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10 mln XBox Live subscribers: Microsoft announced that it reached the 10 mln subscriber mark for Xbox Live. Annual subscription fees are about $50. by nadezhda; Tags: Xbox Live, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, nadezhda; Blog posts 2008-01-09
What do Xbox Live problems say about Microsoft's back-end infrastructure?: Whether you think the recently proposed class action lawsuit over Xbox Live service holiday outages is crazy or justified, there are undeniable problems with Microsoft's back-end Live infrastructure that Microsoft needs to address. Microsoft recently offered its 10 million Xbox Live subscribers a free arcade game as...; Tags: Data Center, Xbox Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Chrapaty, Data Centers, Game Players, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-01-07
Gates gives CES keynote swan song--no fireworks: At his annual Consumer Electronics Show opening keynote address, Bill Gates made a few announcements as he prepares to head into the sunset...sort of. In July this year Bill Gates will no longer be part of the day-to-day operation of Microsoft. He has been gradually moving...; Tags: Software, PC, Xbox Live, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Media Center PCs, Tablets, Game Players, Tools & Techniques, Notebooks, Desktops, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Management, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-01-06
Xbox Live - The Unbanning: The other day I reported that I was getting emails in from disgruntled Xbox Live users who had been banned by Microsoft for allegedly connecting to the online service using modded consoles even though the consoles were totally unmodified. Today I'm hearing that some of those affected are finally getting...; Tags: Console, Xbox Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-12-18
GDC 2007: Xbox LIVE on Windows and 360 - Are Your Games Dead or LIVE (zip): LIVE on Windows and Xbox presents unmatched online opportunities for game developers. Session invitations, ubiquitous voice, and achievements are just a few of the features that continue to revolutionize the industry. But what else lies within the LIVE toolbox? What opportunities for gaming innovation await your creativity and passion? ...; Tags: Xbox Live, Microsoft Xbox, Games, Microsoft Windows, Game Players, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2007-08-29

Ozzie: Innovation coming from consumer, not corporate, market: Until fairly recently, many Microsoft watchers -- including Softies themselves -- would likely say that the Redmond software maker was far more focused on business users than consumers. But there's a noticeable shift happening in where Microsoft sees innovation taking place.Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie summed things up rather succinctly...; Tags: Zune, Xbox Live, Xbox, Windows Mobile, Corporate strategy, Apple; Blog posts 2007-07-31
Ozzie spells out the Live platform layers: Microsoft is -- almost -- ready to explain what Windows Live "the platform" looks like.Last year at Microsoft's annual Financial Analyst Meeting FAM Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie provided a very high-level (and tough-to-follow) outline of what Microsoft's Live platform was going to look like. This year, Ozzie abandoned the...; Tags: Xbox Live, Windows Live, Web 2.0, Office Live, Corporate strategy; Blog posts 2007-07-26
Ballmer: Caught between a software rock and a services hard place: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is not one to make concessions. He has laughed about Linux's prospects. He has pooh-poohed the iPhone. He has called Google bloated.But on July 10, during his keynote address at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver, Ballmer came the closest I've ever heard him to admitting...; Tags: Xbox Live, Windows Server 2008/ Windows Server Longhorn, Windows Live, Vista, Office Live, CRM Live, Corporate strategy, Channel; Blog posts 2007-07-10
Microsoft tweaks the Live side of the house: On July 1, Microsoft's new fiscal year started with a new slate of Live executives -- or at least a bunch of existing execs with new titles and responsibilities.Brian Arbogast, who had been running Microsoft's Windows Live Developer & Communications Platform for the past few years, is now the Corporate...; Tags: Xbox Live, Windows Live, Office Live, Database, CRM Live, Corporate strategy, Code names; Blog posts 2007-07-06
Microsoft buys two datacenters for $200 million: Just before its fiscal 2007 came to a close last week, Microsoft snapped up two datacenters from Savvis, an infrastructure provider.Microsoft was the sole customer of the Savvis datacenters that it purchased. The datacenters are located in Santa Clara, Calif.Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Wall Street over a year ago...; Tags: Xbox Live, Windows Live, Web 2.0, Office Live, CRM Live, Corporate strategy; Blog posts 2007-07-02
Photos: First 'Pac-Man' world champion crowned: In conjunction with the launch of the new 'Pac-Man' game for the Xbox Live Arcade store, Namco Bandai and Microsoft host an international championship event for the classic game.; Tags: Games, Pac-Man, Namco, Xbox Live, game, Microsoft Xbox, photograph, Microsoft Corp.; Image galleries 2007-06-05
It's official - Microsoft has closed the door to modded Xbox consoles: I've not received any official word from Microsoft on the banning of modded Xbox consoles from Xbox Live yesterday but this on Major Nelson blog makes it clear that the ban was deliberate:As you can imagine, we have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to modded consoles connecting to LIVE....; Tags: Microsoft, Gaming; Blog posts 2007-05-18
Is Microsoft banning "modded" Xbox 360 consoles from Xbox Live?: I've just received a number of emails from Xbox 360 users who claim that their modded Xbox games consoles have been banned from Xbox live.All the emails I've received are from people who claim to be running an Xbox with modified firmware (modded firmware allows game backups and pirated games...; Tags: Gaming, Microsoft; Blog posts 2007-05-17
Ten lessons the Xbox Team can teach the rest of Microsoft: When it comes to building community -- and profiting from it -- Microsofts Xbox team is helping write the playbook. That fact isnt lost on the rest of the company. Increasingly, other divisions at Microsoft are studying what the Xbox folks are doing right and trying to apply those...; Tags: Xbox Live, Xbox, Corporate strategy, Advertising; Blog posts 2007-05-04
Meet Microsoft, the advertising company: Microsoft, first and foremost, is a software company. Or is it? Consider these recent developments: * On May 3, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire European-based mobile-phone advertising company ScreenTonic. * Microsoft is promoting its Personal Expressions for Windows Live Messenger theme packs, which incorporate an expanded...; Tags: Zune, Xbox Live, Xbox, Windows Mobile, Windows Live, Web video, Web 2.0, Vista, MSN, MIX07, Google, Corporate strategy; Blog posts 2007-05-03
Will Microsoft integrate other Live services with the Xbox?: Microsofts announcement on April 9 that it will integrate Windows Live Messenger into the Xbox 360 got me thinking about what other Windows Live services might be a natural complement to Microsofts gaming console/service. Might the Softies integrate Windows Live Product Search with Xbox Live? Windows Live Alerts?...; Tags: Xbox Live, Xbox, Windows Live, Housekeeping; Blog posts 2007-04-09
Microsoft: XBox Live account theft was social engineering attack: Just a quick follow-up to my story from earlier this week about XBox Live accounts being hijacked in what was believed to be a breach at Microsofts Bungie.net.First, the official reaction from the Xbox team: Despite some recent reports and speculation, I want to reassure all of our 6 million...; Tags: Game players, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Xbox Live; Blog posts 2007-03-22
Xbox Live hacked, accounts stolen: Online gaming forums are buzzing with reports that Xbox Live accounts linked to Microsofts Windows Live ID service are being hijacked by malicious hackers. Kevin Finisterre, a security researcher at Digital Munition, raised the issue on the Full Disclosure mailing list over the weekend, calling attention to rumors that...; Tags: Game players, Games, Windows Live ID, Xbox Live, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Kevin Finisterre, Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2007-03-20
Not all Microsoft 'Lives' are created equal: This is another branding rant. But Im not going to belabor Microsofts indecision regarding which services to designate "Windows Live and which to brand "MSN." Instead, its just "Live" thats got me -- and, Id wager, customers and partners -- confused. Consider the myriad ways that Microsoft is...; Tags: Windows Live, Office Live, Corporate strategy, Dynamics ERP, Dynamics CRM, CRM Live, Xbox Live, Channel, Systems integrators, Resellers, Search; Blog posts 2007-03-14
XBOX Live to include PC gamers: According to a press release today, Microsoft will extend its XBOX Live network to include PC gamers, creating for the first time the ability for XBOX gamers to play against PC gamers. This has been in the pipeline for awhile, apparently, and according to an older Engadget post, the possibility...; Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Xbox, PC, Xbox Live, Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2007-03-14