Blu-ray Xbox 360 Planned By Microsoft
Rumours were circulating today that Microsoft is set to dump HD DVD and bring out a Blu ray Xbox 360 by as early as May 2008. The move will allow the Company to go head to head with the Sony PS3 gaming console which has been credited with being one of the main reasons that retailers have preferred Blu-ray over Toshiba’s HD DVD.
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18.2.2008 Blue death on my hand :)
Microsoft's Blue Hat Shows It's Serious About Security
For critics of Microsoft Corp.'s software, 2003 was a very good year. The appearance of the Slammer and Blaster worms was evidence?if any were necessary?that things had gone badly awry at the Redmond, Wash., software giant.
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At the Roots of Windows Blue Screen of Death
Unfortunately for Microsoft, one of the aspects of its proprietary operating system that has grown to become associated by default with the Windows brand is the Blue Screen of Death. BSOD, for short, is the result of a critical system error that will stop the operating system dead in its tracks and lead to a reboot.
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17.7.2008 Microsoft to Kill Windows XP Blue Edition
Microsoft is attempting to kill the “Blue Edition” of Windows XP. In mid-2008 the Redmond company discontinued the availability of retail and OEM licenses of Windows XP, with the exception of copies of the operating system going onto ultra-low-cost laptops and desktops.
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4.12.2008 Blue Badge patch for Windows 7 unlocks additional features
On November 2, Rafael Rivera, announced that his indications that the Windows 7 Pre-Beta Build 6801 has some locked additional options, were right.
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11.11.2008 The 5 Reasons Why Blu-Ray Will Win
This week Stephen Speicher and his engadget column The Clicker discusses the five reasons why he believes Blu-Ray will win the battle against HD-DVD. Some of the major points made are format security, computer manufacturer support, and overall capacity.
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COMPLETE List of Original Xbox Games Playable on Xbox 360
The folks at Xbox are working hard to add more of your favorite games to this list, so check back often for the latest updates.
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First 50GB Blu-ray Disc to Debut
Sony Pictures plans to make available the first 50GB dual-layer Blu-ray disc on Tuesday when it releases Adam Sandler's latest flick, "Click."
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10.10.2006 365 Days Later, Xbox 360 Unveils First Wave of TV Shows and Movies on Xbox Live
Xbox 360 offers the latest in entertainment options for everyone, from a library of 160 high- definition games expected by holiday to downloadable standard and high-definition TV shows and movies.
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22.11.2006 Blu-ray to Outline Launch Plans at CES
Blu-ray assured reporters and analysts at a demonstration Tuesday that the new DVD format is still on schedule for a spring 2006 release. The Sony-led group said it also planned to have specific launch plans available in the form of product announcements at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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30.11.2005 Dell Ships Laptop with Blu-ray Drive
Dell on Monday became the latest manufacturer to support Sony's Blu-ray discs in its notebook computers, a move that was largely expected as Dell is a founding member behind the format.
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12.12.2006 CES 2007: HD DVD vs. Blu-ray
With the realization today that the LG "Super Multi Blue" player is a bit lax on its capabilities in the HD DVD department, not to mention all-around, it's fair to say it's premature to declare the HD DVD vs. Blu-ray format battle over by any stretch of the imagination.
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10.1.2007 Sony chops price on Blu-ray player
Sony has announced its plans to slash the price of high definition, according the Associated Press. At a New York press conference, Sony talked up its forthcoming BDP-S300 Blu-ray player. The big selling point? Its $599 price.
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27.2.2007 Blu-ray BD+ Copy Protection Cracked!
It would seem that there's absolutely nothing out there, no type of copy protection system that can resist the hard efforts of ingenious "security researchers", especially when the respective system is designed to protect valuable multimedia content (namely, movies).
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31.10.2007 G.E. puts 500GB on a disc - Blu-ray killer?
General Electric says its researchers have achieved a breakthrough in digital storage technology that will allow standard-size discs to hold the equivalent of 100 DVDs.
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27.4.2009 Bill Gates talks about Blu-Ray to Princeton University
DP: There has been a lot of debate about the next generation Blu-ray and HD DVD technologies in recent weeks. It seems more and more companies are backing the Blu-ray standard. The current debate seems to harken back to the Betamax vs. VHS format war in the 1970s and 80s, where Betamax was ostensibly the superior technology yet it did not gain wide acceptance. Why is Microsoft not backing Blu-ray today ? a technology that many consider to be superior?
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"Father of DVD" blasts Sony's Blu-Ray plans
Warren Lieberfarb, who is known as the "Father of DVD" for his efforts to standardize the format while president of Warner Home Video, spoke yesterday at the European Video Perspectives conference about Sony, Blu-Ray, and the battle for the next video format.
Lieberfarb launched right into Blu-Ray versus HD DVD, but his comments were somewhat surprising. He stated that Hollywood had been "duped" into blindly following a battle between game consoles instead of making a decision based on their best interests.
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13.12.2005 Blu-ray Disc Sales Surpass HD DVD
Data from Nielsen indicates that sales of Blu-ray media for the first time has outpaced that of HD DVD; however, as expected, both camps in the high-definition format war have different ways of interpreting the data.
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24.2.2007 Microsoft Adding Sony Blu-ray Support To Windows
CEO Steve Ballmer said his company is working on Windows device driver support for the Blu-ray high definition movie format.
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12.3.2008 Hackers discover HD DVD and Blu-ray processing key
Hackers discover HD DVD and Blu-ray "processing key" -- all HD titles now exposed.
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14.2.2007 The Man Who Would Change Microsoft: Ray Ozzie's Vision for Connected Software
Ray Ozzie has a long and storied history of technological innovation, with accomplishments that include creating Lotus Notes and founding Groove Networks.
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14.4.2007 Adding Blu-ray and HD DVD to Vista Media Center
As part of my ongoing Vista Media Center project, I’m about to add Blu-ray and HD DVD playback capabilities to my living room system. I already know that the system is fully capable of recording and playing back over-the-air high-definition content.
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1.9.2007 Samsung Set to Launch Hybrid Blu-Ray/HD DVD Player
Samsung Electronics, one of the world’s leading producers of consumer electronics as well as microchips, on Friday said it would release the Duo HD player capable of Blu-ray disk (BD) and HD DVD playback this summer.
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13.4.2007 Samsung Finally Shows Off Its Unholy Hybrid Blu-ray - HD DVD Player
Although the rumors regarding Samsung's hybrid HD DVD / Blu-ray player have been circulating on the web for quite a long time, the company decided to keep it all under wraps for the past few months (in order to increase the customer's interest, perhaps?).
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26.7.2007 Recover Files from Damaged or Corrupted CD,DVD,HD DVD,Blu-Ray Disks
CD/DVD are optical storage media easily gets corrupted or damaged. CD & DVD discs have low durability and single scratch on CD/DVD will permanently damage your data.
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4.9.2009 Portable Xbox -- no, really!
So, maybe you weren't quite ready to set you lap on fire with that JoyTech LCD portable Xbox 360 setup -- we understand.
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6.6.2006 XBOX Experience
Gridplane spent a few months working with Microsoft’s XBOX 360 group developing concepts for the latest graphical user interface for the XBOX 360 console.
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30.1.2009 Inside Xbox 360: What's Next?
Now that Microsoft's Xbox 360 has launched in its three biggest markets--the United States, Europe, and Japan--it's time to turn our attention to the second phase of this exciting game console's life.
In the first phase, we saw the massively successful launch of the console along with 18 launch titles and numerous hardware peripherals. And all around the globe, millions of eager Xbox fans queued up outside of retail stores to be the first on the block to obtain one of the most eagerly awaited game machines in video game history. How will Microsoft follow up on this blockbuster debut and keep new and future Xbox 360 users happy throughout 2006?
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12.12.2005 The future of Xbox Live
Aaron Greenberg, responsible for the Xbox Live Marketplace content, was interviewed in a podcast of VGM Daily, and some interesting news surfaced:
First of all, the Xbox 360 is getting a "Virtual console" feature similar to what Nintendo planned for the Revolution, meaning older games (from other platforms) will be downloadable for a small price. The service will be officially announced at E3.
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14.4.2006Xbox 360 to get Blu-ray drive
Despite Microsoft previously denying any plans to ship Xbox 360 consoles with Blu-ray support, Pegatron Technology, an OEM subsidiary of Asustek
Computer, is reported to be preparing consoles with the next-gen optical drive built in.
Blu-ray support has been one of the Playstation 3's
strong advantages over Xbox 360 in the current console wars. It is estimated that 85% of Blu-ray players in use are PS3s.
Shipments of the
Blu-ray enabled Xbox 360 are to begin in the third quarter of 2008.
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05.05.2008Microsoft denies any Xbox 360 Blu-ray drive possibility
Three years ago at E3 2006, Bill Gates, former CEO of Microsoft, announced a Xbox 360 HD DVD player that was capable of playing HD-DVD's. After
the bloody war between HD-DVDs and Blu-ray discs was over and HD-DVD's were no more, Microsoft decided to discontinue the HD DVD drive for the
Xbox 360. Since then there have been multiple rumours regarding a possible Blu-ray drive coming to the Xbox 360. While statistics from the Digital
Entertainment Group clearly show a spike in Blu-ray movie sales (91% in the first half of this year), Microsoft once again denied that a Blu-ray
player for the Xbox 360 was in the making.
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24.07.2009Microsoft says no Blu-ray for Xbox 360
Microsoft Corp is not in talks to include Sony Corp's Blu-ray high-definition DVD technology in its Xbox 360 video game console, an executive said on
Wednesday.
The comments by Aaron Greenberg, group product manager for Xbox 360, poured cold water on recent speculation that
Microsoft could support Blu-ray after Toshiba Corp, backer of the rival HD DVD format, gave up when key movie studios and retailers abandoned the
technology.
"Xbox is not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Association to integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox
experience," Greenberg told Reuters in an interview.
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13.03.2008Xbox 360 Blu-ray console shipping by September?
For all of Microsoft's
denial, the Xbox 360
Blu-ray console
rumors just will not
die. In fact, they are getting more and more specific. The Chinese language
Economic Daily News is
reporting that Pegatron, an OEM subsidiary of ASUS, has won the order
from Microsoft to assemble the Xbox 360 with Blu-ray Disc ROM drive -- shipments are expected to being in Q3 of this year. Now come on Microsoft, just
come clean on the matter, we won't tell anyone.
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02.05.2008Again, Microsoft stomps out Xbox 360 Blu-ray rumors
Microsoft has again quashed rumors that it will ship a Blu-ray drive in or for the Xbox 360. This time, the speculation was fanned by
DigiTimes , which quoted industry sources who claimed that manufacturers had been chosen to start production of the drives...
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03.04.2008Microsoft Says NO Blu-ray 360…Again
Microsoft has once again denied the rumors that there will be a Blu-ray version of the Xbox 360. I think this about cements the fact that there will
be no Blu-ray on the 360, well, that and the fact Blu-ray sales figures have tanked since the format war ended.
"As we have stated,
we have no plans to introduce a Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360," said a Microsoft official in an email to GamePro on Monday. "Games are what drive
consumers to purchase game consoles, and we remain focused on providing the largest library of blockbuster games available."
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06.05.2008Microsoft Says No PS3 Blu-ray In Xbox 360
Microsoft's Xavier Bringue
has put rumors to rest stating
that Microsoft has no plans to
put a Blu-ray drive in the
Xbox 360 similar to how it is
in the Sony PlayStation 3.
The co-president of
the HD-DVD promotional group
stated that the medium is
still in the mix and far from
down and out like many
believe.
He continued
by stating that the
Blockbuster move to make
Blu-ray exclusive may be a a
factor but the most important
thing to the next-gen media
format war is the price and
with HD-DVD being cheaper, it
still stands a chance.
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23.06.2007New IBM supercomputer achieves petaflop
IBM has devised a new Blue
Gene supercomputer--the Blue
Gene/P--that will be capable
of processing more than 3
quadrillion operations a
second, or 3 petaflops, a
possible record. Blue Gene/P
is designed to continuously
operate at more than 1
petaflop in real-world
situations.
Blue
Gene/P marks a significant
milestone in computing. Last
November, the Blue Gene/L was
ranked as the most powerful
computer on the planet: it
topped out at 280 teraflops,
or 280 trillion operations a
second during continuous
operation.
Put
another way, a Blue Gene/P
operating at a petaflop is
performing more operations
than a 1.5-mile-high stack of
laptops. ..
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26.06.2007Report: Microsoft Preps External Blu-Ray Disc Optical Drive for Xbox 360
Unlike Toshiba Corp., which is still strictly against Blu-ray disc (BD) format, Microsoft Corp. has always said that it might release an external
Blu-ray optical disc drive for the Xbox 360 video game system if there is demand. According to market sources, the software giant does have plans to
offer its customers a BD option.
Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology Corp., a joint venture between Samsung Electronics and
Toshiba Corp., has been contracted to manufacture external Blu-ray disc drives for Microsoft Xbox 360 game console. While the exact specifications of
the product are unknown, it is rumoured that Microsoft aims at $100 - $150 price-point for the device in order to compete against Sony PlayStation 3
with Xbox 360 + external Blu-ray drive combination.
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08.10.2008Microsoft denies Lite-On Blu-ray rumour
Microsoft has officially denied that its working with a Taiwanese manufacturer to develop a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360.
On
Tuesday Register Hardware reported that
the software giant had inked a deal with Lite-On for the development of Xbox 360 Blu-ray drives. It was claimed the drives would
be integrated into a smaller and less power-hungry Xbox 360s.
But a Microsoft spokeswoman has since told Register Hardware that
the company has denied any such rumours. In a statement, Microsoft said: śNo. Lite-On is not manufacturing Blu-ray drives for Xbox 360ť.
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03.04.2008Pioneer develops 400GB blue laser disc
Pioneer has developed an optical disc that can hold up to 400GB of data, easily surpassing previously announced prototypes (see "
A battle brews between blue-laser optical disk and
tape").
The new disc manages to pack 16 layers, each with a 25GB capacity, into a conventional 12-centimeter diameter
optical disc. The new discs are similar to
Blu-ray Disc technology and slight
changes to the hardware on a Blu-ray drive would allow the new Pioneer discs to be used on one.
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07.07.2008Microsoft again: No Blu-Ray on Xbox
Shane Kim, vice president of strategy and business development for Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment business, tells me that the company has "no
interest" in adding Blu-Ray functionality to its console, opting instead to focus on digital distribution.
"I can categorically say
that we're not working on a Blu-Ray player for Xbox 360," says Kim. "To my knowledge, we don't have any intent to do that."
Kim,
though, says the company is more interested in pursuing digital distribution as a method for building its non-gaming audience.
Microsoft
backed up those claims Monday, unveiling a partnership with Netflix (allowing Xbox Live subscribers the ability to stream up to 10,000 movies and
television shows directly through their Xbox 360 starting this fall.
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16.07.2008Wal-Mart Goes Blue
In another loss for the HD-DVD camp, US retailer Wal-Mart today announced that its 4,000 stores (including Sam's Clubs) will move forward this
year with one hi-definition movie and hardware format: Blu-ray. The change will take place quickly over the next several months whereby the retailer
will phase out HD DVD offerings and reorganize shelf space. By June, Wal-Mart stores, Sam’s Clubs, www.walmart.com and www.samsclub.com will
offer only Blu-ray movies and hardware machines, as well as standard definition movies and DVD players, and up converts.
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16.02.2008Burning Questions: Why the
Rush to Blue?
You've heard the hype
surrounding forthcoming
high-capacity formats Blu-ray
Disc and HD-DVD. What
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22.09.2005Sony & Microsoft Discuss Blu-ray for Xbox 360
Sony is in talks with console rival Microsoft about offering a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360, according to a senior executive.
The
Japanese electronics maker has until now touted Blu-ray as an advantage its PlayStation 3 holds over Microsoft's console. Microsoft has backed
Toshiba's HD-DVD format and offered an HD-DVD drive that can be plugged into the 360.
But after Sony's victory last month in the
high-definition DVD format war, Stan Glasgow, Sony Electronics US president, said the two sides were now talking about Microsoft adopting Blu-ray.
A Blu-ray drive in a 360 would make Microsoft more competitive with the PS3, but it would also mean extra revenues for Sony's electronics
division. It would also add further cost to the 360, meaning a premium edition of the console could be necessary.
A Blu-ray drive could
be incorporated in its top-of-the-range Elite Xbox, or Microsoft could again offer a drive as a plug-in peripheral.
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07.03.2008Microsoft stands behind HD DVD for Xbox 360
Microsoft's director of global marketing for the Xbox 360, Albert Penello, told BetaNews this morning that the company will continue to push an HD
DVD drive for the Xbox 360, but acknowledged the external nature would enable it to ship a Blu-ray drive if Sony's format became the new
high-definition standard.
Penello also said that despite the rumors, Microsoft has never planned to ship an Xbox console with an
integrated HD DVD drive, but the decision has nothing to do with the uncertainty in the format war. Because neither standard was finalized when the
Xbox 360 shipped, Microsoft opted to use DVDs.
Changing that now could lead to confusion among consumers, Penello added,
especially if game developers were to make use of the larger space on HD DVD discs. He admitted that Sony's inclusion of Blu-ray in the PlayStation 3
has helped that format, but said Microsoft's add-on HD DVD drive alone has outsold all standalone Blu-ray players combined.
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09.01.2008Next-gen Xbox Speculation Summarized
There’s been a lot of speculation around Microsoft’s next version of the Xbox. Techradar took some of the rumors and summarized them nicely in this
article. What do you think?
We look at whether the 'Xbox 720' will feature a return to Intel chips, the inclusion of a Blu-ray drive,
and more storage than you can ever fill. ...The next question isn't necessarily 'what will the next Xbox look like?' but 'will there even be
one?'
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01.09.2008Columbia University professor could trigger a Blu-ray injunction
With a few victories already under her belt, a celebrated physicist seeks to leverage those wins in a contest to reclaim her legacy. The other side of
the story is that everything with a blue laser diode in it has just come under suspicion...
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22.03.2008Microsoft supports Blu-ray mastering in Windows; is Xbox next?
UPDATED Finally giving up the last vestiges of its exclusive support for the HD DVD format, Microsoft has quietly launched a beta test of
Windows-based mastering software for Blu-Ray discs...
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20.08.2008Microsoft's Current Stance on Blu-ray
Sure, I could throw a breaking headline at you, but this is all about killing off all those juicy rumours. As we know, Microsoft chose DVD for the
Xbox 360, and allowed those interested to go HD DVD. Now, with the HD market turning towards Blu-ray, the rumour mill is working overtime: we've
heard everything from "a Blu-ray add-on is inevitable", or more shockingly, that "the next 360 revision will support Blu-ray out-of-the-box".
Here’s what is really happening. 1UP interviewed Jeff Bell, the Corporate Vice President of Global Marketing for Microsoft's Interactive
Entertainment Business, and got all the facts straightened out.
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