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NY Times on TV through Xbox360
The New York times has an interesting article on how Microsoft are positioning Xbox360 with major content providers, like Disney an ESPN to be a TV device in your living room. Nothing new there. Interesting that it’s popped up in the Business...
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Mon, Jan 01 2010 9:51 PM
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Sky TV coming to those with no dish
Sky have announced today that they’re partnering with FetchTV to launch their SmartBox set top box…their what? I’ve never seen this device before today, but there’s what looks like quite an interesting Freeview + (a DVB-TPVR) that can also connect...
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Thu, Oct 10 2009 2:20 PM
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Xbox update to fix HDMI Audio issues
It seems that when you start up your Xbox 360 today you'll be prompted to install a new mandatory update. The update will fix an issue that lots of people have been having with audio over their HDMI connection. Gizmodo reported on the problem a while...
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Tue, Feb 02 2009 10:16 AM
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Xbox Experience is here
Well folks, there you have it. The New Xbox Experience, NXE. If you’ve turned on your Xbox today then you’ll have a nice little update download to your console. So what are you going to do with it now? You could do one of these things...
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Wed, Nov 11 2008 4:44 PM
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Connect your Xbox 360 to Twitter
I was looking for people to follow on Twitter the other day and using Twitter search I typed in “Media Center””. I found loads of updates from people saying they were watching Media Center content on their Xbox 360. I though to myself...
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Mon, Nov 11 2008 2:29 PM
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More Xbox 360 Experience info
I feel like I’ve come to the Xbox 360 party really late and right now I feel like I’m making up for it in posts about the Xbox 360. CrunchGear have just posted an excellent preview of the new Experience along with a great Video, it’s well worth...
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Wed, Oct 10 2008 3:33 PM
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PlayOn - Hulu on your Xbox360, or HP Media Smart TV!
Lifehacker have posted about PlayOn which can stream Hulu and some other services to your XBox and a host of other stuff. I've just signed up for the Beta and installed it...but first a word from PlayOn about how it works: MediaMall's PlayOn software...
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Wed, Oct 10 2008 9:00 AM
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Netflix gets some Silverlight Goodness
In a press release today , presumably partly timed around PDC, Netflix have announced that they’re going to start streaming TV and Movies using Silverlight to deliver the content instantly. Why have Netflix chosen Silverlight, well it looks like...
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Mon, Oct 10 2008 8:59 PM
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I’ve got an Xbox 360, now what should I do with it?
A couple of days ago I got an XBox 360, the one with the 60gb drive. Now I’m wondering what I should do with it! I’ve used Ian’s guide to get it running as an extender, currently it’s sitting right next to my Media Center so it’s...
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Mon, Oct 10 2008 7:31 PM
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