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Not to be outdone by the likes of other online vendors, Microsoft [MSFT] has posted its own Black Friday sale, which extends from November 28 until November 30 evening.
I’d missed the initial report from Larry about the sale, but I noticed it when logged into Xbox LIVE earlier today.
On the whole, not a lot to [...]
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So, now that Black Friday is here, check out Amazon.com’s Black Friday deals.
I’m not sure if the deals just stop once Black Friday is over, but hopefully not.
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Now that I’ve been bouncing around the NXE for awhile now, what’s the ballyhoo about?
Last month, I mentioned the major points that were expected from NXE. And yes, those points are present in the release. But are these items the end-all, be-all of gaming console updates?
Er… no.
Microsoft Agent Technology
The Xbox avatar subsystem is a decent [...]
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Lo and behold!
Firing up the Xbox 360 this afternoon caused the immediate downloading of the install package for the New Xbox Experience (NXE) that we’ve been covering, followed by the updating of the system…
The new UI is, as previously mentioned, extremely reminiscent of the now-famous Windows Media Center. And, if you’re like me, you can [...]
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On the subject of Google Analytics, which has been seen by some as the darling toy to see what’s what in their online traffic and advertising: Martin over at Irreverent Thinking has several good points about why Google Analytics isn’t good for online sites and just isn’t good business.
As you probably already know, we had [...]
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Microsoft’s [MSFT] Major Nelson (yeah, it’s Larry Hryb) reports that there will be another Xbox LIVE service outage, in line with the upcoming NXE launch.
The outage will be on November 17, 2008, starting at 2:00 AM PST (about 5:00 AM EST), and it is expected to last around 45 minutes or so. This impacts the [...]
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It’s coming.
That’s what’s being stated on the Xbox 360 Dashboard for several days now (actually, a few weeks).
The New Xbox Experience (NXE) is headed to connected Xbox 360 consoles on November 19, 2008. All things are pointing to an on-time launch; there has been quite a few announced outages (both big and small) that will [...]
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Folks: you’ve clamored for it, and we’ve listened: the FeedBurner RSS feed for Javamancy has been officially killed.
After receiving so many E-mails and IM’s about the poor performance of the FeedBurner-generated RSS feed, Javamancy has returned to the original RSS feed mechanism.
Why is Google Hurting the Technology?
Several people have mentioned that part of the problem [...]
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A couple of days ago, eWeek reported that Microsoft [MSFT] is launching their new BizSpark program, intended to help startups develop their products using Microsoft products.
Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Gee, isn’t that just like programs from other companies, like Sun?”
Well, yes, but– no.
The Startup Essentials from Sun [JAVA] is an upfront subscription based [...]
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In the past, a few minutes up to an hour or so, the online Apple Store typically comes back online after one of Apple’s [AAPL] product announcements.
This time, however, when the online Apple Store returned to online status, many users (and potential customers) have reported significant issues in accessing the store to browse the new [...]
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