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Microsoft Covering up a Huge Mistake?

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After the recent fall dash board update, many users are reporting non-functional 360's. This includes units that are overheating, locking up, graphical glitches (checker board patterns) and even system death after prolonged use. Microsoft is refusing to admit the update is the problem and are asking $140 for repairs, even though hundreds of people are having the issue after the update. See the link below for more details on this situation.

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Xbox Live Cues up TV, Movie Downloads

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Users of Microsoft's Xbox Live service will soon be able to download selected television shows and movies, the company announced Monday.
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PS3 Web Browser First Look

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Sony's been throwing a PS3 fest here in New York and Richard Blakeley, gave us a first hand look at the PS3's web browser interface. Typing URLs with the controller is somewhat clunky as you can see from the video itself (luckily you can plug in a USB keyboard), but otherwise it'll let you open up to 6 different browser windows simultaneously and then tile them (Expose style) so you can see them all at once.

Gizmodo
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Having an issue with the Xbox 360 Fall update ?

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An updated version of the Fall Update is now available on Xbox Live which has elminated issues relating to new or refurbished consoles failing after applying the Fall Update. Users who have already applied the Fall Update and are seeing an error message should call their local Xbox Support telephone number. If you already have the update, you will not be prompted for another update.

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Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express Beta 2

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The XNA team is proud to announce the availability of the XNA Game Studio Express Beta 2, aimed at helping students and hobbyists build games for Windows and the Xbox 360. This release is targeted at Windows game development only, and contains several changes from the previous release.
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The Wii's Brains Finally Exposed?

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Back in August, a set of alleged specs were leaked for the IBM-designed "Broadway" CPU that forms the brains of Nintendo's forthcoming Wii console.
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Microsoft is Banning 360 Firmware Modders

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After several months of silence it was more or less accepted that Microsoft wasn?t going to do anything about the firmware hacks that allow Xbox 360s to play backups.
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Nintendo hands-on (p)Wiiview

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We recently played the Wii and came to the rather startling conclusion that it may not be as good as everyone is making it out. Read on for our man's view on the console, the joypad and nunchuck, the games and to chuckle at some pictures of (fat) journalists looking silly.

Bit-Tech
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Microsoft Looks Within to Design and Test Chips

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For more than two decades, Microsoft?s software and Intel?s processors were so wedded that the pairing came to be known as Wintel. But as that computing era wanes, Microsoft is turning to a new source of chip design: its own labs.

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