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Halo 3 Zune
Gizmodo has some photos up of a special edition Halo 3 themed Zune . I saw one this morning - it's a classic black zune with some Halo 3 themed elements printed on it. Loaded on the device is some Halo 3 content. I'll see if I can dig up some...

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Boot Xbox 360 straight to Media Center
The new Spring Update for the Xbox 360 is out. While playing around with my system this morning I found a new feature I hadn't seen reported before. You can now boot your Xbox 360 directly into Media Center. From the dashboard, go to System, Console...

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Halo 3 Beta: May 16th
Bungie have announced that the Halo 3 Beta starts on May 16th. It's going to be fun.

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Grand Theft Auto IV Trailer
It's live here . it doesn't show a huge amount, but we do get to see that it's based in NYC. Should be fun. I'm looking forward to playing it.

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I'd buy that for a dollar - Adventures in the Xbox Live Arcade
The amount of features in the Xbox 360 that doesn't involve a game DVD is impressive. One of the new features is the Xbox Live Arcade which features classic arcade games and new casual games. Every game has a free downloadable demo and the full game...

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Run custom applications on the Xbox 360
It's pretty easy to run your custom applications on an Xbox 360. Here's how you do it... First you're going to need a Windows Media Center PC . Next you are going to need the Media Center SDK . OK, now you're all set up to start writing...

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Too busy playing games
I've had the Xbox 360 for a week now and I'm loving it. I've played Project Gotham Racing 3 almost to completion (although I mostly have silver medals) and I'm slowly working my way through Kameo . Kameo is growing on me. I wasn't...

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Text entry in Media Center applications when using the Xbox 360 Media Remote
The Xbox 360 Premium includes (for a "limited" time) a remote control which is smaller than the Universal Media Remote and doesn't include any number buttons. This makes text input to Media Center applications when using the Xbox 360 as...

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Xbox 360 as a Media Center Extender
I'm taking a short break from playing games on my 360 to watch some TV. As I type I'm watching an episode of Las Vegas that I recorded on my Media Center PC. Setting up the 360 as a Media Center Extender was easy. I went into the dashboard, selected...

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Xbox 360 Launch Madness
It seems like the launch madness for the Xbox 360 has started. Lines are forming all over the country outside any store that will Xbox 360s for sale tomorrow. The line for the Bellevue Best Buy started on Friday! That's an exception though as Bill...

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Xbox 360 first impressions
I went to my local EB Games at around 10:45 and was surprised by how few people were already there. There were perhaps 10 people in front of me in the line. A few Xbox people showed up and threw out some swag. I got a frisbee, a baseball cap and a water...

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