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Microsoft

New Xbox Experience Goes Live 332

Today, Microsoft launched the New Xbox Experience for Xbox Live. The list of new features includes the streaming of TV shows and movies through Netflix, the ability to install games to the HDD, an avatar system, and the Community Games platform. The launch itself was shaky at first, but most issues have been smoothed out. Sony-owned Columbia Pictures immediately pulled their movie selection, though it may return when a licensing deal gets worked out. Halo 3 developer Bungie pointed out that not all games will run faster when installed to a HDD because of the way the games already interact with the drive.
Operating Systems

Submission + - Illegal software bundeling: the French complicity

Brent FRERE writes: "I fight against DELL since 2001 to get a second laptop without bundled OS. They refused me this second delivery, against E.U. and applicable local laws (France). Here is the full story and the recognisation by the french autorities (DGCCRF) of their illegal policy giving a competitive advantage to the Redmond OS because it is supposed "more suitable for the customers" and "the easiest of use". This is french-centric, however very useful to fight against similar behaviors in other E.U. states, as well as to justify to not allow software patents in Europe, at least until the market bias caused by those kind of illegal complicities vanished. The site is in French. Help is welcome to translate it. Thank you. http://BFrere.net/VCF"

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