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If you’ve been keeping up with the funny online short sitcom series known as The Guild, you’re probably in with the rest of the crowd clamoring for more. At this point, a couple of episodes for the new second season have shown up on The Guild site.
Felicia Day and producer Kim showed up at PAX [...]
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As reported by Larry (Major Nelson) earlier today, Xbox LIVE will be starting a new promotional program called “Holiday Deal of the Week”. Obviously on a weekly cycle, there will be an offering that is typically sold via the Xbox LIVE Marketplace that will be discounted or otherwise provided with a purchasing incentive. The announcement [...]
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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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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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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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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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Given all of the speculation surrounding whether AOL [TWX] and Yahoo [YHOO] are being sincere in their talks, and the current mega-swirl in CBS’ [CBS] declining value, here’s an interesting notion:
Hey, Jeff Bewkes, why not sell AOL to Yahoo, and then buy up CBS?
This would give Time Warner that pure broadcast play that [...]
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Tomorrow, Microsoft’s [MSFT] Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2008 starts, and runs until October 30, 2008.
In addition to a schedule chock-full of content for developers, there is some anticipation among the reporters and analysts that maybe more details will be revealed about Windows 7.
N.B.
If you aren’t able to attend PDC 2008, but you want [...]
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