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International Zune with phone functionality hinted in Microsoft job listings, magic boxes
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• Wed, Jan 27
By Thomas Ricker We're not sure how it happened (ok, we have an idea) but Microsoft went from confident incumbent to the scrappy tech underdog in the last few years. We're not talking marketshare here, but mindshare. Through it all the Xbox 360 has remained a constant fave and Windows 7 has certainly helped t...
Engadget HD Podcast 176 - 01.26.2010
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• Tue, Jan 26
By Trent Wolbe RSS - MP3] Add the Engadget HD Podcast feed to your RSS aggregator Producer: Trent Wolbe Program 00:58 - Comments from Engadget HD Podcast 175 - 1.22.2009 27:45 - ESPN streaming coming to Xbox 360? 44:05 - Microsoft has AT&T's back, sues TiVo for patent infringement
Mad Catz makes the Wii a fighter with moddable FightStick
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• Mon, Jan 25
By Donald Melanson The Wii may not be the console of choice for most fighting game fans, but it is starting to earn a bit more respect with the release of Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom and, just as importantly Mad Catz's new Arcade FightStick to go along with it. The best news, however, is that like Mad Catz's fightsticks f...
Sega Ultimate Genesis Collection bringing official Genesis emulation to iPhone, pain to your wallet
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• Wed, Jan 20
By Paul Miller After packaging and re-marketing to us our childhood over Nintendo's Wii Virtual Console and in a multitude of other forms, Sega is putting another platform to good use in its eternal quest to make us poor: the iPhone. Due for the App Store next month, the upcoming Sega Ultimate Genesis Col...
Windows Mobile 7は2エディション構成、720p・1.3GHz・1GB RAM端末で夏登場?
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• Mon, Jan 18
By Ittousai OSの名称は、一般に呼ばれているWindows Mobile 7ではなく「ただのセブン」。(マイクロソフトの最近の改称に従えば Windows phone 7)。エディション構成は Business Edition (BE) と Media Edition (ME)。Business Editionは「7」OSのサブセットにあたるビジネス向け。ハードウェア要求仕様も(Media Editionと比べれば) 控えめ。端末そのもののハードウェア性能は抑えてビジネスアプリや「クラウド」サービスと接続・同期を想定...
ESPN streaming coming to Xbox 360?
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• Mon, Jan 18
By Ross Miller As if you needed another impetus to abandon cable and satellite TV, The New York Times is reporting behind closed door dealings are afoot between Microsoft and Walt Disney Company, with order of business being ESPN streaming via Xbox 360. According to the anonymous source, live streams o...
Xbox LIVE上に仮想ゲームセンターを再現する Game Room for Xbox 360
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• Wed, Jan 6
By Ittousai マイクロソフトCEO スティーブ・バルマー氏によるCES 2010 基調講演のなかで、Xbox LIVE上の仮想ゲームセンターサービス Game Roomが発表されました。Xbox 360のオンラインサービス Xbox LIVEには古典アーケード作品を含む各種ゲームをダウンロード販売するXbox LIVEアーケードがすでに存在していますが、Game Roomは「ゲーム部屋」の名のとおり、仮想空間上にアーケードゲーム筐体のならぶ巨大ゲームセンターをまるごと再現する仕組み。プレーヤーはアバターとして仮...
Ask Engadget HD: Best video encoding process to maximize quality & compatibility?
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• Wed, Dec 2
By Richard Lawler To save my precious DVD's and BD's from the horror of scratches, I encode all my videos to a networked PC. This PC then streams the video out to multiple different receivers (PS3, PCs, Xbox 360.) Usually what works on one may not work in another, or does not encode surround sound, or has some oth...
Datel、Xbox 360の互換メモリ締め出しでマイクロソフトを提訴
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• Mon, Nov 23
By Ittousai 「Datal、Xbox 360の非純正メモリ対策に対抗へ」(10月末) のさらに続き。非純正のXbox 360互換 メモリカードを売っている Datelが、米国でマイクロソフトを訴えました。内容はマイクロソフトが先日のアップデートで「Unauthorized storage unit」を使用不可能にしたことについて、公正な競争を妨げ消費者の選択の自由を奪う反トラスト法違反であるとするもの。 Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Banned Xbox modders get a class-action lawsuit to call their own
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• Fri, Nov 20
By Nilay Patel You had to know someone out there would try and profit off Microsoft's recent mass bannination of modded Xbox 360 consoles from Xbox Live, and although the eBay scammers arguably got there first, we're awarding the style trophy to AbingtonIP, an Oklahoma law firm that's trying to gin up a...
Fanatec Porsche 911 Turbo Wheel for Xbox 360 review
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• Wed, Nov 18
By Tim Stevens To celebrate the release of Forza Motorsport 2, Microsoft made a big deal about its Wireless Racing Wheel, a cable-free force-feedback controller for racers that was only really wireless if you didn't want force-feedback. It was a reasonable compromise and a reasonably good wheel, but...
NPD: Wii reclaims lead in US sales, but console gaming market shrinks by a fifth
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• Fri, Nov 13
By Vladislav Savov Read - Wii regains hardware top spot following US price cut Read - Xbox 360 leads in year-to-date growth Read - DS poised to break US hardware recordsContinue reading NPD: Wii reclaims lead in US sales, but console gaming market shrinks by a fifth
Xbox LIVE gets 1080p Zune Video store, Twitter, Facebook and more on November 17th (video)
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• Thu, Nov 12
By Darren Murph Remember all those fantastic features that Microsoft promised were in the works for its Xbox 360 back at E3? Get ready folks, because they're all arriving in five days. At an undisclosed time on November 17th, users will be able to login to Xbox LIVE and check out the totally bodacious new po...
CE-Oh no he didn't! Part LXIV: Microsoft's Greenberg says Xbox will outsell PS3 for 'entire generation'
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• Fri, Oct 16
By Donald Melanson Didn't think Microsoft exec Aaron Greenberg could top himself after saying that Hulu on 360 was like "asking out a really hot chick on a date?" Well, think again, 'cause Greenberg recently sat down with GameInformer for a fairly wide ranging interview, and he took the opportunity to toss...
Engadget Podcast 139 - 03.27.2009Original at Engadget
• Fri, Mar 27
By Trent Wolbe 00:03:15 - OnLive killed the game console star? 00:17:50 - Nintendo launches Wii System Menu 4.0, including SD card WiiWare playback 00:25:35 - 'Resident Evil 5' Xbox 360 unboxing 00:27:25 - Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i now official (and that article Nilay was talking about)
Engadget Podcast 135 - 02.27.2009
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• Fri, Feb 27
By Trent Wolbe Producer: Trent Wolbe Song: Personal Jesus 00:05:33 - Amazon Kindle 2 review 00:42:07 - New Mac mini revealed in video? 00:58:17 - Red 'Resident Evil 5' Xbox 360 unveiled! (updated) 01:00:25 - Red Xbox 360 Resident Evil Limited Edition "unboxed" by Major Nelson
Apparent Xbox 360 "Jasper" spotted in the wild
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• Thu, Nov 27
By Donald Melanson Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Continue reading Apparent Xbox 360 "Jasper" spotted in the wild Filed under: Gaming originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Engadget Podcast 116 - 10.31.2008: Terrifying Halloween editionOriginal at Engadget
• Thu, Oct 30
By Trent Wolbe Thanks, Jacob and HB for the image] 00:01:08 - New Xbox 360 Experience hands-on and impressions 00:31:54 - Week of Netflix 00:51:39 - HP Mini 1000 hands-on 01:02:16 - Windows 7 details galore
Price cuts and 60GB Xbox 360 rumored for E3
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• Sun, Jun 15
By Thomas Ricker Today we've got a pair for Microsoft. No, not another Blu-ray Xbox 360 whisper. Rather, we've got a resurrection of the 60GB Xbox 360 courtesy of Trusted Reviews as well as a US hardware price cut (and a nod towards a new SKU) according ...
The PS3 Laptop: from Ben Heck to Engadget with love
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• Thu, Apr 10
By Ryan Block Rewind back to late 2006. The PS3 was launching alongside the Wii and geeky editors like ourselves were having a field day. We'd already managed to convince our good pal Ben Heck to build another Xbox 360 laptop and the Wii Laptop, so it was only a matter of time before we started brainstorming...
Engadget Podcast 111 (the Xbox 360 episode) - 01.09.2008
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• Wed, Jan 9
By Trent Wolbe We've wanted a long time to get our old pal Major Nelson on the Engadget podcast, and what better occasion than CES? Ok, maybe E3 -- but there's been no dearth of 360 news at and prior to the show, and no shortage of questions we've been dying to have answered on the air. If you're not down with the...
Xbox 360 hack changes DVD key, game region
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• Tue, Jul 17
By Joshua Topolsky Filed under: GamingA clever gent who goes by the name SeventhSon (we hope in reference to the totally ripping Iron Maiden record Seventh Son of a Seventh Son) has discovered a method to alter both the DVD key and game region code on Microsoft's Xbox 360, at least for the Hypervisor exploita...
Engadget Podcast 108 - 04.29.2007
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• Mon, Apr 30
By Trent Wolbe 01:07 - Xbox 360 Elite coverage roundup -- are you getting one? 19:58 - Sony, Immersion in talks to get SIXAXIS rumbling 22:32 - Fuh Yuan retracts $299 Wal-Mart HD DVD statement 28:27 - AT&T botches Nokia N75 launch, pulls from site 35:49 - The Engadget mascot contest: win a Wii!
Engadget Podcast 106 - 04.13.2007
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• Fri, Apr 13
By Trent Wolbe 01:26 - 20GB PlayStation 3, RIP: 2006 - 2007 06:28 - Xbox 360 Spring 2007 Dashboard update 13:07 - How-To: play DivX and Xvid on your Apple TV 17:14 - Apple's Leopard delayed to October, iPhone blamed 24:16 - Apple sells 100 millionth iPod, deems experiment a success
Engadget Podcast 104 - 03.23.2007
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• Fri, Mar 23
By Trent Wolbe Producer: Trent Wolbe Music: Solvent - Instructograph (Ghostly International) Program: 00:35 - Apple TV coverage roundup 12:42 - Xbox 360 Elite: new, black limited edition Xbox with HDMI and 120GB drive 17:39 - Folding@home PS3 hands-on 22:52 - Engadget gets a BlackBerry massage
Hack lets you swap 20GB Xbox 360 drive with... 20GB drive
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• Fri, Jan 26
By Paul Miller Filed under: StorageWe suppose it's the principle of the thing, and on principle, TheSpecialist's new HDDHacker v0.5B really does let you use your very own HDD in lieu of Microsoft's $100 add-on number, but since Microsoft has firmly set the add-on HDD cap at 20GB (for legit Xbox Live-rel...
More details about IPTV on Xbox 360
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• Tue, Jan 9
By Peter Rojas Filed under: CES, Gaming, Home EntertainmentDoug Anderson chatted with Microsoft yesterday and managed to scare up some interesting new details about that new IPTV service that is due out for the Xbox 360 later this year. Seems that their partner here in the US will be AT&T (no surpri...
Engadget Podcast 096 - 01.08.07
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• Mon, Jan 8
By Randall Bennett 02:26 - Live from the Sony Keynote 09:10 - Sony announces "BRAVIA Internet Video Link" for HD content 12:30 - Xbox 360 IPTV interface gallery 20:44 - Wireless HDMI over UWB? Heck yes! 21:33 - Microsoft announces the HP TouchSmart PC 22:12 - Live from the Bill Gates keynote
Latest Xbox 360 update causing problems for some
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• Wed, Dec 6
By Donald Melanson Filed under: GamingWhile Xbox 360 users with 1080p displays enthusiastically greeted last week's dashboard update, it seems some folks are finding that the update is causing more problems than it fixes, with reports of random crashes, bricked consoles, and various display issues fi...
Get your skins on: Wii, PS3, Zune, Xbox 360, PSP
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• Sat, Nov 25
By Ryan Block P.S. -Big ups on the Xbox 360 and Eames-inspired PS3 and Wii skins above. Read - PS3 skins Read - Wii skins Read - Zune skins Read - PSP, Xbox, etc. "skins" Permalink | Email this | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Finally, on the fly WMV transcoding for the Xbox 360
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• Sat, Nov 25
By Ryan Block Filed under: Gaming, Home EntertainmentWe realize the fall update's only been out a few weeks, but it seems like an eternity for those of us that have been waiting since last November to stream media to our Xbox 360s without the need for a Media Center PC. A new TVersity patch allows users to t...
How-To: Turn a standard Xbox 360 video cable into a VGA cable for make benefit your wallet
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• Tue, Nov 14
By Benjamin Heckendorn Thank you Microsoft. The shielded wires from the Xbox 360 cable, or as I call them "Buck Rogers Spaghetti." Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Engadget Podcast 093 - 10.31.2006
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• Tue, Oct 31
By Trent Wolbe Filed under: Announcements, Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets, Handhelds, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Podcasts, Portable Audio, Portable Video, Transportation, Wireless Producer: Trent Wolbe Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Microsoft to start its own chip design lab for new Xbox
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• Sat, Oct 21
By Cyrus Farivar Filed under: GamingAh, Wintel. The mere convergence of the words "Windows" and "Intel" harkens back to a simpler time (call it the 1980s and 1990s), when Microsoft and Intel were literally joined at the hip. Microsoft provided the software, and Intel brought the brains. Today in the aught d...
Sony busts down mod-chip retailer with $9 mil. lawsuit
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• Thu, Oct 5
By Paul Miller Filed under: GamingEverybody's favorite far-reaching, possibly free speech-infringing law, the DMCA, is being put to use again for busting down on Divineo, a seller of mod-chips. Sony has slapped them with a $9 million lawsuit for selling the chips, along with HDLoader, which allows a...
Black Xbox 360 rumors abound
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• Wed, Sep 27
By Paul Miller Filed under: Gaming When the rumor mill gets a'turnin' you're bound to have a few false-starts, and it seems the new black Xbox 360 meme is no exception. The snazzy "black Xbox" seen above might look quite black and Xboxy, but we're sorry to report that it's just a developer box, plenty of whi...
The return of the black Xbox 360 rumor
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• Sun, Sep 24
By Conrad Quilty-Harper Filed under: GamingFor the second time since the console's launch, rumors are circulating that Microsoft is working on a black Xbox 360 design, with the source this time being a banner advert from Best Buy depicting what appears to be a matte black console. The low resolution picture, cou...
Engadget Podcast 089 - 09.21.2006
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• Thu, Sep 21
By Trent Wolbe Welcome to the new Engadget everyone! We're sure you've all gotten well acquainted with the new site by now, but if you're at all interested in hearing Pete and Ryan ramble on about the back story and new features, you've come to the right podcast. Oh, but there's news, too. Puh-lenty going on...
Microsoft cuts Xbox 360 price to £199 in UK
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• Sat, Aug 26
By Ryan Block Filed under: GamingIt's not a huge price drop, but reports are starting to come in that Microsoft's turning up the heat in Europe on the price of their Xbox 360 Core console. Apparently retailers in the UK are beginning to drop the price on the console from £209 to £199, nearly a $20 US price cu...