A free weekend of Xbox Live Gold
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1.4.2006 Amazon offers 40% off Xbox Live Gold Subscription
Amazon.com recently unveiled it's latest accessory sale, and one of the more popular items that went on sale is an Xbox Live Gold Subscription.
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19.1.2009 Just One More Release Before Windows Vista Goes Gold
Microsoft will release just one more build of Windows Vista for testing before the code goes gold, said Brad Goldberg, the general manager for the Windows client business group.
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1.10.2006 Office 2007 to Go 'Gold' This Month
Microsoft is winding down the beta program for Office 2007 as it prepares for a release to manufacturing before the end of the month. On October 25, Microsoft will close its Office Preview site and stop allowing downloads of the beta.
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9.10.2006 Nearly 7 years after original, a new Windows XP goes gold
On August 24, 2001, Microsoft released to manufacturing the final version of Windows XP. 6 years and 11 months later, a new version of XP has gone gold, this time for the OLPC XO computer, also known as the "$100 laptop."
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25.7.2008 Microsoft launches new Xbox360 Elite bundle with 2 gold games
CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY AND FINISH THE FIGHT WITH THE XBOX 360 GAME OF THE YEAR BUNDLE
For a Limited Time, Get Fable II and Halo 3 with Xbox 360 Elite.
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20.4.2009 Microsoft to Offer Education Grants
Microsoft Research is coughing up $1.2 million in order to fund academic research aimed at bringing technology to the under-privileged, focusing specifically on making computing more affordable, accessible and relevant to local culture. Two separate programs were launched Thursday.
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Yahoo rebuffs Microsoft offer
Terry Semel, chairman and chief executive of Yahoo, said on Wednesday he had turned down an offer from Microsoft to buy a stake in Yahoo?s search business and that discussions about Bill Gates? software group acquiring the company had not taken place.
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14.5.2006 Pirates quick to offer Vista
AS MICROSOFT kicked off the global launch of its long-awaited Windows Vista, the software giant's new operating system also hit the streets of China - in pirated form.
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2.2.2007 Microsoft to offer third beta of collaboration tool
Microsoft has released the third beta version of its Team Foundation Server (TFS) software for application lifecycle management, a Microsoft representative said.
Available to Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) subscribers, the beta release will be feature-complete and is based on the September SQL Server 2005 Community Technology Preview, according to Microsoft. The beta will function with the Visual Studio 2005 Release Candidate made available to MSDN subscribers and attendees of the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference last week.
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Microsoft freebie Vista offer "sold out"
It sounded like a scam: visit this website, watch a few videos and get a free copy of Windows Vista or Office 2007.
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5.12.2006 Microsoft to Offer Beta Release of Popfly
At the Web 2.0 Summit, CEO Ballmer also will touch on Silverlight and announce the beta of Windows Live Photo Gallery.
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19.10.2007 Yahoo formally rejects Microsoft offer
Yahoo has formally rejected Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid as inadequate.
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11.2.2008 Vista, Office 2007 Free Gift Offer!
Want to have a free gift in your mail... howbout Windows Vista or Microsoft Office 2007?
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30.11.2006 Microsoft yanks free Vista, Office offer
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday withdrew an offer of free copies of Windows Vista Ultimate and Office 2007 in exchange for consumers agreeing to install monitoring software, saying it had exhausted the supply of software.
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12.12.2007 The low-cost laptop offer Microsoft cant refuse
As the release of low-cost laptops based on Intel's upcoming Atom processor draws near, Microsoft is getting boxed into a corner.
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1.4.2008 Pirate Bay to offer cheap, unlogged VPN
Back in July 2008, torrent tracker The Pirate Bay announced plans to encrypt the Internet. That hasn't happened yet, but they plan to offer a VPN tunneling service to the public starting April 1.
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24.03.2009 Microsoft may offer Windows 7 on thumb drive for netbooks
Microsoft has shown Windows 7 running on netbooks even since it first introduced the operating system, however, helping consumers getting it on there may prove a bit tricky.
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27.6.2009 TV Guide to Offer Web Video Search Tool
Gemstar-TV Guide International Incorporated, which has helped viewers navigate through thousands of TV shows for 53 years, now wants to do the same for Internet video.
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25.3.2007 Microsoft to offer code protection, validation to other software developers
Microsoft is planning to deliver on October 1 to third-party software developers a set of technologies that will allow them to add code protection and activation mechanisms to their own software.
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13.7.2007 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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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 Microsoft to offer Vista Family Pack discount for Ultimate users
Even though the retail launch of Windows Vista just a couple of weeks away, Microsoft is still continuing to fine-tune its licensing and pricing details.
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16.1.2007 Microsoft and PC vendors to offer upgrade coupon to promote Windows Vista-capable PCs in 4Q
Microsoft and the world's leading PC vendors have reached an agreement to promote the long-awaited Vista OS by offering PC buyers worldwide a free upgrade coupon, as a way of encouraging them to buy a Vista-capable PC as early as possible, according to market sources, citing information leaked from Taiwan-based PC makers.
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10.8.2006 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 Microsofts 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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14.4.2006 Xbox Live 3.0 Tuesday
Xbox Live is set to go offline from 02:00 - 15:00 Tuesday Pacific Time (10:00 Tuesday - 01:00 Wednesday GMT).
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1.5.2006 PlayStation 3 vs Xbox 360
We dig beyond the hype to see how Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3 stacks up against Microsoft's big white box.
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11.6.2006Microsoft launches XBox 360 Gold giveaway
Even with recent news that Microsoft is planning on laying off about 17% of it's employees, the software giant launched it's Lunar New Year
promotion. From now until February 15th 2009, residents of Hong Kong will have an opportunity to win some golden XBox 360's. Although these
consoles are not solid gold, they are worth a lot more than what participants will have to pay to enter the competition. To enter the competition you
need to purchase a XBox 360 with a 60GB hard drive or an XBox 360 elite. The last step is sending an e-mail to Microsoft explaining why you love your
XBox.
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17.01.2009Free Xbox Live Gold Weekend
Do you have a Xbox 360? Do you
want to get FREE Xbox Live
access for 3 days?
Well, according to a
deal with Verizon, Microsoft
announced it would provide
FREE XBOX LIVE ACCESS from
March 31 to April
2 to any 360 owner.
Dubbed the
Xbox Live Gold
Weekend events would
include multiplayer
tournaments, Play and Win
contents, and more! Verizon
has also announced it would be
giving out 1 million
Microsoft Points to
lucky Xbox Live members.
Though there is
nearly 3 weeks worth of
waiting, mark your calendars
NOW to take advantage of
Microsoft's promotion!
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11.03.2006MS Entices Users with Free
Xbox Live
Through a sponsorship deal
with Verizon, Microsoft said
Friday it would allow free
Xbox Live access from March 31
through April 2 to any Xbox
360 owner. Called the Xbox
Live Gold Weekend, events
would include multiplayer
gaming, leaderboard
tournaments, and Play and Win
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10.03.2006Microsoft hooks up Xbox Live subs with free Arcade title
Looks like Microsoft is going to do the right thing:
as anticipated, Xbox
Live General Manager Marc Whitten states in a letter to customers that, as recompense for nearly two weeks of
outages, the group is offering up a full, free Xbox Live Arcade title free of
charge. Sounds like it won't be until the next couple of weeks before the offer is active, but it will indeed apply to "all" Xbox Live members, and
assuming it's for games worth more than 200 Microsoft points, it will be net positive for Gold users who lost about $1.64 worth of Live service over
the last twelve days. Well done Microsoft, we think most will consider the stinging pain eased. Memo posted after the break.
Update: Confirmed, it's Gold AND Silver members. If you have an Xbox Live account, Microsoft just gave you a free game.
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04.01.2008Gears of War for Windows Goes Gold
Microsoft Game Studios announced today that the eagerly-awaited
Gears of War for
Windows has gone gold and will hit retailers throughout North America on November 6th.
With the Xbox 360 version of the game
selling more than 4 million copies to date, Gears of War has been lauded by critics for its gripping campaign and fast-paced multiplayer action.
Windows gamers can look forward to the Gears of War experience for the very first time, and will get to choose between doing battle via mouse and
keyboard, or using the Windows-enabled Xbox 360 controller. From renowned developer Epic Games, Gears of War for Windows will engage gamers in
hyper-realistic combat, allowing players to fight for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the bowels
of the planet.
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20.10.2007Gears of War Officially Goes Gold
Thanks
to V
oodoo Extreme for the
heads up.
Microsoft Game Studios
and Epic Games, Inc. announced
today that "Gears of War"
has gone gold. To celebrate
the passing of the "gone
gold" development milestone,
a sneak preview of the TV and
cinematic trailer is available
now on Xbox Live.
Emerging onto store
shelves acrosss the nation on
Nov. 12, "Gears of War" is
set to deliver exciting action
and horrific battles that can
only be created by a chainsaw
bayonet this Holiday.
Xbox
Live will celebrate Emergence
Day with 24-hours of special
events beginning at 12:01 a.m.
on Sunday, Nov. 12. Xbox Live
Gold members in North America
will have a chance to
participate in online
tournaments, download videos,
win prizes and participate in
a variety of activities.
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26.10.2006One million users already for Xbox's Watch Instantly, says Netflix
The number of Xbox 360 users downloading the Watch Instantly application from Netflix has now reached the 1 million mark, according to Microsoft and
Netflix. Introduced less than three months ago, the application is designed to let Xbox Live Gold members use their TVs to watch movies and television
shows streamed from Netflix to an Xbox gaming system from Microsoft.
By now, Xbox customers have used the application from Netflix to watch
1.5 billion minutes of movies and TVs, the companies maintained in a statement. Over 12,000 movies and TV episodes are available for instant viewing
through Netflix, with a growing percentage available in high definition format. Beyond supporting Netflix streaming in the US, the Xbox Live Video
Marketplace also offers more than 17,000 other pieces of standard and HD content...
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06.02.2009Xbox 360 with Facebook and Twitter integration
Microsoft officially announced today at E3 that the Xbox 360 will soon integrate with the very popular social networks Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and
UK's Sky TV. Users will be able to view videos, photos, read and post status updates all from their Xbox 360 dashboard. The update will include
the ability to send friends over Facebook invites to play games directly from their console, as well as news feeds from friends with users avatars.
Twitter users will also enjoy the benefit of posting Twitter updates directly from their Xbox 360 console, also read their friends postings. Xbox
Live Gold Subscribers will also be able to listen to streaming music from their console through Last.fm.
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02.06.2009Xbox Live Gets TV, Movie Downloads
Microsoft late Monday
announced a major new
initiative to offer television
shows and movie downloads via
its Xbox Live service, further
transitioning the Xbox 360
from video game console to
consumer home entertainment
device.
Photos:
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07.11.2006Amazon Drops Xbox Live Price to $30
Make what you will of Sony's embryonic
PlayStation Home, the PS3's online matchmaking service ultimately costs nothing, while Microsoft's Xbox Live equivalent reaches into your
wallet and extracts $50 annually. It's all a bit strange, really, considering the Xbox's Windows-based sibling, Games For Windows Live,
made the transition to "on the house" this summer.
Now
Amazon's thrown a $20 curveball at the issue by discounting their
Xbox 360 Live
12 Month Gold Card plus 1 Month Bonus card, making the new price just $29.97 -- a 40% markdown.
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19.01.2009One Million Xbox LIVE Members Download and Activate Netflix on Xbox360
Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) today announced that 1 million Xbox LIVE Gold members have downloaded and activated
the groundbreaking Xbox LIVE application from Netflix since the alliance launched last November. In less than three months the Xbox LIVE community has
watched instantly 1.5 billion minutes of movies and TV episodes.
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05.02.2009Xbox 360 2007 Fall Dashboard Update
As promised, Microsoft is bringing some early gifts to your Xbox 360 just prior to the holiday season. Beginning at 0200 A.M. PST on December 4, 2007,
the Xbox 360 Fall Dashboard Update will be available for all connected Xbox 360 consoles free of charge, bringing a herd of new features and
enhancements to the leading gaming and entertainment system.
Among the key new enhancements are the previously announced Xbox
Originals game download service, Family Timer parental control feature, and expanded social networking experiences. Xbox 360 owners can also look
forward to enhanced navigation, profile, and video features and Xbox LIVE® Arcade Hits. As well to visual enhancements to the Xbox Live Marketplace
and the rest of the dashboard as well.
The update will be digitally distributed over Xbox LIVE to the more than eight million
Xbox LIVE members worldwide (Xbox LIVE Silver and Gold) with no disc or hard drive required. If you have no account, you can easily sign up for one
free of charge either online on the official Xbox website or through your Xbox 360 console.
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04.12.2007Xbox Live to Offer ESPN TV Downloads
ESPN said Monday that it had signed a deal with Microsoft to bring some of its programming to Xbox Live, including games and television shows...
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05.11.2007Xbox Live to Offer Disney Films in HD
Microsoft has forged an
agreement with Disney to offer
the studio's movies for
rental via Xbox Live.
High-definition films will
cost 480 Microsoft points,
while those in
standard-definition run 320
points. Older films are priced
at 360 points and 240 points.
All films can be watched for
24 hours after downloading
before they expire...
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11.07.2007Microsoft preps Best of Halo Xbox 360 bundle
Microsoft on Friday hoped to jumpstart
Xbox 360 sales in Europe with a special edition console
pack timed for the release of
Halo Wars. The Best of Halo edition will include a stock 60GB Pro console but also a copy of
Halo
Wars as well as
Halo 3, letting gamers interested in the newer real-time strategy game also improve their knowledge of the game's
history with last year's title. It also gives buyers a month's worth of Xbox Live Gold to try either game in multiplayer as an incentive to
subscribe later.
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30.01.2009Urban Mining Grows as Gold Prices Soar
Those of you who have simply been throwing away old cell phones and electronics may have to think again: urban miners are taking full advantage of
record metal prices by scavenging through the scrap metal in old electronic products in search of such gems as iridium and gold. The materials
recovered are reused in new electronics parts and the gold and other precious metals are melted down and sold as ingots to jewelers and investors as
well as back to manufacturers who use gold in the circuit boards of mobile phones because gold conducts electricity even better than copper. " It
can be precious or minor metals, we want to recycle whatever we can, " said Tadahiko Sekigawa, president of Eco-System Recycling in Japan.
According to one study, a ton of ore from a gold mine produces just 5 grams (0.18 ounce) of gold on average, whereas a tonne of discarded
mobile phones can yield 150 grams (5.3 ounce) or more. The same volume of discarded mobile phones also contains around 100 kg (220 lb) of copper and 3
kg (6.6 lb) of silver, among other metals. " To some it's just a mountain of garbage, but for others it's a gold mine, " said Nozomu
Yamanaka, manager of the Eco-Systems recycling plant where mounds of discarded cell phones and other electronics gadgets are taken apart for their
metal value.
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27.04.2008AOL Goes Digging for
Spammer's Gold
AOL's efforts to seize money
from a convicted spammer has
led the company to the front
yard of a home in
Massachusetts. Buried in the
earth are gold and platinum
bars Davis Wolfgang Hawke
purchased with his illicit
earnings, AOL believes...
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17.08.2006Xbox Live Gold To Get Paid Content First?
As the fuss over
Lumines Live! dies down (until
they release another booster
pack, at least), Microsoft's
kicking up another bit of Xbox
Live controversy as the fall
gaming season kicks into gear
by premiering downloadable
content to XBL Gold
subscribers before Silver
members are allowed access.
This practice started last
night with the fantastic new
Gears of War trailer.
"
So here is the
deal..Silver members WILL get
access to this..probably in
about a week. This is going to
happen more and more (Gold
getting things before Silver)
so you may want to think about
upgrading if you want all the
latest and greatest trailers,
demos etc." -- Major
Nelson
Let's
get this straight: out of
nowhere, just as Microsoft's
under close scrutiny for its
marketplace content as it is,
they decide to start charging
for exclusive early access to
downloadable content? At least
Q Entertainment could've
taken much of the blame for
Lumines scenario, but not
here. Scarier, the next step
would be to start making
content completely exclusive
to paying members, rather than
migrating the content over
eventually.
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27.10.2006Microsoft Opens Up Halo 3 Beta
Microsoft's Bungie Studios
has put the call out for beta
testers of the next
installment of the Halo game
series for the Xbox 360
console, set to offer for the
first time a multiplayer
aspect of the game through
Xbox Live...
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06.12.2006Xbox LIVE Hits 10-Million members
The Xbox Live community has continued to grow since it first launched back in November of 2002. Microsoft recently announced that it reached 10
-million members both gold and silver membership. Reaching it six months before Microsoft estimated it to. Xbox LIVE connects millions of members
across 26 countries to enjoy hundreds of multiplayer games, downloadable games via Xbox LIVE Arcade, free and premium playable game demos, music
videos, TV shows and movies in the United States as well as extra game content like new levels, characters, and vehicles for all their favorite retail
games. All in the comfort of one area called the Xbox LIVE marketplace.
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