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For those of you who are old enough to remember the monumental three-way product/platform wars between a variety of different players, as well as the various face-offs between heated contenders, you can often slot the threesters into that ol’ Good-Bad-Ugly trifecta.
Perhaps not this time, however.
Apple’s [AAPL] Snow Leopard OS release on August 28, 2009 has [...]
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Remember when I just had to get an Xbox 360 Elite Edition to replace my first Xbox 360 that unfortunately suffered a RROD event?
Well, Microsoft [MSFT] has definitely come a long way since then, offering to correct their RROD warranty policies to reflect the wider impact of various hardware failure conditions.
Now, to really get more [...]
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Larry posted the news earlier today about how the Halo 3: ODST “Transport” vehicle will be making the rounds at several Gamestop outlets, starting today. This gives some lucky folks the opportunity to try out some of the game, and possibly even win some prizes, while getting the word out about the new upcoming game [...]
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If you recall my previous discussion about Microsoft’s [MSFT] positive about-face decision to honor E 74 Red-Ring-of-Death (RROD) hardware failures as covered under their extended three-year warranty, I mentioned that the company would be refunding people who had paid for the repairs prior to the announcement.
Yesterday, as I was browsing my credit card statements, I [...]
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As I was playing Far Cry 2 on the Xbox 360 console and driving around (in the game, not in reality!), I had a sudden urge to have some coffee.
This is not an unusual event, in and of itself. After all, it’s nice to be sipping a favorite beverage (although if you happen to drink [...]
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Remember when I had that heart-wrenching Xbox 360 console failure that was a serious general hardware failure? It was definitely an E 74 error, and when I researched it, I realized that it was not covered by Microsoft’s [MSFT] three-year warranty for the Red Right of Death errors, because they were limiting that coverage to [...]
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Well, it has been a bit more than just “a few days” since we last mentioned the upcoming arrival of Halo 3’s Mythic Map Pack, the one that allows for all of those extra Achievements (with attendant Achievement Points!) and new amounts of of multiplayer hilarity…
Fortunately, the Mythic Map Pack is now available, from Xbox [...]
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The excitement for Xbox 360 gamers that has been building about the expected Mythic Map Pack for Halo 3 culminated with an announcement seen on Xbox LIVE that the map pack will be released shortly: first, as a bonus for the people buying Bungie’s Halo Wars Limited Edition on March 3, 2009, and then a [...]
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As of 12:00 noon EST today, the replacement Xbox 360 Elite comes online.
Long live the Xbox 360 console!
Now I just to figure out how to use the content from my old 360 hard drive without the dreaded DRM problems that a lot of 360 owners have struggled with…
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