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Woman struggles to prove to Microsoft's Xbox service agents that Nome, Alaska,
exists
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| Kim Galleher's nightmare may be coming to an end. The Nome, Alaska, mother
| has been trying since mid-February to get Microsoft to send her a shipping
| box so she could return her 13-year-old son's Xbox 360, which died of the Red
| Ring of Death in the depths of winter when going outside to play wasn't
| really an option.
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http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/techtracks/2009/03/12/woman_struggles_to_prove_to_microsoft_that_nome_al.html
Dear Microsoft: 'We exist.' Sincerely, Nome.
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| The Seattle Times describes the nightmare of a Nome mother trying to get
| Microsoft to acknowledge that she can, in fact, receive shipping.
|
| At issue: Trying to get the company to replace her son's broken Xbox 360
| after it died from the infamous "red ring of death." (I just had to do the
| same thing this winter.)
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http://community.adn.com/adn/node/139140
Recent:
Xbox 360 Update Triggers Red Ring of Death Rumors
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| Hysteria can make elephants out of mosquitos, so when I say there's a new
| Xbox 360 "red ring of death" rumor running rampant, digest with caution and
| sangfroid, dear reader.
|
| The panicked dispatch in question comes from a thread over at Microsoft's
| official Xbox forums titled "Todays [sic] Update Red Ringed my 360?" The
| message was posted on February 4th by a perplexed user and reads as
| follows...
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/159200/xbox_360_rrod.html?tk=rss_news
Related:
MS hit with Red Ring of Death lawsuit
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| Just four words can send a Microsoft Xbox 360 executive running for the
| hills. And they’ll be getting their trainers on now, because a Red Ring of
| Death lawsuit has been filed against Microsoft.
|
| A report by DailyGamesNews states that the lawsuit alleges Microsoft knew
| about the infamous RRoD problem as far back as 2005, but that the firm chose
| to hide Xbox 360 RRoD failure rates so that sales wouldn’t suffer.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/10/16/rrod_lawsuit_california/
Report: Microsoft Sued Over Xbox 360 Failures in California
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| The infamous red ring of death rears its head again, this time resulting in a
| lawsuit over recent revelations made in the press.
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http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/report-microsoft-sued-over-xbox-360-failures-in-california/?biz=1
Microsoft fires quality assurance whistle-blower
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| A VOLISH QA who exposed shonky production practices during the Red Ring of
| Death fiasco has been fired.
|
| Robert Delaware talked to Venturebeat on the Xbox 360 defects and might face
| litigation, presumably for violating a non-disclosure agreement.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/15/microsoft-fires-whistle-blowing
In-depth exposé reveals Microsoft’s Xbox 360 failure rate was 68%
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| The dreaded high failure rate issue with the Xbox 360, otherwise known as the
| Red Ring of Death, has received some in-depth coverage. We are talking about
| some serious coverage here with insider interviews with the original
| engineers that worked on the Xbox 360 all the way up to the high ranks of
| Microsoft.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft’s attitude of “release now and patch later” with the Xbox 360 has
| ended up costing billions of dollars as well as leaving many gamers angry. It
| is also speculated the reason for Microsoft’s decline in worldwide sales is
| directly attributed to the Red Ring of Death issue.
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http://gamer.blorge.com/2008/09/06/in-depth-expos-reveals-microsofts-xbox-360-failure-rate-was-68/
Mayhem for Microsoft over £500m bill for Xbox 360 red ring of death
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| Computer giants Microsoft are facing a £500million repair bill after their
| Xbox Elite consoles were hit by the notorious "red ring of death".
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology/2008/07/07/mayhem-for-microsoft-over-500m-bill-for-xbox-360-red-ring-of-death-89520-20634695/
PS3 tops Xbox 360 in May game console sales
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| Nintendo's Wii remains atop the monthly sales race in the U.S. video-game
| console market, but Sony's Playstation 3 beat Microsoft's Xbox 360 in May
| unit sales released by the NPD Group research firm today. Here's how the
| three consoles stacked up:
|
| Nintendo Wii: 675,100
| PlayStation 3: 208,700
| Xbox 360: 186,600
|
| [comment:]
|
| Guess the "inventory" excuse is now out. So maybe this explains why MSFT
| reshuffled management this week.
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http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141060.asp
Microsoft Xbox Executive out Amid Reshuffling
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| Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of global marketing for Microsoft's
| Interactive Entertainment Business, is leaving the company at the end of the
| summer to pursue other interests after only two years at the company,
| Microsoft said Thursday. Summer in the U.S. typically means the months of
| June, July and August.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147044/microsoft_xbox_executive_out_amid_reshuffling.html
X-Box flops, Microsoft winds up ops in several cities
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| It seems to be troubled days for Microsoft's X-Box as it seems the company is
| now winding up operations in several cities.
|
| [...]
|
| According to sources, the company has withdrawn from several Tier-I cities
| due to lackluster sales. Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division has also
| withdrawn the marketing budget for the current fiscal.
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http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/business/x-box-flops-microsoft-windsopsseveral-cities/21/01/338381
The Xbox 360 is dead
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| According to a report, if some Australian retailers had their way, the Xbox
| 360 would be dumped from their shelves.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17494/1093/
Xbox 360 On The Skids Retailers Consider Dumping It
http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Gaming/Industry/X7T4A4P6
MS showcases Red Ring of Death Xbox 360 at expo
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| Microsoft executives will be a little red-faced today after an Xbox 360 on
| display at this year’s Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco
| contracted the infamous ‘Red Ring of Death’ disease.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/19/red_ring_of_death_xbox_game_developers_conference/
Microsoft's own chip design blamed for Xbox 360 RRoD
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| The Xbox 360's infamous Red Ring of Death problem was the price Microsoft
| paid for attempting to save money by designing its own graphics chip for the
| console rather than buy one off a specialist supplier, it has been claimed.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/11/ms_xbox_gp/
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