how it worked on this video of him doing the monkey: More »
Entertainment
PS3 No Longer Supporting Hulu?
10:20PM Mark Wilson | As of last weekend, Hulu no longer plays in the PS3’s Flash-supported browser. More »
Games
10:24PM Mark Wilson | Did anyone else notice? When NXE launched, it was pretty quick. But it’s just gotten slower…and slower. (Thanks ads!) Luckily, Microsoft is admitting there’s an issue and has a plan to fix it. More »
Microsoft Releasing Faster Xbox 360 Dashboard This Year
10:24PM Mark Wilson | Did anyone else notice? When NXE launched, it was pretty quick. But it’s just gotten slower…and slower. (Thanks ads!) Luckily, Microsoft is admitting there’s an issue and has a plan to fix it. More »
Press
Earnings Report: Go Ahead, Call Microsoft “M$”
9:20AM Matt Buchanan | Apple wasn’t the only one balling this quarter on the back of new computer sales. Microsoft’s profits were up a huge 79 percent against last year to hit US$6.48 billion (on record revenues of US$16.37 billion), mostly thanks to people snapping up Vista-loaded computers (whether they want the OS or not). More »
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Olympus Shows off Snazzy 360º Video Projector
9:51PM Seamus Byrne | This is Olympus’ new video projector, with its axial symmetrical free curved surface lens (no, I am not sure, either.) It works with a Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) camera (nope, sorry). It looks good, though, and sounds fantastic (am I doing okay here?). More pictures, including the CCD camera (sigh) right below. More »
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