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Xbox Live to go online with BTopenworld
News BTopenworld has been chosen by Microsoft to provide ADSL-based broadband connectivity for Xbox Live, the company's online gaming service. Xbox Live is Microsoft's online gaming service, which will let gamers compete with each other across the...
[September 24, 2002, 16:37]
Microsoft confirms Rare buy, Xbox Live date
News Microsoft also released some details on its plans for Xbox Live in Europe. Xbox Live's European retail launch will take place on 14 March, 2003 -- exactly a year after the console launched in the UK and Europe.
[September 25, 2002, 8:52]
Xbox Live Friends
Downloads Xbox Live Friends is a tool for keeping a vigilant eye on what all of your friends are doing. Are they killing someone in Gears of War? Are they experiencing the sights and sounds of Liberty City in GTA IV?
[June 28, 2008, 8:00]
Q&A: Xbox Live in Europe
News Are all the Xbox Live games going to enable players to choose to play with people who are speaking the same language? Microsoft's next major push is Xbox Live, which is due to launch in North America at the end of this week.
[November 13, 2002, 10:38]
Ntl wins Xbox Live broadband deal
News Ntl has joined BTopenworld and Telewest in securing a deal with Microsoft to supply broadband connectivity for Xbox Live. Xbox Live is Microsoft's forthcoming online gaming service, which it hopes will give it the edge against Sony in the console...
[September 25, 2002, 12:47]
Telewest trials Xbox Live
News Telewest Broadband is trialling Xbox Live, the online gaming service based on Microsoft's console, with 500 of its Blueyonder broadband Internet subscribers. Telewest is already working with Sony, producer of the popular PlayStation, and Microsoft...
[December 3, 2002, 15:05]
Mod-chipped Xbox 'can't play Xbox Live' - Microsoft
News Microsoft has finally launched its Xbox Live online gaming service in Asia, but it faces a challenge in the region due to the prevalence of mod chips. On the contrary, we think the exciting Xbox Live experience will help reduce the interest in...
[November 13, 2003, 9:20]
US airmen get Xbox Live in Europe
News Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming service has just acquired a customer that knows something about strategy and tactics -- the US Department of Defense. The US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) have paid $200,000 (£126,000) to outfit 14 bases around...
[July 25, 2003, 11:46]
Level 3 to help power Xbox Live
News High-speed networking services provider Level 3 Communications announced on Monday that it has signed an agreement with Microsoft to provide infrastructure services for the Xbox Live online gaming service.
[July 23, 2002, 11:43]
Mod-chipped Xbox 'can't play Xbox Live' - Microsoft
Talkback People will always chip there xbox or ps2 because its much cheaper, lets face it games these days are a rip off, 5-10 years ago you could fool people but now we know how cheap it is to produce a game.as long as a person is paying to go on line and...
[July 11, 2005, 15:32]
Day of reckoning for Xbox Live applicants
News More than 100,000 Xbox owners applied to participate in the beta program for Xbox Live, said Jennifer Booth, marketing director for Xbox Live. Watkins said he was leaning towards giving up on Xbox Live, set to launch on 15 November, in favour of...
[August 23, 2002, 7:50]
MSDN Webcast: Introducing Xbox Community Games (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200)
White Papers The attendee of this webcast will learn about Xbox LIVE Community Games and how to join up with the XNA Creators Club to create and sell one's own video game creations right on Xbox LIVE. The first webcast of the two-part series provides a high...
[December 23, 2008, 0:00]
Microsoft to target Xbox hackers
News Microsoft may backtrack on an earlier pledge not to use its Xbox Live online gaming service to crack down on "mod chips" -- chips that modify the Xbox console so it can run copied game discs and unlicensed software.
[September 6, 2002, 13:26]
Microsoft names the day for Xbox online
News Microsoft will launch its Xbox Live online game-playing service on 15 November, a year after the video game console entered the market, the company plans to announce Tuesday. As previously reported, Microsoft will sell a $50 (£32) Xbox Live starter...
[August 13, 2002, 8:25]
Chat is key to Xbox online service
News The Xbox Live service, set to debut online on 15 November, will include voice chat in every game, said John O'Rourke, worldwide marketing director for Microsoft's Xbox video game console, as he promoted the upcoming online service for the console...
[August 22, 2002, 9:37]
Xbox Beast Pack 'lacks claws'
News Several gamers who purchased Microsoft's new Xbox "Beast Pack", which was released in Australia yesterday, claim the gaming consoles in the pack will not allow them to connect to the Xbox Live service.
[November 7, 2003, 9:50]
Xbox update shuts out Linux
News Some Xbox Live-enabled games, including the popular Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, go through a similar procedure each time they are launched, again without the need for an Xbox Live connection, he said.
[September 16, 2003, 17:39]
@ looking and reading and pondering here is my take on all this
Talkback Not very fair things can occur like a hack I saw for Ultima Online.details about hack upon request) All players on xbox live have the same playing field, except internet connection. You want linux on your xbox, design your own xbox live.
[March 2, 2007, 12:29]
Does the 'Halo 2 effect' threaten broadband?
News The Internet traffic monitoring company said on Tuesday that Microsoft's Halo II -- a popular first-person shooter -- has boosted traffic on Xbox Live as players rush to compete over the Net. Sandvine's latest statistics showed that Xbox Live...
[December 7, 2004, 15:00]
Stakes are high for Xbox online play
News In the short term, Xbox Live gives Microsoft a distinct advantage over competing consoles. Scott Henson, director of platform strategy for Microsoft's Xbox division, said the Xbox Live effort is encouraging publishers to move into online gaming...
[November 15, 2002, 8:10]
