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  • Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on dead

    Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on dead

    25 February 2008, 10:52

    As a result of recent decisions made by Toshiba, Hollywood studios and retailers, Microsoft has announced that it will immediately stop production of the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on.

  • Official Halo 3 tournament opens for Xbox 360 gamers

    Official Halo 3 tournament opens for Xbox 360 gamers

    25 February 2008, 09:55

    Sign-ups for the Samsung TV-sponsored European Halo 3 tournament have opened today, giving Xbox 360 gamers the chance to take on players from various countries where they'll battle to win ...

  • Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards : The best of the best!

    Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards : The best of the best!

    25 February 2008, 08:52

    Microsoft held an award ceremony at GDC 2008 to celebrate the Xbox live arcade platform and amongst the winners was the arcade-style maze-based Bomberman Live, which scooped the top award.

  • Microsoft promises to share its toys

    Microsoft promises to share its toys

    22 February 2008, 17:36

    Announces unprompted strategic change to improve interoperability and open up products to developers.

  • Windows Live SkyDrive moves out of beta, increases to 5GB

    Windows Live SkyDrive moves out of beta, increases to 5GB

    22 February 2008, 10:49

    Fancy yourself some free online storage? Well, Microsoft's free Windows Live SkyDrive is no longer a beta and the official release now provides a rather handy 5GBs of free online ...

  • XNA games on the move with Zune

    XNA games on the move with Zune

    21 February 2008, 14:51

    Microsoft has confirmed that the spring update to XNA Game Studio will allow developers to create Wi-Fi games for Zune.

  • Prepare for bloodshed : Xbox 360 Gears of War 2 trailer

    Prepare for bloodshed : Xbox 360 Gears of War 2 trailer

    21 February 2008, 12:19

    Following the announcement that Gears of War 2 is due for release in November 2008, the first debut trailer has hit the net. Enjoy the bloodshed!

  • Fable 2- Xbox 360

    Fable 2- Xbox 360

    21 February 2008, 12:09

    Following the GDC announcement that the Xbox 360 role-playing game Fable 2 will be preceded by a standalone Xbox live arcade game and will feature co-operative play, Lionhead Studios has ...

  • Vista Service Pack 1 deployed for x64-based systems

    Vista Service Pack 1 deployed for x64-based systems

    21 February 2008, 11:10

    We weren't expecting to find Microsoft's Windows Vista Service Pack 1 on Windows Update until mid-March at the earliest. Yet, I've been prompted to install the Service Pack this very ...

  • Thursday morning quirky: Windows 98 Jam

    Thursday morning quirky: Windows 98 Jam

    21 February 2008, 10:04

    For the geek who has everything: music made entirely from Windows noises.