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Today’s the big day for Xbox users. In case you haven’t heard (where have you been?), a new update for Xbox 360 owners is arriving today to bring social networking and Zune integration from Facebook, Zune Video, Twitter and Last.FM. The Facebook integration lets you update your status to share…

Clint Rutkas joined Ping again this week and he did a GREAT job! He brought with him a bunch of stories that had 'Softies everywhere buzzing:Family Guy teams up with Windows 7Microsoft fights crimesSkyTV coming to UK XboxesVideo Maps of the future- cool stuff!

Believe it or not us 'Softies found some really interesting news stories that did NOT have anything to do with Kanye West or the VMA's. Here's what really mattered at Microsoft Campus this week:Browsers & BatteriesBing images put to good useXbox AnywhereThe Xbox Anywhere Channel 10…

OK, well…not exactly. But the popular game console is making its contribution to medical science these days. Dr Simon Scarle, a researcher in the University of Warwick’s WMG Digital Laboratory, wanted to study cardiac arrhythmias using simulations which typically involve booking time on a dedicated…

How hot is the new Beatles’ edition of Rock Band? A new site called TweetMyGaming can show you. This dedicated, real-time Twitter tracker aggregates all the tweets about video games and displays them on its main page in a live-updating feed. You can see what games others are searching for at the…

Even with Labor Day weekend ahead of us the 'Softies were still hyped about these stories: Interface of the future Free Windows Zune I'm bringing Vista back Gaming lives!

There's no fun in "All work and no play", which is exactly why most of us own Xbox 360's.    When the Xbox was released in 2001 in North America there was a lot of skepticism about the console that was competing against the PS2 and Gamecube.  And now…

As of Friday August 28th, Microsoft slashed the price for the Xbox 360 Elite mode to $299, which is $100 less than what it previously sold for. The cut is an attempt to attract new buyers and it will also help simplify the product mix as the Xbox Pro model will be phased out at the same time. The…

The highly anticipated Xbox LIVE update is now available to all users. The next time you sign into Xbox LIVE, you’ll be prompted to accept the mandatory update. If you haven’t already heard (where have you been?!), this is the update that will deliver the slew of new features originally announced…

According to news from Major Nelson, you can start using your PayPal account to pay buy Microsoft Points for the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. This is only available online at Xbox.com and is only in the U.S. for now - you can’t actually set up your account on the Xbox 360 itself. However, if you choose…