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  • Natal has the potential to replace remote controls

    Natal has the potential to replace remote controls

    SAN JOSE – It’s entirely possible, and reasonable, that the controllerless Project Natal technology Microsoft is developing will replace a remote control on Xbox 360-powered TVs, Marc Whitten, the general manager responsible for Microsoft’s Xbox Live service, told attendees at the Streaming Media West show. Whitten highlighted four...

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  • Nintendo Brings Multiplayer Excitement to the Mushroom Kingdom with New Super Mario Bros. Wii

    Nintendo Brings Multiplayer Excitement to the Mushroom Kingdom with New Super Mario Bros. Wii

    From fans who grew up playing the NES console to gamers with a passion for the Wii console, generations of Americans have enjoyed the imaginative fun of Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. video game series. Now the launch of New Super Mario Bros. Wii heralds the first time...

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  • Banned Xbox modders NOT one-million

    Banned Xbox modders NOT one-million

    Friday 20-Nov-2009 4:00 PM Xbox Live manager hints much smaller figure, but lawsuit is launched against MS Get ready to pull your jaw back off the floor. It seems the recent dramatic headlines of ‘One-Million Xbox Live Users Banned’ may have been over-dramatic, according to Xbox Live...

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  • Sky Player on Xbox 360 review

    Sky Player on Xbox 360 review

    OVERVIEW All hail the Sky Player for Xbox. As well as being a video-on-demand system online, Sky Player has been streaming live channels for over a year to PC users, and Sky Player for Xbox tries to replicate that experience on a games console. It’s a nice...

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  • Facebook and Twitter coming to Xbox 17 November

    Facebook and Twitter coming to Xbox 17 November

    Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is to officially open its doors to the social-networking masses this month, with Facebook and Twitter landing on the console 17 November. Microsoft will continue to bring social tools to the Xbox, with the company suggesting that the interactivity of the newly...

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