This story will not lighten the hearts of the gamers that didn't get an Xbox today...
"The initial shipment in the U.S. [was] somewhere between 400,000 and 700,000 units... the second shipment... may not come until after Christmas."
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November 22, 2005
A CompUSA Sale that's well...Madness
Just a few of the items on sale are:
50 Pack of DVD-R or DVD+R: $7.99
Hitachi 500GB Hard Drive: FREE After Rebates
eMachines T3104 Mini Tower w/ AMD Sempron Processor 3100+: 89.99 After Rebates
& More! If your looking for that computer for the family member who is just getting into computing, there are some great gifts!
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Introduction to netcat, the "TCP/IP Swiss Army knife"
Decent introduction to some of netcat's capabilities for those who have never heard of it before.
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Microsoft opens the Office XML format to all
Microsoft have sumitted the Office XML file format to Ecma, the international standards body. Their stated intention is also to submit the result of the Ecma work to ISO for approval as an international standard.
Microsoft are offering a broad �covenant not to sue� to anyone who uses our formats, with no agreement to sign.
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History of the "Intel Inside" jingle
Describes how the intel inside jingle was produced and who made it. Why doesn't AMD get one of them?
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XBOX 360's Stand Off advertisement
Late last week, word broke that an advertisement for the XBOX 360, entitled "Stand off," wouldn't be aired due to its questionable content. It was shown at Sunday's "Zero Hour" event in Palmdale, but was hidden until today/last night. It's on the MSN Video site, but many people have been having trouble getting it to function, so here it is.
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XBOX 360 Hard Drive assumes every MP3 you have is illegal.
If you want to store MP3's on your hard drive, you'll need to rip it again. Super.
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November 20, 2005
More machines than people on the Internet
THE UNITED NATIONS is warning that machines are starting to take over from humans as the biggest users of the world wide wibbly web.
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The Search Engine Experiment: Who Really Has The Best Results?
A public experiment discovering which of the top three search engines (Google, Yahoo, or MSN) really offers the best results. By taking the test you also find out which engine you personally prefer (and it's a blind test, so prejudice won't effect the outcome).
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Gallery of Bizarre Street Signs
A Gallery of hilarious, odd, and bizarre street signs from around the world. Classics such as "Don't Pet the Elephants", "Horrible Torture Device", and "Iceberg of Doom". Also doubles as a great source of forum avatars.
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RIAA prez: Lots of companies secretly install rootkits! It's no biggie!
RIAA President Cary Sherman gave a recent college press-conference where he addressed Sony's rootkit fiasco (among other things -- the whole trascript is worth reading for a quick visit to the planet greed). His take? Other companies do the same thing all the time!
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Abnormal fruits reported everywhere in Japan
In what appears to be influences from global warming, abnormal fruits, such as grapes not turning red and peaches with their flesh turning brown, are being reported throughout the country, forcing producers to try to find effective countermeasures.
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