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From 8bitjoystick.com (http://www.8bitjoystick.com/archives/jake_xbox_to_unveil_accessory_lips_tomorrow.php ): [QUOTE] A couple months ago I got a hold of a treasure trove of information straight from the internal working of the engineering team at Xbox. Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/12/lips-and-ninja-blade-also-revealed-speculate-away/ ) has a post up about how the dudes over at NeoGaf have found that Microsoft is scheduled to show off something called Lips tomorrow. Now that matches up with the reports that I've seen on the accessories development report coming out of the hardware team at Xbox. * Lips : I really don't know too much about what it is going to be. I suspect that it is going to be a voice communication device and possible voice recognition in games. Update: Or it might be a microphone for a singing game like Rockband, Karaoke Revolution and Singstar. I do know that Lips is a separate accessory project from the "Newton" wand. * Newton : Newton is the Wiimote clone flying mouse that is going to bring the waggle willies to the Xbox. * Radon iv : We don't know to much about it but I suspect that it is a cost cutting engineering revision to the Xbox wireless controller. So there might be a price cut coming for the wireless game pad once this is out. The "iv" part sounds like a cost cutting revision. [/QUOTE] Full Story: 8bitjoystick.com (http://www.8bitjoystick.com/archives/jake_xbox_to_unveil_accessory_lips_tomorrow.php )
From next-gen.biz (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task;=view&id;=10426&Itemid;=2 ): [QUOTE] Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter believes that the PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 in the US during April, while monthly software sales hit $830 million, up 113 percent on last April's total. Wedbush estimated April console sales (simExchange predictions): Wii: 600,000 (734,000) PS3: 290,000 (363,000) Xbox 360: 275,000 (381,000) PS2: 160,000 (n/a) [/QUOTE] Full Story: next-gen.biz (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task;=view&id;=10426&Itemid;=2 )
From tgdaily.com (http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/37376/135/ ): [QUOTE] A more dramatic and perhaps visible change will happen next year: TSMC plans to begin producing the Valhalla chip, which will be the foundation of the mid-cycle refresh of the Xbox 360, thus called 'Xbox 2.5' or simply 'Xbox 540' (360+180), in fall of 2009. We learned that this new chip is apparently much more than a die-shrink and end up as a system-on-a-chip design. This change is likely to enable to redesign the Xbox 360 casing and go towards a slim-design, much like what Sony did with the Gen1 and Gen2 PS2. We believe that TSMC will use a 45 nm process for this Multi-Chip-Module package (CPU+GPU+eDRAM). There are also some interesting pieces of information that Microsoft is shopping for a more efficient cooling solution - efficient in more ways than just one: Several people close to the cooling industry told us that Microsoft approached them and asked for better and cheaper cooling than what is used in the Xbox 360 right now. Some may claim that the current Xbox 360 cooler design is already as cheap as it gets, but we have no doubts that Microsoft will find a way to drop the cost once again. [/QUOTE] Full Story: tgdaily.com (http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/37376/135/ )
Klewan released a new version of uxrip360 - a Linux based Xbox 360 game dumper. What's new/fixed: + tested on an exploitable kernel xbox using a H934A drive (thx zouzzz) *http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=zzTxfes5fDo *also verify that H934A drive work's :) + read errors from disc will get retried, and after 10 fail's you have the choice + detects now max blocks per IO automaticly (again a fix for another USB enclosure) + now most USB encluseres should work, as my cheap and my expensive one work now ;) + splitVid Conversion (-a convert-splitvid) + extract/inject stealth files from/to an iso: DMI, PFI, SS + ETA and MB/s are displayed on all progressbar's + -a test display's a few parts of Kreon's Feature List (if kreon drive) + major code housekeeping, split up clean up etc...... + auto discover drive if "-D" is not specified (requires libHAL, on ubuntu atleast its standard) *initial by klewan *more asskicking version by f0rk + verify function: *gives you CRC of following components: SS-CRC, SS-RAW-CRC, PFI-CRC, Video/L0/L1 - CRC, DMI-CRC, GAME-CRC, XEX-Hash, Region-Flags, XEXMediaID, checks if image is splitvid (if splitvid verif's CRC of L1 part is same as expected part of L0, if not present displays fat warning that only IX14 should be used), Checks if DMI matches SS, Checks if MediaID matches DMI, Checks PFI start LBA is correct, Checks if XBOX (string) is in DMI + progressbar from hell (tm) + f0rk all-around cleanup 1001 patches ;) + PFI decode by f0rk based on redline + wolfieNUKE code on Xboxhacker + f0rk tried hard to explain me the difference between "long" and "long long" - atleast mine is the largest ;) + alot a code cleanup and small patches by "f0rk" Official Site: n/a (IRC: #uxrip360 on EFNET) Download (fixed version): here (http://dwl.xbox-scene.com/xbox360pc/isotools/uxrip360-0.2.tar.bz2 ) Full NFO/Readme: xbins.org (http://www.xbins.org/nfo.php?file=xboxnfo1664.nfo )
The first Gears of War 2 trailer has been released: "Get your first glimpse into Gears of War 2's stunning campaign in this clip with introduction by lead designer Cliff Bleszinski"
From gizmodo.com (http://gizmodo.com/389185/watch-netflix-downloads-on-your-xbox-360 ): [QUOTE] By installing the vmcNetflix plug-in to a Vista Premium Media Center computer, you can watch streamed Netflix content on an Xbox 360. It's buggy, but it's a lot better than watching Netflix on a laptop screen. [/QUOTE] Full Story: gizmodo.com (http://gizmodo.com/389185/watch-netflix-downloads-on-your-xbox-360 )
From bloomberg.com (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid;=aFpXl7.5U_a4&refer;=home ): [QUOTE] Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, asked a court to overturn or reduce a record 899 million-euro ($1.4 billion) European Union fine for failing to comply with an antitrust ruling. The appeal was filed today at the European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg, Microsoft spokesman Jesse Verstraete said in an e-mailed statement. The company is attempting to seek clarity from the court, he said. The European Commission, the EU's antitrust authority, fined the company on Feb. 27 for failing to comply with a 2004 antitrust order. Under that decision, in which Microsoft was fined 497 million euros, the EU ordered the software maker to provide data to rivals to allow servers to connect to the Windows platform. Microsoft was required to charge reasonable royalties for the network data technology. [/QUOTE] Full Story: bloomberg.com (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid;=aFpXl7.5U_a4&refer;=home )
From next-gen.biz (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task;=view&id;=10388&Itemid;=2 ): [QUOTE] Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg says "the days of Sony snowing the consumers and the press are over," that the company has failed to deliver on numerous promises, and challenges Sony's latest European PS3 sales figures. "We have been fighting Sony's promises from the day we entered the market," Greenberg told Destructoid. "Three years ago at E3 they showed what PS3 games would supposedly look like with the Killzone 2 video, that we are now learning will ship four years later. That means that we will have shipped Gears of War and Gears of War 2 before they can even get Killzone out the door. "Think back to GDC 2007 when Sony promised to leap ahead in online with the Sony Home unveil. Here we are two years later and multiple delays for a product that appears to have little to no buzz. Where are the achievements? The friends list integration across all games? Where is the long-promised video store? Where are all the other products using and networking with their CELL chip? How come Blu-ray did not result in better games? What happened with Sixaxis and rumble? Where is the complete 1080p game library we were promised? If Blu-ray as they said would be such a catalyst to PS3 console sales, then why have PS3 sales over the past couple of months not seen any lift since the format victory?" [/QUOTE] Full Story: next-gen.biz (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task;=view&id;=10388&Itemid;=2 )
From thestandard.com (http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/09/microsoft-surpasses-2-million-zunes-sold-apple-sells-2-65-million-ipods-month ): [QUOTE] It has been known for a while that Microsoft's Zune is the number two digital music player in the United States. However, just how far behind the number one device, Apple iPod, has not always clear since Microsoft has been slow to release its sales numbers. Now we have some. Since its launch in November 2006, the Zune has sold 2 million units. For comparison, Apple sold 10.6 million iPods last quarter. That equates to right around 2.65 million iPods sold a month. Since its launch in 2001, the iPod has sold, get ready: 140 million units. For the Zune, the phrase "distant second" comes to mind. [/QUOTE] Full Story: thestandard.com (http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/05/09/microsoft-surpasses-2-million-zunes-sold-apple-sells-2-65-million-ipods-month )
From gamespot.com (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6185976.html ): [QUOTE] Pacific Crest Securities analyst Evan Wilson gave investors today a heads-up on when he believes Microsoft and Nintendo will unveil their next systems. "We believe that peak industry sales will occur in 2010, given that Microsoft will likely introduce its next console that year and Nintendo will likely launch before then. Further, 2010 is also likely to coincide with the end of the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP cycles." [/QUOTE] Full Story: gamespot.com (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6185976.html )
From gizmodo.com (http://gizmodo.com/388749/microsoft-surface-%252B-xbox-360--what ): [QUOTE] Stefano from onthetabletop attended CHI 2008, where several members of the Microsoft Surface team was there tossing around ideas. One of the more interesting ideas was shoving an Xbox 360 inside. Why would you do this? To allow the 360 to become an additional control input mechanism, possibly making RTS games SO MUCH EASIER TO PLAY. Will it happen? Who knows. [/QUOTE] Full Story: gizmodo.com (http://gizmodo.com/388749/microsoft-surface-%252B-xbox-360--what )
From kotaku.com (http://kotaku.com/388741/rumor-microsoft-may-debut-new-xbox-360-motion-controller-next-week ): [QUOTE] Rumors about Microsoft entering the waggle market with a specialized, Wii Remote concept swiping controller have been popping up for the better part of a year. Talk of a partnership with Gyration, speculation that Bungie had quashed a proposal for a motion controller tied to Halo 3 and murmurs that Rare was now tasked with leading the waggle wand brigade have been bubbling up frequently. Microsoft and Gyration have both denied or brushed off the rumors, but we've just heard it pop up again. According to sources that will go unnamed, Microsoft may be showing its Xbox 360 motion controller as early as next week to press, a controller geared specifically for Banjo Kazooie 3 gameplay. In fact, we've heard that select members of the press have already seen the controller--in use on the next Banjo Kazooie title--in action. [/QUOTE] Full Story: kotaku.com (http://kotaku.com/388741/rumor-microsoft-may-debut-new-xbox-360-motion-controller-next-week )
From xbitlabs.com (http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20080507132302_Microsoft_Gears_Up_to_Release_Xbox_360_with_New_Chips.html ): [QUOTE] Microsoft Corp. reportedly plans to release a new version its Xbox 360 video game system code-named Jasper in August and has already assigned IBM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to make chips for the new game console. However, there are other important rumours: TSMC got orders to produce the chip for code-named Valhalla Xbox 360 design, which is rumoured to combine microprocessor and graphics chip in a single piece of silicon. The code-named Jasper design of the Xbox 360 game console will use ATI Xenos graphics and memory controller hub (GMCH) made using 65nm process at TSMC as well as IBM Xenon central processing unit (CPU) produced at IBM's 65nm nodes. The new system design is projected to consume less electricity, use less complex cooling systems and also produce less noise. TSMC is chosen to make the 65nm GMCH chips, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) is contracted to package and test the chips, and Nanya has won orders to supply flip-chip packaging substrates, reports China Economic News Service. [/QUOTE] Full Story: xbitlabs.com (http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20080507132302_Microsoft_Gears_Up_to_Release_Xbox_360_with_New_Chips.html )
From gamerscoreblog.com (http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2008/05/07/559006.aspx ) (FYI: MS owned blog): [QUOTE] The Gamerscore Blog would like to congratulate Rockstar on the launch of Grand Theft Auto IV. GTA sold over 6 million units, and broke the entertainment record with over $500 million in sales. I got some data from the US team, and I'm here to share that news with you: * Actual MS sales data from last week shows Xbox 360 console sales at retail went up 54% week-over-week as a result of GTA's success * According to retailers more than 60% of all GTA games sold in the first week were the Xbox 360 version * Retailers are telling us that the game is attaching strongly to new console sales, with roughly 40% of new consoles selling with a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV Regarding Xbox LIVE: * In the first week, more than 2.3 million people played Grand Theft Auto IV on Xbox LIVE * GTA IV is now the number one played game on Xbox LIVE * Over the weekend, we saw the Xbox LIVE service reach 1 million concurrent users * Gamers have unlocked more than 12 million achievements worth over 100 million gamerscore points in GTA * Grand Theft Auto IV set a new record for time played, with the average gamer spending more than four hours playing the game on LIVE in the first week alone [/QUOTE]
From the XNA Team Blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/xna/archive/2008/05/07/announcing-xna-game-studio-3-0-community-technical-preview-ctp.aspx ): [QUOTE] Today, we are delivering the first Community Technical Preview (CTP) of XNA Game Studio 3.0, giving you the ability to build games for the entire family of Zune media devices. This feature gives you access to the majority of the XNA framework APIs while retaining a seamless sense of integration with the Zune media experience. In addition, this release now requires either Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition and higher (C# language support must be installed), or Visual C# 2008 Express Edition (http://www.microsoft.com/express/vcsharp/Default.aspx ). Keeping with Zune media experience, the XNA Game Studio 3.0 integration includes discoverability/access to user's non-DRM music - allowing you to customize background soundtracks or create real-time visualizations. In addition, we've announced the ability to have multiple nearby Zunes wirelessly engage in an ad-hoc social gaming experience. A preview release of XNA Game Studio 3.0 is now available through the XNA Creators Club Online site (http://creators.xna.com (http://creators.xna.com/ )), with a final release scheduled for the holiday 2008 season. For those of you that prefer the shortest path to happiness, the direct link to the XNA Game Studio 3.0 CTP is here (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=DF4AF56A-58A7-474C-BFD0-7CF8ED3036A3&displaylang;=en ). There's three other important things we want you to know before you dig in: * Either Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition (http://www.microsoft.com/express/vcsharp/Default.aspx ) and higher (C# language support must be installed), or Visual C# 2008 Express Edition are required to install and run the XNA Game Studio 3.0 CTP. Visual Studio 2005 SKUs are not supported with XNA Game Studio 3.0 and beyond. However, you do not need to uninstall Visual Studio 2005 or XNA Game Studio 2.0, as those products will work side-by-side with Visual Studio 2008 and XNA Game Studio 3.0 CTP. * This current CTP does not enable Xbox 360 game development. Only Windows and Zune are supported in this CTP. If you want to build and deploy games for the Xbox 360, you must continue using XNA Game Studio 2.0 for now. * This CTP doesn't work in 64 bit yet. We plan to support it before RTM. [/QUOTE]
Team Xtender announced a new version of their 'XCM 360 Core Cooler': [QUOTE] XCM 360 core cooler version 2 can be used on all xbox 360 consoles (included the newest built in heat sink console) (http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/xcm-core-cooler/XCM.core.coolerv2_LED_3.jpg ) the XCM core cooler v.2 also can be used with XCM High Speed air cooler (more efficiency and powerful) or independently, unlike another brand of external fan,external Xbox 360 fan can only cool the temperature of the Xbox 360's outer surface but does not cool the temperature of the CPU/GPU; therefore, making them useless to combat CPU/GPU overheating. XCM 360 core cooler directly cools down the temperature from the core (CPU and GPU) of 360 console. [/QUOTE] Official Site: http://teamxtender.com (http://teamxtender.com )
From next-gen.biz (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task;=view&id;=10348&Itemid;=2 ): [QUOTE] Retail sales of Grand Theft Auto IV topped $500 million during its first week on sale, surpassing the all-time entertainment records for day one and week one sales by dollar value. According to publisher Take-Two, Grand Theft Auto IV sold approximately six million units globally with an estimated retail value of more than $500 million in the first week. The game sold approximately 3.6 million units on its opening day with a retail value of approximately $310 million globally. Halo 3 set the previous videogame box office launch record, generating $300 million in first week sales, while Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End held the all-time entertainment launch record after grossing $404 million in six days. [/QUOTE] Full Story: next-gen.biz (http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task;=view&id;=10348&Itemid;=2 )
From xinhuanet.com (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/07/content_8121501.htm ): [QUOTE] Microsoft China broke ground on Tuesday on a 280-million-U.S.-dollar research and development campus in Zhongguancun, Beijing's high-tech region. The campus, with two buildings offering 101,000 square meters of space, is expected to be completed in 2010 and will be the company's main overseas campus. About 5,000 employees will work at the facility. Microsoft founder and chairman Bill Gates had decided to build a research center in China after overseas revenues reached 60 percent of the total, which was in 2006, said Zhang Yaqin, board chairman of Microsoft China. [/QUOTE] Full Story: xinhuanet.com (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/07/content_8121501.htm )
From majornelson.com (http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/05/06/zune-2-5-now-available.aspx ): [QUOTE] If you own a Zune, version 2.5 of their software is now available for download. It has a bunch of new features - including TV and Movies on the Zune Marketplace. The Zune folks have posted a list of the new features (http://www.zune.net/en-us/support/usersguide/gettingstarted/whatsnew.htm ) on Zune.net. You can either download the software directly (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6136349F-2B32-4946-83B5-A09775531EF4&displaylang;=en ), or you'll be prompted for an update the next time your open your Zune software. [/QUOTE]
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