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20:56 February 2nd, 2008

Zune user files suit against Microsoft over alleged ear damage

Posted By: wraggster

According to Zune user Joel Geddis, way back in 2006 his first gen player spontaneously reset and blasted an ear-shattering noise through the earbuds, resulting in permanent "fluid leakage from [his] ear canal, impaired hearing, and incessant ringing and discomfort." Sound like the stuff of a lawsuit? That'd be correct. Like many others, Joel is beating the war drum in an attempt to raise some awareness of his pending product liability and personal injury suit against Toshiba (who made the first Zune's hardware) and Microsoft. See, this is why we warn people to put in ear-plugs before putting on their headphones -- otherwise you might damage your hearing.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/02/z...ed-ear-damage/

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21:11 February 2nd, 2008

8GB Zune $20 Price drop

Posted By: wraggster

Effective February 1, 2008, the 8GB Zune Digital Media Player gets a $20 Price Drop. Now customers can get all the great features of the 8GB Zune for just $179.99! But, for just $30 more than the 4GB Zune, you can double your music or video content. Now hopefully we will see a price drop across all the players.

http://www.bostonpocketpc.com/8GB+Zu...rice+Drop.aspx

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14:10 February 9th, 2008

Microsoft misses some Valentine's Day Zune shipments?

Posted By: wraggster



As it turns out, Microsoft may be breaking a few hearts by not being able to fulfill all its Zune 80 Valentine's Day Originals shipments, but not all is lost for their loving customers. Users who haven't already gotten their units will apparently get a full refund -- as well the player they ordered. Aw, isn't that candy-heart sweet? And should you wind up with one of these for V-Day, you might try every so gingerly asking for dinner with that $250 your special someone saved.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/09/m...une-shipments/

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19:31 February 11th, 2008

XBMC for Xbox 2008-02-10 SVN rev11601 build - T3CH

Posted By: wraggster

viA XBOX SCENE

T3CH released a new SVN compile (rev11601) of XBMC for Xbox (XboxMediaCenter).
This T3CH-compile is a complete snapshot of what is in SVN at the time the build was compiled, with just a few small additions.

Special Notes and Added/Noteworthy/XML/Script changes:
* BBB's T3CH Upgrader updated to 1.4
* added: a few more bios ids
* added: httpapi KeyRepeat command - repeats key events sent via SendKey command
* added: setProperty() and getProperty() listitem methods to python. Basically you can set your own infolabels using ListItem.Property(WhatEverYouSet) (Thanks cptspiff and jmarshall) changed: setInfo() added "lyrics" to type "music"
* added: system.getbool conditional for retrieval of gui settings.
* added: Container.NextSortMethod, Container.PreviousSortMethod, thanks to agathorn
* added: Container.NumPages and Container.CurrentPage infolabels.
* added: trailers links now scraped via imdb... access them via dialogvideoinfo. (disabled by default in scraper settings)

Keep in mind this is a SVN snapshot of the current development tree. It's not an official (stable) point release. Use only if you know what you are doing.

Official XBMC Site (new site!): http://xbmc.org
Official T3CH Site: http://t3ch.yi.se

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17:12 February 18th, 2008

Frozen Cable

Posted By: wraggster

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Locked inside every xbox is a surprising secret: you don't have to play your original xbox games in poor TV quality, you could be playing in Full 1080p HDTV with Dolby 5.1 stereo sound. The new Frozen 1080p cable helps you to realize the full potential of the original xbox by allowing you to plug it
into any HDTV source. To complete the transition from "lame" to "Game!" you will also need frostythesnowman's 1080p BIOS patch. Software is not
included. Say "no" to the upgrades. Unlock full HD from your original xbox games today!

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20:30 February 20th, 2008

Microsoft announces games for Zune via XNA Studio

Posted By: wraggster



Looks like games are coming for the Zune after all! Microsoft just announed XNA Studio developers will be able to use the Zune as a multiplayer wireless mobile gaming platform! Details are sparse at this point, but it looks like it's going to be second gen Zunes only, since it was specifically mentioned that it'd take use of the touchpad controls. We'll let you know more as we get it.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/20/m...ia-xna-studio/

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20:26 February 21st, 2008

Windows Home Server bug corrupts iTunes, Zune, lots of other apps

Posted By: wraggster

Uh-oh -- it looks like the nasty Windows Home Server bug that corrupts data affects quite a few more apps than Microsoft initially let on. The company's just updated the WHS support note to include reports of data corruption when using iTunes, the Zune software, WinAmp, WMP 11, Photoshop, and a host of other applications -- and the problem's expanded in scope as well, now affecting files saved to the server in addition to files edited on the server. That basically makes WHS useless as of right now -- if you can't trust your data on it, there's no point -- so let's hope there's a fix on the way.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/w...-of-other-app/

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20:32 February 21st, 2008

Games for Zune details, hands-on

Posted By: wraggster

We got a chance to check out the first functioning games for Zune and were able to answer a few -- but not many -- questions about how this thing's bound to play out.

For starters, first-gen Zunes don't appear to be ruled out by any means, but it's going to be dependent on the game controls. Zauri, the sample space shooter game demoed today, uses the Zunepad, thus wouldn't work (as well) on a Zune 30. Nothing has been decided as to whether games will universally require 2nd-gen Zunes, though.
Use of the Zunepad in Zauri was as a trackpad and omnidirectional -- it wasn't just up / down / left / right, as in the menus.
Right now the system partitions a mere 16MB for storing games, although this might change.
Right now there isn't a professional-grade SDK to announce; all titles should initially be done up in XNA Studio.
Means of distribution (i.e. games loaded through an installer, through the Zune desktop app, or through Zune Marketplace?) has not yet been decided.
The first beta development tools will be out this Spring.
There are no plans for Zune game sharing (yet), so to play with a friend wirelessly you both must have the game on your Zune.
There was plenty more we wanted to know but Microsoft definitely stressed that this is an incredibly early announcement, and many of the details we're all lusting after are still being hammered out. Again, we'll know more in Spring and Summer.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/20/g...ails-hands-on/

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02:12 February 23rd, 2008

Zune XNA Gaming Is Surprisingly Fluid

Posted By: wraggster

We had a few minutes yesterday to play a bit of shoot-em-up Zurai, that fast little game shown during the Microsoft keynote. The game plays surprisingly well. The ship constantly fires and you move it around with the Zune's touch pad. To fire off bombs you click the pad. Unfortunately, the game was developed specifically for the keynote, so it's not clear if it will ever actually see the light of day.

http://kotaku.com/359516/zune-xna-ga...risingly-fluid

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15:08 February 23rd, 2008

DCEmu Homebrew Network RSS Feeds Now Working

Posted By: wraggster

Hi all i finally got around to sorting out the RSS Feed for the Whole DCEmu Network, you can now check out http://www.dcemu.co.uk in the right column or http://feeds.feedburner.com/dcemunetwork, you now have access to hundreds of news items per day from the worlds best homebrew network.

Hopefully should also help people who are still suffering those damned DNS Issues with the sub domains

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00:48 February 26th, 2008

Zune survey points to video downloads

Posted By: wraggster



Apparently, video is all the rage these days. Just ask the folks who received a survey from Microsoft about services which may or may not be coming to the Zune. It's possible your heart might skip a beat when you read questions like, "I would rather download a movies from an online service than buy a DVD," or, "My friends and I regularly send each other links to online videos." Though the question, "I'm willing to carry a larger MP3 player if it improves the quality of the display," could just be suggesting a new Zune-XXXL is on the way. Regardless of what it you take away from these cryptic messages, remember one thing: just like that Netflix survey, this may not mean anything at all.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/25/z...deo-downloads/

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