Microsoft's Mediaroom 2.0 running on the Xbox 360 (Saturday 09th of January 2010 02:41:00 PM)
Hearing about using an Xbox 360 as set top box for IPTV providers like AT&T's U-Verse is one
thing, but seeing it in action is another. As you can see from the video after the jump, the
existential is very fluid and isn't what we'd ...
(more)You Rock Guitar spotted at CES, we shred on video (Saturday 09th of January 2010 12:08:00 AM)
Surely you think the You Rock Guitar from earlier this week. How could you forget, right? Well
here on the CES show floor, we had the contingency to rock out (gently, of course) with the
lightweight, multitouch Guitar Hero / Rock Band controller -- which ...
(more)MS developer talks tech, Natal 'correctly positions your hand even if it's held behind your back' (Friday 08th of January 2010 03:39:00 PM)
We now know that Natal is going to make it out before the end of the year (if all goes well),
but the company is still keeping a lot of secrets about the automation and being rather stingy
with hands-on time. Natal lead creator Alex ...
(more)Razer breaks out of the PC gaming scene with pair of Xbox 360 peripherals (Friday 08th of January 2010 07:21:00 AM)
It sure has taken its time, but it looks Razer has finally decided to try its hand at a
console gaming peripheral. While they've both ostensibly yet to be altogether finalized or
approved by Microsoft, the company is nonetheless showing off its Onza ...
(more)NPD: Wii reclaims lead in US sales, but console gaming market shrinks by a fifth (Friday 13th of November 2009 04:23:00 PM)
The NPD has released its US video game charge figures for October, which reveal that total
monthly revenue from hardware, system windows and accessories among all manufacturers fell to
$1.07 billion, constituting a 19 percent drop from what the stars ...
(more)Xbox 360 officially the only console to stream Netflix -- sorry, PS3 and Wii (Tuesday 11th of August 2009 01:27:00 PM)
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We veritably had to brush the fog off of our spectacles to ensure that hazy temperature weren't
clouding our comprehension abilities, but sure enough, that ...
(more)Bill Gates: Natal for Windows coming to an office near you (Wednesday 15th of July 2009 10:58:00 AM)
The idea of bending over to pick up a virtual tennis racket in front of that 50-inch flat
screen in our living room makes perfect sense to us. In fact, we can't wait to see Natal come
to the Xbox platform. However, the idea of ...
(more)Ben Heck's latest portable Xbox 360 adds sleek white finish, Jasper motherboard (Monday 06th of July 2009 12:33:00 AM)
Even after five iterations, Ben Heck's portative Xbox 360 models are still a spectacle to
behold -- he seems to keep outdoing himself every time, both in functionality and style. This
latest model has the appearance of an oversized plastic polycarbonate ...
(more)Engadget Podcast 151 - 06.19.2009 (Friday 19th of June 2009 08:57:00 PM)
It's been one hell of a month, hasn't it? New Palm phones, new iPhones, a big Kindle, that
Natal thing... LL Cool J. Yes, a lot has happened in the past few weeks, and it's tough to
contain all of that exertion inside one teensy ...
(more)Project Natal basis for new Xbox console coming Fall 2010? (Saturday 13th of June 2009 12:24:00 PM)
We'd be careful about putting too much stock into an admittedly far off rumor, but the gang at
1UP claim they've heard from those in the know that Microsoft's set to release a new Xbox
console in Fall 2010, and that current media darling Project ...
(more)Nyko launches Type Pad Pro for Wii, gonzo Zoom Case for DSi (Tuesday 02nd of June 2009 03:00:00 PM)
Oh, Nyko -- always keeping us on our toes. After showcasing the Wii Pistol Grip at CeBIT, the
company is swinging big at E3 with a few new accessories. control gate things off is the
abomination you see above, which sure looks an awful lot ...
(more)Zune HD is official, heading your way this Fall (Wednesday 27th of May 2009 02:03:00 AM)
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That's right folks, the Zune HD is real, and it's coming this Fall. Microsoft officially
announced the next iteration in their Zune line today, making it less of ...
(more)Zune HD (xYz) positioned to take on Apple, Sony, Nintendo and Google? (Friday 15th of May 2009 12:42:00 PM)
Sounding too good to be true, the cats at Teamxbox have posted a lengthy piece quoting populous
sources from Redmond and Santa Clara who anonymously spill the beans on what the Zune HD is and
isn't. The "digital divertive handheld," dubbed unanimously ...
(more)Engadget Podcast 145 - 05.08.2009 (Friday 08th of May 2009 08:57:00 PM)
Sure, you love the Engadget Podcast... but how much do you love it? Allow the power of your
undying devotion to the sounds of Engadget chatter be tested this week as Josh, Paul, and Nilay
take a journey through space and time. This week, you'll ...
(more)Engadget's recession antidote: win a copy of Red Alert 3 for Xbox 360! (Wednesday 06th of May 2009 06:00:00 PM)
This whole global monetary crisis, and its resulting massive loss of jobs got us thinking. We
here at Engadget didn't want to stand helplessly by, billing every new round of misery without
giving entirety back -- so we decided to take the juncture to ...
(more)Xbox 360 to get motion-sensing add-on with full body game control? (Friday 01st of May 2009 07:16:00 PM)
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wild one. We just got a tip from someone who purports to be in the know on Microsoft's efforts
to beat the Wii at its own motion-sensing game, with some of the ...
(more)Poll: Has your Xbox 360 been dealt the E74 error? (Friday 20th of March 2009 05:31:00 AM)
Move over RRoD, it looks like there's a new Xbox 360 household furnishings failure in town.
gospel to anecdotal data collected by Joystiq as well as Google Trends, there's been a steady
rise in reports and descant of the E74 error since mid-October, ...
(more)Xbox Live tallies 1 million Netflix Watch Instantly activations, 1.5 billion minutes served (Thursday 05th of February 2009 08:01:00 AM)
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Bad news first: there might be a bit more corrivalry than you anticipated for that home theater
giveaway. Good luck bringing down Netflix's shooting star though, ...
(more)Nintendo sold 1.7 million Wiis last week? (Wednesday 24th of December 2008 03:37:00 PM)
According to some not-quite-official but probably-relatively-accurate numbers from VG Chartz,
xbox [tm] moved 1.7 million Wii units last week. That's a distressing number in its own right,
and compared to the now-cheaper Xbox 360 (535,806) and the "hey ...
(more)Modded XB01 case quiets your Xbox like a RROD (without all the failing) (Monday 22nd of December 2008 03:26:00 PM)
Not merely content with the noise-reducing XB01 Xbox 360 chassis, Swedish modder Janne Strm
decided to throw in a pair of heavy-duty Noctua NH-U9DO coolers (usually intended for AMD Dual
Opteron server processors) to see if he could even further eradicate ...
(more)Xbox 360 outsells the original Xbox, Microsoft heads down to the trophy shop (Tuesday 25th of November 2008 04:42:00 PM)
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In the manner of a
modern day fable on par with The Little Engine That Could or Rocky, Microsoft has just
announced that sales of the Xbox 360 have outraced total sales of the originality ...
(more)Engadget Podcast 116 - 10.31.2008: Terrifying Halloween edition (Friday 31st of October 2008 05:30:00 PM)
Filed under: Podcasts
We hope you're prepared to be menaced by the unstoppable, demon-like tech
punditry and heart attack-inducing fear that only the Engadget Podcast can provide. This week,
the team takes you on a hellish ride through the rancid underworld ...
(more)Debunk: Xbox 360 streams HD Netflix over component just fine (Thursday 30th of October 2008 05:37:00 PM)
There's some raving outrage out there right now over the New Xbox Experience's HD Netflix HDCP
restrictions -- superficially it only works with HDCP-compliant digital displays, which is
prompting a lot of hand-wringing about copyright restrictions and ...
(more)Engadget Podcast 115 - 10.24.2008 (Friday 24th of October 2008 06:00:00 PM)
Filed under: Podcasts
We're back, just as promised! This week, Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller,
and Nilay Patel discuss the finer points of new ASUS laptops, Casio digicams, and a score of
other compelling, enthralling, and routinely fascinating items that ...
(more)Slimmer Xbox 360 spied in the wild? (mystery solved) (Thursday 25th of September 2008 03:37:00 PM)
Filed under: Gaming
We orthodox an interesting tip that we thought we'd share with the group.
Windows expert and all-around bon vivant Paul Thurrott freshly previewed Microsoft's new Arc
mouse on his singles blog, concert the device with a handful of ...
(more)PlayOn media server brings Hulu / YouTube to consoles, Netflix coming soon? (Tuesday 19th of August 2008 11:52:00 PM)
Filed under: Home Entertainment
PlayOn wants to make sure you can get your daily dose of
Barackrolls and Airwolf episodes beyond the desktop, while Hulu might not have a slick
streaming set-top box of its own, this media server os turns flash video RSS ...
(more)Xbox 360 goes 60GB, 20 gigger going for $299 while supplies last (Sunday 13th of July 2008 09:45:00 AM)
Filed under: Gaming, Storage var digg_url =
'http://digg.com/xbox/Official_60GB_Xbox_360_20GB_model_299'; Word on the street was that the
$299 price slash we've been hearing about wasn't about carving out a new pricepoint but instead
making room for ...
(more)Xbox 360 price cuts official... in Australia (Wednesday 02nd of July 2008 08:17:00 AM)
Filed under: Gaming
It's not the Stateside discount we've been waiting for, but at least
Australia and New Zealand are looking at discounted Xbox 360 pricing across the board. No press
release, just an update to the Aussie Xbox site indicating a new open ...
(more)Gamestop ain't your Zunestop (Friday 23rd of May 2008 08:05:00 PM)
Filed under: Gaming, manageable Audio
GameStop will no longer stock or sell the Zune, citing
weak sales and a poor fit with its "product mix". Despite recent positive sales numbers and
only weeks short of Microsoft's launch of games for Zune, Microsoft's ...
(more)Gamer's erased Xbox 360 story comes to a happy close (Saturday 08th of March 2008 04:31:00 AM)
Filed under: Gaming
Like they say, all's well that ends well -- and that's certainly true in
the case of a gamer named Nathaniel. If you'll recall, the Xbox 360 owner had sent his very
personalized console into Microsoft for repairs, making very clear ...
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