New York Times
Video Game Review: Final Fantasy XIII-2 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
The latest edition of the role-playing game Final Fantasy seems to be an overreaction to criticisms of its predecessor.
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Mashable
Atari Assemble! Super-Team of Veteran Developers Embrace Mobile Gaming
The good old 8-bit band is getting back together. Seamus Blackley, the co-creator of Microsoft’s Xbox, has assembled a super team of Atari…
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physorg
Gamers on 3-D mission to save world, just don`t tell them they are learning cell biology
After growing up on an entertainment diet of X-Men and Xbox, high school and college-age students may find a textbook on cell biology to be a little, well, bland.
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AllThingsDigital
Apple Poaches Another Xbox Marketing Vet
Robin Burrowes, former head of Xbox Live marketing in Europe, has a new job. At Apple. The exec, who served as head of product marketing for Xbox Live in Europe for three years and before that as marketing manager for Xbox UK, is heading to Apple's European office to oversee App Store marketing. Burrowes is the latest hire in a parade of gaming executives to be recruited by Apple that includes...
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APA-OTS
FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 ab sofort erhältlich =
Hamburg (ots) - Square Enix gibt bekannt, dass FINAL FANTASY XIII-2
ab sofort als Standard und Limited Collector`s Edition für
PlayStation 3 und Xbox 360 im Handel erhältlich ist.
FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 ist die direkte Fortsetzung des millionenfach
verkauften FINAL FANTASY XIII und bietet ...
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dlisted
Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Six More Weeks Of Winter
In what has to be one of the weirdest American traditions next to stabbing each other's faces off for a 10% off Xbox360 controller the day after Thanksgiving, hundreds pulled themselves out of bed to gather around Punxsutawney Phil's burrow hole in Pennsylvania to predict if we'll have six more weeks of whatever season we're in. The weather tells me that it's not winter, because I wore a...
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Daily Mail
Mark Rafferty accidentally paid £31k by his former firm blew the money on a New York break, Xbox and iPad
A clerical error meant the money was transferred to Mark Rafferty, 29, from Bury, Manchester, by his former employer instead of the intended pensions funds account.
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Wired
Found: Cracker Jack Prizes of the Future
What mystery novelty — a classic Xbox game perhaps? — will you find in your Cracker Jack box 20 years from now?
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Daily Mail
Worker accidentally paid £31,000 by his former firm blew the money in a spending spree including a New York break, Xbox and iPad
A clerical error meant the money was transferred to Mark Rafferty, 29, from Bury, Manchester, by his former employer instead of the intended pensions funds account.
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TechCrunch
Microsoft Updates Kinect Hardware For Official Windows Release
We've known for some time that Microsoft would be bringing official Kinect support to Windows this week, but one thing they kept quiet was the fact that they'd be debuting a new version of the hardware as well.
It's not tiny, as some hoped, or built into the bezel of a laptop, as we know it will be eventually, but it does improve on the original in a few ways.
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Slashdot
Microsoft Releases Kinect For Windows
nk497 writes "Microsoft has released Kinect for Windows, featuring a new "near mode" that lets the gesture control tech be used as close as 40cm. The Kinect for Windows hardware will retail at $249 — well above the price of the version for Xbox 360 consoles. Microsoft defended the price difference, saying sales of games and Xbox Live subscriptions help subsidize the console version. The new ver...
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Daily Mail
It walks, it climbs, it jumps, it even dances - meet Nasa's six-legged, 12-eyed robot that can be controlled... with an Xbox
The space agency's Athlete rover, pictured in the Dumont Dunes, California, has been developed to explore the most hostile of environments, including Mars, the moon... and even asteroids.
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Gizmodo
Crackle and CinemaNow Are Now Available on Xbox Dashboard [Xbox]
Its recent dashboard revamp transformed the Xbox 360 from a video game console into an entertainment hub. Now, that hub is growing again. Xbox's Major Nelson announced today two new apps for the Xbox environment: Crackle and CinemaNow. More »
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Le Figaro
UFC Undisputed 3, impact le 17 février
Après avoir proposé aux joueurs de transpirer comme leurs idoles du MMA dans UFC Personal Trainer, THQ revient aux choses sérieuses avec la sortie le 17 février prochain du nouvel épisode de son jeu phare, UFC Undisputed 3 (PS3, Xbox360)....
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Gizmodo
Microsoft testet Notebooks mit integriertem Kinect
Laut einem Bericht der US-Tageszeitung The Daily testet Microsoft derzeit Notebooks mit integrierter Kinect-Einheit. Die von der Xbox 360 bekannte Kamera mit Tiefensensor kann Gesten der Nutzer erkennen und diese in Kommandos umwandeln. Die ersten Prototypen stammen dem Artikel zufolge von Asus und sollen mit dem kommenden Betriebssystem Windows 8 ausgestattet sein. mehr...
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Huffington Post
Andy Plesser: Dailymotion Launches on Xbox Live in 35 Countries (Video)
LAS VEGAS, Dailymotion, the big Paris-based video site, which served 1.2 billion video views worldwide in December*, launched its Xbox Live App late last...
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Le Figaro
The Witcher 2 arrive en avril sur Xbox 360
VIDÉO - Près d'un an après sa sortie PC, le jeu de rôle du studio polonais CD Projekt est porté sur console dans une version grandement enrichie.
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Le Point
Xbox - "Rien de nouveau en 2012"
Le Point.fr : 2011 a-t-elle été une bonne année pour Microsoft ?
Cedrick...
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Le Figaro
The Witcher 2 arrive en avril sur Xbox360
VIDÉO - Près d'un an après sa sortie PC, le jeu de rôle du studio polonais CD Projekt est porté sur console dans une version grandement enrichie.
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siliconindia
Xbox 720: Six Times more Powerful than Current Xbox
Rumors has named this yet to come high performing gaming device as Xbox 720 which is supposed to be six times faster than the present Xbox and will also have a copy right protection technology which prevents user from playing used games.
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Los Angeles Times
Nintendo: Wii are sinking
Spurned by consumers who now favor tablets, smartphones and higher-definition consoles, Nintendo Co. posted a 31% sales drop and swung to a loss last year.
The Japanese video game company on Thursday said revenue fell to $7.2 billion in the nine months ended Dec. 31, down from $10.4 billion the same period a year earlier. As result of the steep sales decline, Nintendo suffered a $623.2 million...
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FOX
New Xbox 600% More Powerful |
Krone
Microsoft will angeblich Points-System begraben
Für Nutzer - allen voran Spieler - ist sie vor allem ein Ärgernis: Microsofts hauseigene Währung, die Microsoft Points. Damit können auf der Spielekonsole Xbox 360 und via PC online Spiele, Filme und Musik gekauft werden. Microsoft spart so Kreditkarten-Spesen, für den User jedoch ist die Preisgestaltung undurchsichtig. Damit soll laut einem Bericht bald Schluss sein.
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USA Today
First impressions: 'Hitman: Absolution'
Stealth action title launching later this year for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
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manager magazin
Rekordquartal: Microsoft steckt PC-Schwäche gut weg
Microsofts ehemaliger Gewinnbringer Windows schwächelt angesichts sinkender PC-Verkäufe mehr und mehr. Doch der Softwarekonzern konnte den Einbruch im vergangenen Quartal dank seiner Büro- und Serversoftware sowie der Spielekonsole XBox 360 mehr als wett machen.
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Heise
Microsoft: Firmenkunden und Xbox reißen es raus
Mit den aktuellen Quartalsergebnissen trotzt der Redmonder Software-Konzern der PC-Flaute und dem Tablet-Boom – zumindest stieg der Umsatz in Rekordhöhe.
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Les Echos
Après avoir relancé les ventes de la Xbox, le Kinect de Microsoft arrive sur les PC
Le système de reconnaissance vocale et gestuelle, pensé à l'origine pour la console de jeux vidéo de Microsoft, pourrait permettre de soutenir les ventes de Windows, affecté par le déclin des ventes d'ordinateurs. Il sera disponible le 1 er février sur les PC.
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AP
Microsoft 2Q beats Street despite soft PC market
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. battled through a weak PC market to post flat earnings in the final quarter of 2011, boosting sales of servers, Xbox games and its Office productivity software while trimming losses at its Bing search engine....
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Times LIVE
Syndicate demo coming soon, original to be re-released
Electronic Arts' Syndicate re-boot will be preceded by a multiplayer demo on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 by January's end, while fans of the original will be able to revisit the 1993 classic even sooner.
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DailyTech
Microsoft Puts Web TV Subscription Idea On Hold Due to Costs
Microsoft has decided to focus on programming packages for cable subscribers via Xbox
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NZZ
Microsoft-TV gestoppt
66 Millionen Exemplare der Xbox 360 verkauft
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AP
Xbox workers threaten suicide in China labor tiff
BEIJING (AP) -- Dozens of workers assembling Xbox video game consoles climbed to a factory dormitory roof, and some threatened to jump to their deaths, in a dispute over job transfers that was defused but highlights growing labor unrest as China's economy slows....
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Chinese Foxconn workers threaten mass suicide over Xbox layoffs
Actually none of them were going to jump, former worker says The government and the company officials were just as afraid, because if even one of them jumped, the consequences would be hard to imagine
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Daily Telegraph
Xbox workers in mass suicide threat
THREE hundred staff at a factory that builds Xbox 360s say they will commit mass suicide if their wage demands are not met.
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CNN
Microsoft probes mass suicide threat at China plant
Microsoft is investigating a report that workers at a Chinese plant that makes its Xbox game systems threatened mass suicide in a pay dispute, according to a statement issued Wednesday by the company's Hong Kong office.
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The Sun
Mass suicide threat at Xbox plant
300 STAFF at Xbox 360 plant in mass suicide threat if wage demands aren't met
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NEWS.au.com
Microsoft to bring Kinect to Windows PCs
MICROSOFT plans to bring its Kinect technology to bear on personal computers following its phenomenal success in the Xbox 360 console.
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ElPais
Steve Ballmer: "Para Microsoft nada es más importante que Windows"
A pesar de los rumores sobre posibles grandes anuncios, hasta se especulaba con una nueva consola Xbox, Steve Ballmer, patrón de Microsoft, se despidió del CES sin grandes anuncios. Después de 14 años abriendo el evento más importante de tecnología de consumo, el gigante de Redmon considera que ya no le interesa. No tanto por su relevancia como por lo que significa tener que cuadrar los lanzami...
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lesoir
Kinect débarquera sur les ordinateurs en février
Le directeur général de Microsoft Steve Ballmer a annoncé la migration de système de commandes gestuelles et vocales Kinect, conçu pour la console de jeux XBox 360, vers les o...lire la suite
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lesoir
06:51 Kinect débarque sur les ordinateurs en février
Le directeur général de Microsoft Steve Ballmer a annoncé la migration de système de commandes gestuelles et vocales Kinect, conçu pour la console de jeux XBox 360, vers les o...lire la suitehistoires liées06:54 Jos Verstappen suspecté d’être l’auteur de plusieurs faits punissables07:03 L’UWE élabore un plan « ambition 2020 » pour développer la Wallonie06:59 Don d’organes : quatre fois plus de ...
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New York Times
Corbis to Acquire NMA Group
Clients of NMA, also known as Norm Marshall & Associates, include General Motors, Heineken, Puma and the Xbox unit of Microsoft.
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Telegraph
'Next Xbox and PlayStation to be announced this year'
Microsoft and Sony are expected to launch their new games consoles this summer, according to reports.
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Handelsblatt
Xbox, Wii, Playstation: Die große Entscheidungsschlacht der Spielekonsolen
Auf welchen Konsolen kämpfen Kultfiguren wie Master Chief oder Nathan Drake künftig für Recht, Ordnung und den Geldbeutel der Publisher? Ein Ausblick auf das, was Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo und andere für 2012 planen.
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Telegraph
MoD improves its war games to cater for Xbox generation
Computerised war simulations for British troops have been radically improved to cater for recruits who are used to playing high-quality video games on their Xboxes, according to a Ministry of Defence scientist.
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Irish Times
Muzu.tv outboxes YouTube as its app is used to watch 1.5m music videos in 36 hours on Xbox
MORE THAN 1.5 million music videos were watched on the Muzu.tv app in the first 36 hours it was made available on Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
ABC iview now on Xbox Live
THE ABC has announced that its online catch-up TV service, iview, will be available on Microsoft’s Xbox Live platform.
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Huffington Post
Melissa T. Shultz: Xbox 360 vs. Mom 51
It wasn't always like this. I welcomed you into our home, made you part of our family. Soon you were the go-to source of fun, intoxicating, always on, ready. Still, I had my doubts about your influence and your stability.
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APA-OTS
Sky Go ab 13. Dezember via Xbox 360 erhältlich
Utl.: Das Xbox 360 Unterhaltungsangebot wird durch die große Film-
und Sportauswahl von Sky erweitert =
Wien (OTS) - Ab dem 13. Dezember können österreichische Xbox-Fans
noch mehr hochwertige Unterhaltung über ihre Konsole genießen. Im
Laufe des morgigen Tages wird Xbox LIVE ...
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science blogs
Links for 2011-12-09 [Uncertain Principles]
Print - What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447 - Popular Mechanics Human judgments, of course, are never made in a vacuum. Pilots are part of a complex system that can either increase or reduce the probability that they will make a mistake. After this accident, the million-dollar question is whether training, instrumentation, and cockpit procedures can be modified all around the world so th...
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Hoy
INTERNET TV
La televisión conectada avanza. Microsoft desata otra batalla en la televisión inteligente: control por voz para olvidar el mando a distancia, conexión a través de la videoconsola Xbox 360, el buscador Bing y respeto al negocio de cadenas y productoras. El televidente puede hablar a la pantalla y olvidarse tanto del incómodo mando como de las pantallas táctiles de móviles y tabletas. Canales de...
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Times LIVE
Xbox Live gets voice search
Microsoft on Monday began adding voice search to Xbox Live as it continues to transform its videogame consoles into hubs for online entertainment in digital age living rooms.
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perez hilton
Xbox Is A Beast! These Updates Are Insane!
If you go to bed with your Xbox 360 every night, read this!
There's so much more Kinect control now!
More motion control and VOICE control, people. Voice control. What?? Insane!!
So if you wanna watch a movie with Johnny Depp in it, just say "BING JOHNNY DEPP" and it shall be yours!
Pretty cool, [...]
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omg
Xbox live unveils latest cable challenge
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Microsoft is the latest technology giant to storm cable's barricades. The company is unveiling overhauls to its Xbox 360 console and Xbox Live online arm this week -- a facelift that will bring with it a slew of new entertainment partners and an improved voice-activated control system. Or as Xbox's slightly grandiloquent ads promise: "TV is becoming more amazing." Th...
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Washington Post
Microsoft rolls out Xbox TV platform that responds to voice, motion commands
LOS ANGELES — Microsoft Corp. is rolling out a new interface for its Xbox game console users — one that allows you to navigate through music, movies, TV shows and games with the wave of your hand or the sound of your voice.
The interface, first demonstrated by CEO Steve Ballmer in September, is set up similarly to Microsoft Corp.’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system with a series of large pane...
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BBC
Big update due for Microsoft Xbox
The BBC iPlayer will be on the Xbox in early 2012 as Microsoft turns its console into a more general entertainment device.
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DerSpiegel
Spielkonsolen: Neue Xbox wird angeblich Lippenlesen können
Die Gerüchte verdichten sich: Angeblich plant Microsoft, in naher Zukunft einen Nachfolger für seine Spielkonsole Xbox 360 vorzustellen. Das Gerät soll standardmäßig mit einer weiterentwickelten Bewegungssteuerung ausgerüstet sein, die so genau ist, dass sie sogar Lippenlesen kann.
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el universal
Viernes Negro Se entrega rociadora de gas pimienta
La mujer que atacó con gas a un grupo de compradores para ganar un Xbox en el mayor día de rebajas se entregó a la policía
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AP
Sharp elbows: Shoppers scuffle on Black Friday
A shopper in Los Angeles pepper-sprayed her competition for an Xbox and scuffles broke out elsewhere around the U.S. as bargain-hunters crowded stores in an earlier-than-usual start to the madness known as Black Friday....
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Kinect games roundup: Visit Disneyland, or surf with SpongeBob
Chad Sapieha takes us on a tour of Xbox Kinect games for this holiday season, including Disneys invitation to visit their amusement park.
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Rolling Stone
Black Eyed Peas Launch Video Game
"I like playing with the joystick" said Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie "I've always liked playing with the joystick from an early age" Then she cracked up laughing at Ubisoft’s Monday night launch party at Hollywood’s Supperclub for The Black Eyed Peas Experience An interactive video game for Wii and Xbox...
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Telegraph
A golden chance to put down the Xbox and take up sport
Yes, we'll win medals - but the lasting value of the Olympics lies in motivating our youth, writes Boris Johnson.
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Barrons
Activision’s Call of Duty Rakes in $775M
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 broke records with $775 million in sales during its first five days of availability, Activision Blizzard (ATVI) unit Activision Publishing, said Thursday. That exceeds the record of $650 million set a year ago with Call of Duty: Black Ops and $550 million two years ago for Call of Duty: [...]
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APA-OTS
uDraw für alle / THQ bringt uDraw GameTablet für PlayStation 3 und Xbox 360 auf den Markt =
Krefeld (ots) - Nach dem großen internationalen Erfolg, den das uDraw
GameTablet für Nintendo Wii verzeichnen konnte, wird es in
Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz ab morgen auch für
PlayStation®3 und Xbox 360® zu haben sein. Somit kommen alle
Konsolenbesitzer in den Genuss, sich ...
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Daily Mail
Retailers in price war over Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Computer game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has ignited a price battle between high street retailers. The game has a recommended retail price of £49.99 for Xbox and PS3 formats but shops are undercutting that.
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The Guardian
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – early copies leak into the shops
As often happens, Activision hasn't been able to prevent everybody from getting their hands on Modern Warfare 3 before its official launchGamers willing to pay above the odds can get their hands on an early copy of this year's must-have game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – if they're willing to pay £60, rather than the £35 it costs online.The games were on sale at least 48 hours ahead of the ...
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Technology Review
High Fidelity 3-D Images Created Using KinectFusion
A look at some of the kinds of images you can make with the 3-D scanner project that evolved from Microsoft's Xbox controller.
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Fortune
The Xbox 360's holiday makeover
Xbox 360 gets an image makeover to compete with the Wii. Image: Microsoft
By Yi-Wyn Yen
The Xbox 360 is getting a major software update designed to transform it into a multimedia machine.
Starting Wednesday, all Xbox 360 owners will be required to update their gaming consoles so that they can watch movies in high-definition, stream TV shows and movies from Netflix (NFLX) and navigate categor...
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Countries |
MIX |
| 1 | United States | 16.936 |
| 2 | Germany | 7.515 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 2.852 |
| 4 | France | 2.164 |
| 5 | Canada | 1.760 |
| 6 | Philipines | 1.660 |
| 7 | Poland | 1.640 |
| 8 | Turkey | 1.520 |
| 9 | Mexico | 1.360 |
| 10 | Spain | 1.310 |
| 11 | Australia | 1.210 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 1.200 |
| 13 | India | 1.190 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 1.170 |
| 15 | Argentina | 0.906 |
| 16 | Austria | 0.750 |
| 17 | Singapore | 0.740 |
| 18 | Norway | 0.680 |
| 19 | Japan | 0.650 |
| 20 | Taiwan | 0.600 |
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# |
Media |
MIX |
| 1 | Bild | 3.200 |
| 2 | computerbild | 2.750 |
| 3 | GameSpot.com | 2.192 |
| 4 | USA Today | 2.000 |
| 5 | ABS-CBN News Channel | 1.500 |
| 6 | Softpedia | 1.205 |
| 7 | foxnews | 1.200 |
| 8 | San Francisco Chronicle | 1.200 |
| 9 | De telegraaf | 1.200 |
| 10 | ekolay.net | 1.040 |
| 11 | Whats on TV | 1.040 |
| 12 | Digg | 1.000 |
| 13 | 20 Minutes | 1.000 |
| 14 | metro (london) | 1.000 |
| 15 | Telecinco | 0.900 |
| 16 | Times of India | 0.900 |
| 17 | Entertainment Weekly | 0.800 |
| 18 | Video Game Trailers | 0.707 |
| 19 | Wirtualna Polska | 0.640 |
| 20 | Clarín | 0.600 |
| More Media >> |
# |
Languages |
MIX |
| 1 | English | 26.578 |
| 2 | German | 9.435 |
| 3 | Spanish | 4.006 |
| 4 | French | 2.204 |
| 5 | Polish | 1.640 |
| 6 | Turkish | 1.520 |
| 7 | Dutch | 1.200 |
| 8 | Chinese | 1.010 |
| 9 | Norwegian | 0.680 |
| 10 | Japanese | 0.650 |
| 11 | Indonesian | 0.360 |
| 12 | Korean | 0.320 |
| 13 | Portuguese | 0.260 |
| 14 | Swedish | 0.200 |
| 15 | Russian | 0.200 |
| 16 | Danish | 0.190 |
| 17 | Italian | 0.090 |
| 18 | Romanian | 0.080 |
| 19 | Czech | 0.060 |
| 20 | Thai | 0.060 |
| More Languages >> |
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| 1 | Gimmiks |