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Rumor: Microsoft Can Kill Xbox 360s Remotely
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| A bit of qualification: I follow 8BitJoystick’s Jake Metcalf on Twitter and
| he seems like a responsible writer. More importantly, he has a track record
| of digging up credible inside sources. He famously broke the news that Halo
| developer Bungie was leaving Microsoft (it was actually amusing to see bigger
| outlets laugh at him, then eat their words), and has posted a couple other
| juicy reports as well.
|
| So when Metcalf says the source was “well vetted,” I believe him, even if the
| source’s information leaves me skeptical simply because it’s so unbelievable.
|
| If the report is accurate, the obvious question remains: Does Microsoft have
| the legal right to do this? Yes, Metcalf argues, because hacking an Xbox 360
| is a violation of the console’s terms of service, as well as the Digital
| Millennium Copyright Act.
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http://technologizer.com/2009/05/14/rumor-microsoft-can-kill-xbox-360s-remotely/
Someone with an XBox 360 has just told me this is true (he had 6 broken
XBoxes), but the XBox 360 does not need such a switch. It just kills itself.
EU to levy huge fine on Intel, hearing set for Microsoft
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| The Europen Commission could fine Microsoft, force it to offer other
| browsers, or require a “kill switch” in Windows that would disable IE.
|
| Microsoft has added a “kill switch” of sorts to Windows 7 that will let
| users prevent IE8 from running. Opera’s CEO, however, has said that he
| considers Microsoft’s move to be insufficient. The company’s Windows 7
| Release Candidate (RC), which is expected to publicly launch tomorrow,
| will be the first chance most users have of testing that kill switch.
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http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4769
Recent:
Microsoft's Xbox 360: No More RROD For Me, But For How Long We'll Have To
See...
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| Back on Wednesday the 15th, I told you that my first-generation Xbox 360 game
| console had experienced the Red Ring of Death the prior Friday evening. I
| also shipped it off on the 15th, and the UPS tracking website reported that
| it was delivered to Microsoft's Mesquite, TX service facility at 10:15AM on
| the 21st.
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http://www.edn.com/blog/400000040/post/1240043924.html
Are Xbox 360's E74 Failure's The New RRoD?
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| According to polls conducted by Joystiq and Engagdet, E74 failures on Xbox
| 360's is on the rise. Joystiq asked readers to send in emails with reports of
| the failure, and recieved an overwhelming number of responses to their call.
| For those that aren't acquainted with the dreaded E74 failure, it's a problem
| that occurs when there is an AV cable error. On the surface anyway, because
| if the cable is still in working order (which it usually is) then it's a
| scaler chip problem, directly involving the ANA/HANA chip which is connected
| to the AV cable; or in some cases it's the GPU.
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http://www.talkxbox.com/article3097.html
Increase In Xbox 360 E74 Problems
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/23/0337244
New Xbox 360 Hardware Failures Being Reported in Significant Numbers
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| Xbox 360 failures are on the rise since the launch of the New Xbox Experience
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| A known Xbox 360 hardware issue is beginning to surface in significant
| numbers recently based on research conducted by video game site Joystiq.
| Tentatively called the Xbox 360 E74 error, one of the lights on the “Ring of
| Lights” on the front of your Xbox 360 console flashes red and you receive the
| error code and message: "E74. System Error. Contact Xbox Customer Support".
| The symptoms involve the bottom right portion of the indicator ring
| repeatedly flashing on and off and lines or snow will become visible across
| the screen.
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http://www.dailytech.com/New+Xbox+360+Hardware+Failures+Being+Reported+in+Significant+Numbers/article14662.htm
Microsoft Wants You to Pay for E74 Repairs on Xbox 360s over a year old
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| I had a misunderstanding in my pervious article on the Xbox 360 E74 error. It
| ends up that Microsoft is saying that it will repair an E74 error stricken
| Xbox 360 for free only in the first year since purchase since it is still
| covered under the basic one year warranty so the E74 is ONLY covered by the
| normal warranty. After that you have to pay to get it fixed. They will pay
| for shipping but E74 error victims will have to pay to get it fixed if their
| Xbox 360 is over a year old.
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| [...]
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| I am sure that the Xbox Red Ring of Death debacle has devalued the perception
| of Microsoft as a brand outside of videogames. The RROD and E74 runs the risk
| of turning an entire generation of future consumers away from seeing
| Microsoft favorably.
|
| I am not even going to mention how much the Jerry Seinfeld Windows Vista ads
| sucked.
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http://blog.seattlepi.com/digitaljoystick/archives/164950.asp?from=blog_last3
Xbox Live Cancels Year-Long Prepaid Account, Demands Another Year's
Subscription To Reactivate
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| Xbox Live has struck again, this time by screwing up the auto-renewal on a
| customer's account and ruining the prepaid annual membership he activated
| just three months ago.
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http://consumerist.com/5184516/xbox-live-cancels-year+long-prepaid-account-demands-another-years-subscription-to-reactivate
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