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gamer beware
If You Don't Care About Online Gaming: Banned XBOX 360s Available
Last week Microsoft banned a crapload of modified XBOX 360s from XBOX Live. If you happen to be one of those people who don't care about playing online, you might consider grabbing one on eBay or Craiglist. Then again, if you're looking for an XBOX 360 that actually works with XBOX Live, you might want to be wary of buying a used one right now. More » -
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Geek Squad Turns Your Laptop Into An XBOX 360?
Reader Taylor is a little concerned about his laptop. It died on Halloween and he took it in to Best Buy the next day. Two weeks later, he typed his order number into the Geek Squad website and found that a little Halloween magic had taken place. His laptop was now an XBOX 360. More » -
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Facebook Invades Xbox Next Week, PS3 Eventually
Fulfilling a promise made in June, Microsoft is trotting out a new firmware update Tuesday that lets you access Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm from your TV. More » -
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Xbox Gamer Says He Was Banned Online For No Reason
Jeff can no longer play his two Xbox 360s online because Microsoft has banned him with no explanation. When he calls customer service, he says he's accused of modding his consoles, which he insists he hasn't. More » -
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Student's Windows 7 Won't Work, CSR Transfers Him To Vacuum Seller
Chris is a student who bought Windows 7 through his university, then tried to install it to a new computer after his old one broke, but ran into problems. He called Microsoft customer service and ended up talking to Oreck Vacuums. More » -
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Microsoft Stores To Sell Bloatware-Free PCs
If you hate buying a new PC that's riddled with bloatware, you may want to pay a Microsoft Store a visit on your next computer shopping trip. They plan on selling PCs free of any third-party trial applications, reports OhGizmo. More » -
lukewarm mail
Xbox Live Customer Service Proves The Key To Solving Hotmail Woes
Richard, whose wife had her Hotmail account swiped by a hacker, was able to get it back by calling Xbox Live customer service, of all people. More » -
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What Do You Do When Your Hotmail Gets Hijacked?
Richard says his wife's Hotmail account was hacked, and now she can't get into her email or fix the problem via Microsoft's customers service online or over the phone. He writes: More » -
video games
Man Wakes Up To Find Dog Went On Xbox Spending Spree
A man claims his dog bought spent $62.50 on video games by chewing on his Xbox 360 controller at night, Kotaku writes: More » -
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Next Xbox Update Will Block Third-Party Storage Cards
A reader sent along this tip, and his complaint, that Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 360 update will block third-party storage devices. More » -
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A Look Inside Microsoft's First Retail Store
Destructoid's Conrad Zimmerman hoofed it to the world's first Microsoft Store in Scottsdale. People actually camped out overnight in order to be the first to get a look inside, which shows you how little there is to do in Arizona. More » -
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Burger King Welcomes Windows 7 With Seven-Patty Whopper
What could be more American than celebrating the launch of a new product with an almost comically unhealthy fast-food product? Unfortunately, the seven-patty Windows 7 Whopper is only available in Japan. More » -
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5 Legal Ways To Get Windows 7 For Under $120
Windows 7, Microsoft's big bucket of bugfixes, hits stores tomorrow. If you had enough foresight to take advantage of Microsoft's public beta and pre-order discounts earlier this year, you may already have a cheap version of the new OS. If not, here are a few ways to pick up Windows 7 now, without having to hand over $120, the lowest official price for an upgrade. More »
10:57 AM on Wed Oct 21 2009
By Marc Perton
31,560 views, 98 commentsMost discussed rbb: Where did you find that price at Academic Superstore. Windows 7 Ultimate is $319 or 219 for the upgrade... more »
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xbox 360
Guy Orders 20 Xboxes, Microsoft Won't Give Him Right Power Brick For Just One
Jon ordered 20 Xbox 360s and was happy with all of them, except for the one that came with a mis-matched power brick adapter. He called Microsoft customer service but says he was stonewalled, dealing with a rep who was either quite misinformed, lazy, lying, or some combination of the three. More » -
good news
T-Mobile Posts Instructions On How To Restore Sidekick Data
If you've been waiting impatiently to get your data back on your Sidekick, here's your opportunity. IntoMobile reports that T-Mobile has posted data retrieval instructions on its website. They note that most but not necessarily all contacts should be there, but if you're one of the unlucky few who lost all of your data, T-Mobile has a shiny $100 gift card for you.
"T-Mobile posts Sidekick contacts recovery instructions!" [IntoMobile]
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Coming Soon: Family Guy Windows 7 Infomercial (Sort Of)
Is it s sponsored special? A glorified infomercial? We're not sure, but on November 8, the Griffins of "Family Guy" will be hosting their own Windows 7 launch party of sorts, in the form of a half-hour special sponsored by Microsoft. More » -
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Microsoft: We May Have Recovered Sidekick Users' Lost Data
Maybe those lawsuits over the Sidekick data outage were a little premature. Microsoft, parent company of Sidekick maker Danger Inc, reports that they have recovered most, if not all, of users' lost data. Yay! More »
