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Xbox 360 Project Natal to cost $150?
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| Rival Sony is releasing its PlayStation
| Move motion control system later this
| year, bundled with a game, for $100 USD.
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http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2010/05/27/xbox_360_project_natal_to_cost_150
How To Fix Xbox 360 Red Ring Of Death (3 Red Lights) With Home Repair Solution?
http://www.mysoutex.com/pages/business_details/listing_details?id=25386507-how-to-fix-xbox-360-red-ring-of-death-3-red-lights-with-home-repair-solution
failure rates, which are a serious issue that's hardly discussed anymore
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| Ex-Apple exec criticizes Ballmer over Xbox
| 360 high failure rate â Microsoft becoming
| irrelevant?
|
| In a surprising move, a former Apple exec
| heavily criticized Microsoftâs CEO Steve
| Ballmer over his conduct with Vista and
| the Xbox 360âs high failure rate issue.
| The former exec accused Ballmer of letting
| his âunderlingsâ take the fall while he
| remains unapologetic.
|
| Former Apple exec, Jean-Louis GassÃe wrote
| a lengthy piece warning shareholders to
| worry about Ballmer. According to GassÃe,
| Ballmer seems to be mismanaging Microsoft
| and shifting blame elsewhere.
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http://gamer.blorge.com/2010/06/01/ex-apple-exec-criticizes-ballmer-over-xbox-360-high-failure-rate-microsoft-becoming-irrelevant/
Three consoles later, hard-luck Xbox user seeks solace in court
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| Lawsuits over Microsoft's Xbox 360
| hardware glitches are nothing new, and the
| company has acknowledged its past problems
| with a gigantic write-off and a warranty
| extension.
|
| But the latest proposed class-action suit
| against the company stands out for the
| sheer run of misfortune alleged by the
| plaintiff, Michael McKinney of Hamilton
| County, Ohio. Even better, McKinney's
| lawyer is one Eric Deters -- better known
| around Northern Kentucky as "The Bulldog"
| -- who comes complete with his own theme
| music.
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http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/06/three_consoles_later_hard-luck_xbox_360_user_seeks_solace_in_court.html
Microsoft forced Bungie to accept 'Combat Evolved' name
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| Bungie has revealed that Microsoft
| marketeers forced it to put the infamous
| 'Combat Evolved' tagline on its original
| Halo - something the studio said it
| "hated".
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http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=249196
Related:
TSMC says Microsoft to use its 90 nm DRAM process for Xbox
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| "Microsoft's selection of the TSMC 90nm eDRAM process for the graphics-rich
| Xbox 360 is an important validation of the capability and maturity of the
| technology," said John Wei, senior director of platform marketing, advanced
| technology division of TSMC, in a statement on its Web site.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKTP16921320070816?rpc=44
Microsoft: XBox 360 Price Drop Won't Fix Broken Strategy
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| So in the end, it doesnât matter if the 360 is $50 or even $100 less.
| Ultimately, the price cut will just reveal how niche the system has become.
|
| Exactly. Come on, guys. The blogosphere, be it the guys at GigaOM, Chris
| Kohler at Wired Game I Life or myself, have come up with some pretty rational
| approaches for how you can get it together. Unfortunately, however, our
| protestations seem to fall on deaf ears. Best of luck with your "winning
| strategy." I guess you know best.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070809/43985_id.html?.v=1
Cringely the Unemployable on the fallacy of Web 2.0, Microsoft ruthlessness,
and the CB radio of our decade
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| Davidson: Which software company would you hate to compete against? What
| makes you single them out?
|
| Cringely: Microsoft of course. They have the deepest of pockets, unlimited
| ambition, and they are willing to lose money for years and years just to make
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| sure that you don't make any money, either. And they are mean, REALLY mean.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
| Davidson: Why do you think Microsoft is mean? Are you implying some kind of
| malicious intent rather than just ruthlessness?
|
| Cringely: Maybe "mean" is the wrong word to use for Microsoft. "Ruthless" is
| good. The company is built in the image of Bill Gates and Bill is a guy who
| gets caught-up in the game of business and doesn't typically see its personal
| cost. To use what might seem to be an obscure example, just look at all the
| various partnerships and industry consortia that Microsoft has announced
| through the years that never produced a product or even a usable
| specification. There have been literally dozens of these operations that are
| intended solely to freeze the competition until Microsoft can figure what the
| heck it actually wants to do. To Microsoft its a PR exercise that helps them
| compete but to customers it is just a damned lie. That's ruthless. There are
| plenty of other examples I can give but you get the point. I represent the
| concerns of users, not vendors, and Microsoft doesn't really care about
| users.
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http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2007/07/cringely-the-un.html
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