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Xbox goes online... with Linux
News Owners of an Xbox don't necessarily need to wait until the November launch of Microsoft's Xbox Live to get their console online. With a modification chip and a little technical ingenuity, the Xbox can now act as a simple Web server running on the...
[August 21, 2002, 13:01]
Xbox price slashed in UK
News Microsoft has just made the announcement that's been the subject of much speculation for a couple of weeks or so -- it's to slash £100 off the price of the Xbox, effective as of April 26th. We are making a clear statement today -- we mean business...
[April 18, 2002, 9:02]
Xbox now cheaper than PS2 in Europe
News Microsoft has today announced that its Xbox console -- which launched in Europe in March -- is, for the first time, going to cost less than Sony's PS2. The announcement, which will see Xbox consoles in Europe selling for approximately 249 euros or...
[August 28, 2002, 14:01]
Xbox promises power with 733 Pentium III
News Microsoft promises gamers will get all the power they need from its Xbox console with what is expected to be a 733MHz Pentium III processor under the hood. The company recently decided to increase processing power inside the Xbox from 600MHz after...
[September 5, 2000, 12:16]
Xbox transformed into Linux PC
News A group of programmers have managed to turn Microsoft's Xbox gaming console -- which is built on standard components found in a PC -- back into a desktop computer. That is the effect, at least, of a breakthrough by the Xbox Linux Project, which on...
[September 3, 2002, 13:38]
Xbox co-creator announces his game plan
News Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley is set to unveil his new venture on Friday, the first independent production company focused on video games. Kevin Bachus, another member of Microsoft's original Xbox team and one of Blackley's partners in the new...
[May 10, 2002, 13:16]
Xbox pictures materialise on the Net
News A US gaming site has revealed what it claims are the first pictures of Microsoft's future gaming console, the Xbox, much to the annoyance of the software giant. Official stuff would go on the Xbox site.
[January 3, 2001, 16:18]
Xbox gets Linux system software
News A group of programmers seeking to put Linux on Microsoft's Xbox video gaming console has created the software that will eventually replace the machine's built-in system software. The Xbox Linux Project, drawing on the skills of programmers in the...
[July 29, 2002, 13:04]
Xbox mod chip discontinued
News One of the companies making Xbox "mod chips" -- add-on components that modify the game machine so it can run illegally copied discs and homemade software -- has gone out of business, possibly because of legal pressure from Microsoft.
[June 27, 2002, 8:36]
Gates keynote: Xbox unveiled
News Gates and Seamus Blackley, head of Microsoft's Xbox division, ran demos of several Xbox titles, which featured detailed graphics and smooth animation that looked more like a Disney movie than current video games.
[January 8, 2001, 8:39]
Xbox Linux project gets $200,000 developer lure
News A software development project aimed at getting the Linux operating system to run on Xbox received a boost on Monday, when an unnamed donor agreed to pay successful contributors a total of $200,000 (about £140,000).
[July 2, 2002, 16:21]
Xbox hackers attempt to blackmail Microsoft
News A group of Xbox-security researchers say they have found a way to run Linux on the Xbox games console without a mod chip and will go public with the technique if Microsoft won't talk to them about releasing an official Linux boot loader.
[June 27, 2003, 15:27]
Xbox trouble tests Microsoft support
Talkback I purchased an xbox about a year and a half ago and over this time game play has resulted in the discs developing scratches and now went even newly purchased games are played the play freezes and a display comes on the screen telling me the disc...
[January 2, 2004, 19:34]
Xbox will use Seagate hard drives
News Seagate has been chosen to supply hard drives for Xbox, Microsoft's forthcoming video games console. Xbox, which is timetabled for an Autumn 2001 release, will be Microsoft's first games console. We'd only be guessing at this stage, as the...
[November 8, 2000, 15:31]
Xbox hit by UK ad ban
News The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has slammed an advertisement for Microsoft's Xbox console as "shocking", and banned the commercial from UK television. The Guardian Unlimited Web site reports that the ITC has also expressed its...
[June 6, 2002, 11:59]
Xbox, Gamecube fight for second place
News Sony had shipped 40 million units of its PlayStation2 as of last month, while Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's GameCube were each edging past about a tenth of that. Microsoft should have a clear advantage over Nintendo in North America, but the Xbox...
[October 30, 2002, 9:46]
Q&A: Xbox Live in Europe
News The recent European release of the same Xbox Sega bundle that Microsoft made available in North America a couple of weeks ago has given the sales of Microsoft's console a considerable boost. Despite the arrival of Super Mario Sunshine and a...
[November 13, 2002, 10:38]
Xbox sales 'sluggish'
News Microsoft's Xbox game console sold worse than expected in November, according to an analyst, in a research note that may not bode well for the console's sales over the Christmas shopping season. Microsoft has been trying, with little success, to...
[December 16, 2002, 13:32]
Xbox UK launch prompts mass sickies
News Over 90 percent of Xbox buyers are planning to take the day off work tomorrow, according to a survey conducted by Amazon.com. Microsoft's Xbox gaming console is due to go on sale at midnight tonight in stores across the UK, and those who pre...
[March 13, 2002, 15:42]
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]
