Posts Tagged ‘xbox’

After 4 Years, Has MS Finally Solved the Xbox RRoD Problem?

Friday, September 4th, 2009

FairTrade, the company that's making this claim, bases their little theory on failure rates correlated with purchase date. Before the Jasper chipset, they were atrocious. But after? Not too bad!

"In Q4 2008, Jasper units started arriving, although we believe units purchased during this period continued to be a mix of Falcon and Jasper models. Even with this mix, we projected the 1-year failure ...

Tekken 6 finally dated

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Having first been revealed over four years ago, Namco Bandai has at last named a release date of October 27th for Xbox 360 and PS3 brawler Tekken 6, according to GameSpot.

That’s for North America, of course – though no European date has been confirmed, an October 30th arrival now seems highly likely. There’s still no release date for the PSP version.

Furthermore, the publisher has revealed a pair of ...

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Returns

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

One of the most celebrated fighting games in history is coming back for another round! Check out the first teaser trailer, art and details for "Marvel vs. Capcom 2"!

Nine years after taking the arcade gaming scene by storm and over six years after making its original home console debut, "Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes" returns! Slated to hit Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade and PS3's PSN, expect ...

Xtival 09 delivers free Xbox Live access

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

It’s that time of year again and, as gaming expo fever starts to build and E3 and GCDC loom large on the horizon, Microsoft Corp. is drumming up consumer interest by once again offering temporarily free access to its Xbox Live multiplayer and multimedia experience.

Made available through its returning ‘Xtival’ special event, Redmond-based Microsoft will take away the pay-to-play restriction tied into Xbox Live Gold account memberships between May 01 and May 04, subsequently granting anyone with an Xbox 360 access to the full and complete service.

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Eight Tiny Domain Deals for the Holidays

Last year we brought you the 12 Days of Domains promotion and you loved that. This year we’re bring you 8 Tiny Domain Deals – all for under $8 USD.

Datel sues Microsoft over Xbox 360 memory unit crackdown

The suit seeks an injunction to prevent Microsoft from “disabling or erecting technological barriers to Datel accessories,” in current and future game consoles. It also seeks unspecified monetary damages.

The Samsung Instinct (aka iPhone Hunter)

Despite what we and other media have hinted at, despite what Sprint itself is spending a lot of money trying to convey, the Samsung Instinct is not an iPhone killer. To be sure, Samsung and Sprint borrowed liberally from the iPhone playbook when it came to look and feel. But the comparison itself isn’t [...]

CSI Stick grabs data from cell phones

If someone asks to borrow your cell phone, or you leave it unattended, beware!
Unless you actually watch them use it, they may be secretly grabbing every piece of your information on the device, even deleted messages. If you leave your phone sitting on your desk, or in the center console of your car while the [...]

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