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Microsoft says sold 188,000 Xbox 360s in April

SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Thursday it sold 188,000 units of its Xbox 360 video game console in in the United States in April.

Microsoft: Xbox 360 First To Reach 10 Million Sold In U.S.

Microsoft: Xbox 360 First To Reach 10 Million Sold In U.S. [05.14.08] Microsoft has announced that, by the latest tally, it has sold over 10 million Xbox 360 units in the U.S., the first of the latest generation consoles to do so, with global Xbox 360 sales reaching 19 million units.

Nintendo sells 714,000 Wiis in April

Nintendo sells 714,000 Wiis in April Microsoft may be celebrating a milestone of their own for console sales, but how did the current number one console fare in light of the GTA IV release leaving them in the cold? Quite well, it seems, with the Nintendo Wii taking the number one place for console sales in April. The most recent figures put the Wii at 714,000 sales last month, which completely dwarfs Microsoft's and Sony's sales at around 188,000 each. Nintendo's handhelds units also exceeded the PS3 and Xbox 360 by an impressive amount, showing that Nintendo's current strategies are doing well.

No Price Cut for Xbox 360 in India

Microsoft has decided to cut prices of its Xbox 360 arcade system by 11 to 20 percent in the Asian market. However, the company said that it has no plans of bringing the cost down for the Indian market. A company official said, "Microsoft takes a strategic approach to its products in each regional market and sets pricing accordingly. In India, our celebratory offer announced for both -- Core and Pro consoles a few months back is a fantastic example of the same. Currently in India, the Xbox 360 Core console is priced at Rs 14,990 and comes with two free games; Xbox 360 Pro is priced at Rs 23,990 and comes with four free games; and XBOX Elite is priced at Rs 34,990. Whereas, Sony PlayStation 3 is priced between Rs 23,000 and Rs 26,000 for its different models.

H3 Enterprises, Inc. Announces Microsoft's Xbox 360 as an Official Sponsor of The HipHopSodaShop

NEW YORK, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- H3 Enterprises, Inc.'s (PinkSheets: HTRE) President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, announced today that Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft has become an Official Sponsor of H3 Enterprises' HipHopSodaShop. In this multiyear agreement, Microsoft will partner with the HipHopSodaShop to enrich the experience at every HipHopSodaShop. Dr. Chavis emphasized, "We are proud to have Microsoft as an Official Sponsor and their leadership with Xbox 360 will better enable HipHopSodaShop to provide the best Restaurant Video Game experience in the country." As the first publicly traded hip-hop company, H3 Inc. is pleased that Microsoft has made this investment into the hip-hop community. H3 Inc.

Microsoft sells 10 million Xbox 360s in US

NEW YORK (AP) - The Xbox 360, Microsoft Corp.'s gaming console, has sold more than 10 million units in the U.S. through April, the company said Wednesday.

Microsoft sells 10 million Xbox 360s in US

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Xbox 360, Microsoft Corp.'s gaming console, has sold more than 10 million units in the U.S. through April, the company said Wednesday.

Microsoft's Good and Bad News

While Apple is clearly slowly eating into Microsoft’s dominance of the corporate desktop Microsoft isn’t smarting too much for many reasons. One reason is that Microsoft is the biggest developer of Mac software outside of Apple itself, and as it happens, Microsoft’s Mac business is booming. Word came today from Redmond’s Mac Business Unit today is that Office for Mac is selling faster than any previous version of Office for the Mac in the in the last 19 years. Of course Microsoft won’t say exactly how many units it has sold. As a percentage of revenue it’s not large enough that Microsoft would be required to break it out of its usual results, though I for one certainly wish it would. Also noted is that today is the day that Office for Mac’s first service pack, SP1, is being released.

The Truth About Last Year's Xbox 360 Recall

chrplace forwards an article in which Gartner's Brian Lewis offers his perspective on what led to last year's Xbox 360 recall. Lewis says it happened because Microsoft wanted to avoid an ASIC vendor. "Microsoft designed the graphic chip on its own, cut a traditional ASIC vendor out of the process, and went straight to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., he explained. But in the end, by going cheap — hoping to save tens of millions of dollars in ASIC design costs, Microsoft ended up paying more than $1 billion for its Xbox 360 recall. To fix the problem, Microsoft went back to an unnamed ASIC vendor based in the United States and redesigned the chip, Lewis added. (Based on a previous report, the ASIC vendor is most likely the former ATI Technologies, now part of AMD.

Microsoft's Kim Predicts 7+ Year Lifespan For Xbox 360

Microsoft's Kim Predicts 7+ Year Lifespan For Xbox 360 In a new interview with British consumer website CVG, Microsoft Game Studios head Shane Kim has claimed that the Xbox 360 will enjoy a lifespan of at least seven years. His comments came after being asked whether all three games in the Too Human trilogy – which is not expected to be completed for seven years - would all be released on the Xbox 360.

Xbox 360 breakdowns due to Microsoft cost-cutting?...

Widespread failures of launch-model Xbox 360s are mainly due to Microsoft efforts at cost-cutting, a Gartner analyst claims. Bryan Lewis, the latter company's VP of research, says that when Microsoft was originally designing its game console, it wanted to omit third-party ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) vendors from its graphics hardware, saving tens of millions of dollars. In designing its own graphics technology, however, it produced chips which regularly overheated, forcing recalls that cost the company over $1 billion.

Microsoft: We must avoid simultaneous PC/Xbox 360 releases

In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Microsoft Game Studios Europe Business Development Manager Peter Zetterberg has made some interesting comments about how PC and Xbox 360 games fit into Microsoft's business plan. According to Zetterberg, Microsoft needs to release titles for the Xbox 360 first to avoid cannibalizing sales of its own console:

Microsoft's J Allard (Xbox 360 and Zune) Gets a Promotion

J Allard, who most recently helped give the Xbox and the Zune a really, really good user experience has gotten a promotion to "Chief Experience Officer" of the Entertainment and Devices devision. The E&D devision, for those of you who don't know, encompasses Xbox, Games for Windows, Mobile Communications (including Windows Mobile), Zune, Connected TV, Microsoft Surface, Mac Office, Microsoft Auto and Windows Embedded. Now that Allard is essentially going to have his fingers in all these pies, you can expect a Zune/Xbox 360-level of UI polish that projects like Windows Mobile haven't seen before. You can't see it, but we're doing a fist pump now. [ZDNet]

T-Mobile: 100,000+ iPhones sold in Germany

T-Mobile has sold over 100,000 iPhones in Germany, according to the head of the carrier's parent company, Deutsche Telekom. CEO Rene Obermann made the statement Thursday as a follow-up to statistics from January, which indicated that it had sold 70,000 iPhones since the device's local debut in early November of 2007. While the figure points to a relative slowdown in sales, T-Mobile board member Hamid Akhavan says that this is "about in line" with corporate targets.

Xbox 360 First to Top 10 Million Units

Microsoft's Xbox 360 has become the first current-generation gaming system to sell more than 10 million units in the U.S. Microsoft also reported that Xbox Live subscribers have topped 12 million. But despite Microsoft's cheers for its Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii and Sony's PlayStation 3 are coming up fast, with new games scheduled for release.

Microsoft Downplaying Recent DNS Vulnerability

Microsoft Watch writes "Microsoft downplays a recent DNS vulnerability in all Microsoft operating systems (XP, Vista, 2000, and 2003), claims Amit Klein, the security researcher who published the original vulnerability description (PDF) earlier this month. According to Klein, the description in Microsoft's Secure Windows Initiative blog entry is misleading, contains disinformation about the DNS transaction ID algorithm, and downplays the severity of the issue. Klein refutes Microsoft's claim that there is no way to reproduce the next transaction ID, given a series of observed transaction IDs. He shows that this is possible in his paper, which Microsoft had before publishing the SWI post, as well as on the series of data provided in the SWI blog itself.

No Bluray for Xbox 360; Says Microsoft

Microsoft has flatly denied reports of a Blu-ray drive for its Xbox 360 gaming console. A company official in an email response to techtree.com said, "We have no plans to introduce a Blu-ray drive for Xbox 360. Games are what drive consumers to purchase gaming consoles, and we remain focused on providing the largest library of blockbuster games available."

Ed Bott: Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007 SP1

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Rumor Says Microsoft Is Getting Ready for Xbox 360's Blu-ray

A Taiwanese news source says that it has heard from the manufacturer that Microsoft is apparently rampking up the production of a Blu-ray equipped Xbox 360console.

Microsoft 'Shared Source' Attempts to Hijack FOSS

aacc1313 writes "An article that details how Open Source is being hijacked by Microsoft and the sort via 'Shared Source' licenses and how Open Source licenses have become so much more confusing. From the article, "The confusion stems from the fact that Microsoft's 'shared source' program includes three proprietary licenses as well, whose names are similar in some ways to the open-source licenses. Thus, while the Microsoft Reciprocal License has been approved by OSI, the Microsoft Limited Reciprocal License (Ms-LRL) is not, because it allows users to modify and redistribute the software only on the Windows platform" and "The 'shared source' program was and is Microsoft's way of fighting the open source world, allowing customers to inspect Microsoft source code without giving those customers the right to modify or redistribute the code.

Microsoft gears up for Xbox 360 Jasper refresh

Microsoft gears up for Xbox 360 Jasper refresh Looking to further reduce the chances of overheating while bringing down production costs as well, Microsoft reportedly plans to release a new version its Xbox 360 video game system code-named Jasper in August. The new design will feature a shrunken 65nm ATI graphics core to go along with IBM’s 65nm Xenon CPU that was introduced with the Falcon refresh.

Discover How To Backup XBox 360 Games the easy way

This article will show you all the secrets about Xbox 360 download and backup, learn how to backup your Xbox 360 Games. Every technique and Xbox 360 Dvd drive model covered in step by step video tutorial. Dont spend money on a mod chip when you dont need one. Learn how to backup xbox 360 games, how to download xbox 360 games and how to copy xbox 360 games.

Microsoft Plans Long Life For Xbox 360

Microsoft Game Studios Chief Shane Kim says the company is planning a "long tail" for the Xbox 360, which he expects will have a significantly greater lifespan than the original Xbox.

Microsoft Officially Announces Banjo-Kazooie, Viva Pinata Xbox 360 Sequels

Microsoft Officially Announces Banjo-Kazooie, Viva Pinata Xbox 360 Sequels [05.13.08] Microsoft has officially announced the lineup of 2008 Xbox 360 titles it is due to showcase in its latest press event, including sequels to Rare's Viva Piñata and Banjo-Kazooie franchises, Silicon Knight's Too Human, and more.

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