Microsoft’s NXE storage ’solution’: Free memory cards, discounted HDD

Posted October 14th, 2008

From engadget.com:[QUOTE]Microsoft’s New Xbox Experience has been pored over and dated, but now that Major Nelson has revealed it requires “at least” 128MB storage available to work, where does that leave suckers Core and Arcade SKU Xbox 360 owners? Enter the Xbox 360 Memory Upgrade Program, doling out free 512MB MU’s or $20 20GB HDDs [...]

Microsoft Confirms Feature Cut from New Xbox 360 Dashboard

Posted October 14th, 2008

From shacknews.com:[QUOTE]Following up on reports that the new Xbox 360 dashboard will no longer feature photo and movie sharing, Microsoft has confirmed with Shacknews that the software update will launch without the ability to share movies with other Xbox Live members.
However, the update will still feature online Photo Sharing functionality when it arrives as a [...]

Confirmed: Obama Is Campaigning on Xbox 360!

Posted October 14th, 2008

From nytimes.com:[QUOTE]Last week we noted unconfirmed sightings of an “Obama for President” billboard in the Xbox 360 racing game Burnout Paradise. Today we’re able to report that it is, in fact, an official advertisement placed by the senator’s campaign team.
“I can confirm that the Obama campaign has paid for in-game advertising in Burnout,” Holly Rockwood, [...]