Microsoft is mapping plans for a future without visionary Bill Gates as the world's biggest software giant gears for battle with Google and others to be the dominant high-technology company.
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Microsoft braces for a Gates-less future (iafrica.com)
PRESS RELEASE: 360 GAMER goes widescreen (gamesindustry.biz)
16/06/06 – Uncooked Media’s 360 GAMER magazine has received a facelift, and is now super A4 size (297x230mm) from issue 11, on sale 22 June. Best of all, 360 GAMER remains at a weighty 132 pages for £2.99, making it even better value for Xbox 360 gamers than ever before.
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Best Buy also has PS3 games for pre-order (Addict 3D)
What, you thought Best Buy liked Nintendo better than Sony? Never one to play favorites (except to customers who buy those shady warranties), the big-box retail giant has also put some tantalizing PS3 titles up for pre-order to join the Wii games we saw the other day.
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XBox 360 Cracked? Modchip Finally Here? (Gizmodo)
The Devil360 team has claimed that they're ready to release a modchip for the Xbox360. What's interesting is that it doesn't rely on the DVD-Drive firmware hack that previous hackers have used to get...
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Bullet Witch delayed again [Xbox 360] (GameSpot)
AQ Interactive can't seem to pull the trigger on its upcoming Xbox 360 title shooter; Japanese release pushed back two more weeks.
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XBL gets Rumble Roses demo, Perfect Dark maps [Xbox 360] (GameSpot)
Xbox 360 owners can now sample Konami's all-girl grappler, beef up multiplayer level selection in Rare's launch first-person shooter.
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M-rated Ninety-Nine Nights hitting US in August [Xbox 360] (GameSpot)
Tetsuya Mizuguchi's Xbox 360 adventure finally gets an official US release date--and the ESRB's second-toughest rating.
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Help for Sufferers of ‘Modest Dad Syndrome’
MSN MoneyCentral - National Survey Reveals Dad's Favorite Electronic Gifts Circuit City Offers Father's Day Gift Ideas and How-To Sessions for Dads Who Receive Digital Music Players RICHMOND, Va., June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- A new national survey* commissioned by ...
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Xbox Live upgrade: better late than never
Edmonton Sun - Under the category of it's about frickin' time, a major upgrade to Xbox Live is being rolled out this month, including some features that really ought to have been part of Microsoft's online gaming service from day one. But better late than never ...
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Self-publisher triples revenue
Detroit News - RALEIGH, N.C. -- Joanna Lopianowski-Roberts knew a book on creating a cross-stitch version of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling would never make the best-seller list. But after spending 700 hours designing the patterns, she wanted to create a ...
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MSFT announces first major Xbox 360 update (Addict 3D)
I just spoke with Aaron Greenberg, Group Marketing Manager for Xbox Live, about the first major update to the Xbox 360 since last November's launch.
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