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Microsoft Drops Xbox 360 Pricing 0

Submitted by

Kawahee

on Thursday August 27 2009, @05:24AM

Kawahee writes "Microsoft PressPass has just released an article detailing an Xbox 360 price drop, starting August 2008:
Beginning Aug. 28, the price of an Xbox 360 Elite console will drop by $100, now priced at just $299.99 estimated retail price (ERP) in the United States. On top of that, the Xbox 360 Pro console will now be priced at $249.99 (ERP), reflecting a price reduction of $50

The arcade version has also had a reduction, down to $199.99. It appears Microsoft has answered Sony's move to offer the PS3 Slim."

Atari is stealing music 0

Submitted by on Thursday August 27 2009, @01:33AM

An anonymous reader writes "A few month after the fight when Atari was claimed to left out graphic artist Dan Schoening in the final credits of the game Ghostbusters: The Video Game, even though Sony / Sierra had given them his word he would be in the final credits.... Atari does it again. Swedish musician Jonne Dahlberg, also known as "svenzzon" , famous for his underground demoscene music found in many scene related productions, can now find his music in the videogame. No credits, no compensation. The music is played during a visit in the Arcade hall: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJVFntSiuWA and reflects the old commodore days. The music is actually a remix of Chris Huelsbecks old intro music to Turrican 2. Huelsbeck is also the legal owner to the Turrican music and he also confirms that no credits has been given to him, or Jonne Dahlberg. Its funny, these big publishers like Sony that stands for strict copyrights when asked about sites like The Pirate Bay, but when it comes to their own products, stealing is not an issue."

Comment: Particularly on the DS? (Score 1) 377

by Knifethrower on Tuesday July 28 2009, @08:14AM (#28850101) Attached to: Ubisoft Working On a New Anti-Piracy Tool

They blame piracy for their awful shovelware DS games not selling? Are they crazy? I think the market has just hit the limit of how many ANIMAL/ACTIVITY-z (like Catz,Babiez,etc) titles it can take.

Comment: XP? Vista? 2000 for me (Score 1) 321

by Knifethrower on Tuesday January 08 2008, @07:50AM (#21952134) Attached to: Vista Shipped On 39% of PCs In 2007

While I've been strong armed into running XP on some of my machines for hardware/software compatibility, all of the older computers I have are running 2000. In my mind 2000 is simply the best version of Windows made, bar none, it's got a low footprint, runs on nearly anything at decent speeds and isn't all "macified" like XP/Vista are. I've looked at 2003 but it's intended server use makes it a little less desktop friendly especially on older hardware. What I would really like Microsoft to do is release some sort of basic FLP style version of Windows to consumers, it's not just businesses using older hardware, in my mind if the machine works it can be used for something. I have tried Linux in the past but it just didn't click, same with MacOS, theres just always been something about Windows that I like, something I don't quite feel with Vista.

Zune Pass songs can be loaded on non-Zune players

Submitted by

Harvey Chute

on Sunday February 25 2007, @11:59PM

Harvey Chute writes "A member of Zunerama has discovered that songs downloaded from Zune Pass can be synced to his daughter's Creative Zen. The link has screen grabs showing Zune Pass songs being loaded onto a Creative Zen. We're monitoring to see what happens over time — i.e. if the songs remain available as long as the Zune Pass is maintained. LINK — http://zunerama.com/forum/index.php?topic=3079.0 — Harvey Harvey Chute Editor, Zunerama admin@zunerama.com http://www.zunerama.com/"

YouTube Set To Filter Content 76

Posted by kdawson on Sunday February 25 2007, @09:02AM
from the can't-post-that dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Computerworld reports that Google is racing to head off a media industry backlash over its video Web site YouTube and will soon offer antipiracy technologies to help all copyright holders thwart unauthorized video sharing. But YouTube has also said that the process of identifying copyrighted material is not automated and will require the cooperation of media company partners."