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    I caught Microsoft in a lie.

    http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/20/xbox-360-repairs-should-always-have-the-option-of-a-coffin/ With all this talk of the Xbox 360's E74 error, and the continued presence of the RRoD, we are reminded of former Microsoft executive Peter Moore's request that we not focus on the Xbox's problems, but...
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    Coca-Cola is giving away 3,000,000 Microsoft Points! (Contest kicks off NOW!)

    Pepsi did it with iTunes. Now you may be able to get a few free Xbox 360 games courtesy of Coca-Cola and Microsoft. According to Computer and Video Games, the pair are teaming up to give away $37,000 worth of Xbox 360 Microsoft Points via Xbox Live this week. It's all part of a Happiness...
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    PalTalk has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft for Halo games??

    PalTalk has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft for patent infringement in the Halo games for both Xbox and Xbox 360. PalTalk claimed that the Halo games violates its patent of online real-time multiplayer games, which they bought from MPath before Microsoft. Microsoft argued that PalTalk's patent...
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    Have Microsoft stopped sending out boxes For 360 repairs?

    http://kotaku.com/5163987/have-microsoft-stopped-sending-out-boxes-for-360-repairs It's been standard practice for a while now that, if your 360 broke, Microsoft would send you a box, so you could send your console back in. But a Consumerist report today claims otherwise. They cite the story...
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    Microsoft looking to change Xbox Live sexual discrimination

    http://kotaku.com/5160677/microsoft-looking-to-change-xbox-live-sexual-discrimination Thanks to the recent events, someone over at Microsoft finally heard the complaints. Been a bit of a fuss lately over Xbox Live and people's sexual orientation. People being banned left and right for wearing...
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    Identifying Yourself As A Lesbian Gets You Banned On XBOX Live

    http://kotaku.com/5160595/xbox-live-sadly-no-place-for-lesbian-gamers Poor girl, here's her story :( (Former) Xbox Live gamer Teresa found herself on the receiving end of a ban from the service for a surprising reason. She identified herself as a lesbian in her Live profile. That resulted in...
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    Viacom (who's partnered with Microsoft) is making Youtube PS3-free

    http://translate.google.nl/translate?prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.ps3hype.nl/nieuws/2827-microsoft-haalt-ps3-filmpjes-van-youtube-af&sl=nl&tl=en&history_state0=&swap=1 It's hit a new low.
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    Microsoft makes a big booboo on layoff overpay

    http://kotaku.com/5158319/microsoft-overpaid-some-layoff-severances-asks-for-it-back "An inadvertent administrative error" meant that some of the 1,400 Microsoft laid off recently received overpayments in their severance packages. The company's asked for the money back, making this a hat trick...
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    Microsoft sent out surveys about what you like/dislike about achievements

    http://kotaku.com/5155586/microsoft-survey-probes-non+gaming-achievements Microsoft Game Studios sent out a survey on Achievements to its beta program invitees. There was an array of questions that included multiplayer achievements, user generated Achievements and what types of Achievements...
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    Microsoft to buy motion sensing company

    http://kotaku.com/5155476/microsoft-to-buy-motion+sensing-company Great, just what I don't need. A Wii360mote.
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    Microsoft finally fixes NXE HDMI issues tomorrow!

    http://kotaku.com/5144939/microsoft-finally-fixes-nxe-hdmi-snafu I was a victim of this. What happens, is the sound is cut off randomly without warning. It happened to me during Left 4 Dead, Halo 3, Fable 2, Fallout 3, and any Guitar Hero or Rock Band game. A real pain in the butt....and...
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    Rumor: Final Fantasy IV AFTER for XBLA!?

    http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3172495 Go ahead, click on this link: http://www.xbox.com/ja-JP/games/f/finalfantasy4/ Notice that Microsoft Japan's server appends a "details.page/" to the URL. Now try a different one; replace "finalfantasy4/" with "finalfantasy5/", gibberish, or...
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    Xbox Live Packet Flooding?

    So, I was playing COD WAW and some kid was pissed that I kept beating and I won't lie, I'm no saint. I provoked him to a point where I thought I heard a blood vessel in his head pop. So he said he was going to boot me. Well, where I thought he couldn't, he did. In fact he booted me from xbox...
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    Xbox Repair Time Total?

    Hey Guys as with most other xbox 360 gamers my xbox broke down with the rrod. I sent the repair request, then got the box, now i shipped it out. It will arrive at the repair center in two days. I was just wondering how long it takes microsoft to repair it and send it back. I heard it takes 7...
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    "Not without my 360's" an A&E True Story! Microsoft recalls stock, bad results.

    http://kotaku.com/5124099/microsoft-suing-to-get-some-360s-back or American readers, know this: British retailer Woolworths are done for. They close up shop today. But out in Woolworths warehouses across Britain are tons of Xbox 360 consoles. And Microsoft want them back. To that effect...
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    Microsoft making a "Zune Xbox Application"

    http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/22/product-zenergy-microsoft-making-zune-xbox-app/ According to CNET, Microsoft is looking to add a user experience designer to its Zune group, with a focus on the Zune user interface, Zune PC application – used to access the Zune Marketplace – and ... the Zune...
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    Experts urge switch from IE.

    http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/111811 More in the link. Personally, glad I refused to use IE in the first place.
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    Microsoft to soon face lawsuit about 360's scratching disc. Truth: They knew.

    http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/15/unsealed-docs-suggest-microsoft-knew-about-360s-disc-scratching/ A consumer finally stepped forward with his reports that his 360 deliberately damages his game's disc. A new document reveals that Microsoft was already aware of the situation, but wanted to...
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    Why Is The XBOX Running Away With All Of The Good RPG Titles?

    Hi People! Is it just me?Do I need to get out more? Why is the XBOX getting all the good RPG'S?"FF XIII" is one I can't wait to play.Microsoft is crankin' em right out! Sony is as slow as a 3 legged turtle.I don't get it,did I miss a meeting or something?
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    Microsoft Sued in California Over Xbox 360 Hardware Failures

    http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3170695 More reliable Xbox 360s are starting to trickle onto the market, but the fallout from the "red rings of death" remains. Now they're facing a class action lawsuit in California. Kotaku (via Daily Games News) is reporting that the lawsuit was filed...
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