With the launch of the Playstation 3 just around the corner, the format war between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD is about to jump up a notch. The integrated Blu-Ray player in the Playstation 3 is expected to be a major driving force for the Blu-Ray camp, creating an immediate install base of thousands of...

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Microsoft's Xbox 360 has been voted the best games console by technology fans. It fought off competition from Sony's PlayStation Portable and Nintendo's DS Lite to scoop the prize. About 5000 readers of gadget magazine T3 nominated their favourite appliances for the reader awards.

The most obvious improvement on the old Xbox is that the new Xbox is less ugly. Physical beauty is nothing to sniff at, and the simplified lines and sleek grilles on the Xbox 360 S are an unambiguous step up.

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I want this thing. But It'll ruin me! I'll have to eat stale bread and drink water for a month if I get this and Forza 2.

Microsoft Xbox 360 is the successor of Xbox video game console and competes well with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii. It is great for playing games and comes integrated with Xbox Live service that allows players to compete online, download arcade games, game demos, trailers, TV shows, music...

We always thought that Xbox 360 was made by Microsoft because it looked at Sony's play station consoles as substitutes for computers and not to mention the great gaming experience. But then Microsoft has worked really hard and since then it hasn't looked back.

If Microsoft didn't have enough of a stranglehold on the computing market, along comes the new Xbox 360.

An ongoing patent dispute between Microsoft and Motorola, the smartphone maker recently bought by Google, threatens the sale of the Xbox 360 gaming console in the United States. At the core of the dispute lies ActiveSync, an auto-updating calendar software.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 HD DVD player is targeted specifically at the owners of the Xbox 360 gaming console-or those on the fence about purchasing one. It's an affordable way to bring HD DVD into your existing multimedia system.