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Microsoft Zune: All the excitement that brown can bring

Crave Unless Microsoft is willing to let other companies join in the fun, your chances of sharing anything will be limited by the number of other Zune owners within a 50m radius. There are plenty of details to come, like price and availability, and...

Tags: microsoft, case, matter, zune

15 September 2006, 15:42

Crave Podcast 86: Microsoft offers free money!

Crave This week's hottest tech news includes Microsoft paying customers to use its Live Search Engine. In other news, the Conservative party is trying to legalise Segways for use on the public roads, Prime Minister Gordon Brown is letting people ask him...

Tags: questions, forums, crave podcast, mini

23 May 2008, 11:00

Crave TV: Microsoft pushes journalist out of plane

Crave You can call Microsoft many things -- but you definitely can't call it boring. According to Microsoft's public relations guy, the idea was to film us skydiving, and then send our adrenalin levels through the roof by letting us edit the footage in...

11 October 2007, 15:33

Zune disses iPod in 'I'm a Mac' spoof

Crave Whereas the Apple original depicted a stuffy be-suited Windows user dorking it up next to a trendy Mac fan, the pro-Microsoft spoof tries to show why the Zune is better than the iPod. The spoof is a little far-fetched (the Zune isn't that easy to...

Tags: microsoft, song, youtube, zune

14 December 2006, 10:46

Xbox 360: The Final Countdown

Crave Microsoft wants 'sell-out' headlines tomorrow, so the ridiculously limited first batch of consoles has already been pre-ordered by eager gamers and canny eBay dealers. Okay, so about ten per cent of you will actually be living the high-definition...

Tags: microsoft, console, racing, high definition

1 December 2005, 10:12

Xbox 360 update: New features galore

Crave As we were settling into our spanking new offices yesterday, we discovered Microsoft is about to unleash a new dashboard update for the Xbox 360. Microsoft has added support for more video formats as well.

Tags: microsoft, xvid, downloading, profile

11 April 2007, 11:40

Cold, crash and flame: the Xbox 360 launches

Crave Microsoft's Xbox 360 launched in the US this week to the deafening sound of hype -- Gates & Co.hired a vast aircraft hangar in the Mojave Desert and invited 2,000 of their 'l33t'-est gamer buddies to celebrate.

Tags: microsoft, titles, xbox, gamer

25 November 2005, 9:37

State of Play: Xbox 360

Crave Microsoft has been spraying money at third-party developers and pulled off some major coups, partially because Sony has taken so long coming to market. Microsoft, amazingly, has largely kept its head down, fixed problems when they occurred and kept...

Tags: microsoft, party, dvd player, care

22 November 2006, 10:23

Xbox 360 Wireless Adaptor: Life without the grey cables

Crave If there's anything 'next-gen' about Microsoft's Xbox 360, it has to be the fully integrated online experience. Which is why it's such a shame that Microsoft didn't make the console wireless out of the box.

Tags: microsoft, video files, wireless, gaming

31 January 2006, 10:59

Perfect Dark Zero & Online Updates: Xbox 360 Roundup

Crave In other Xbox 360-related news, Microsoft has just uploaded a host of new goodies onto the Live servers. For Crave the week between Christmas and New Year has to be spent in front of the TV, selfishly getting into our favourite videogames and...

Tags: microsoft uk, multiplayer, weapons, christmas

30 December 2005, 10:31

Rory's Christmas Shopping: Poor man's Xbox 360

Crave To get the best out of it, Microsoft recommends a hi-def TV, so I've chosen to pair it with Nick's first Christmas pick, the Samsung LE32R41BD, which will set me back a further £840. When our editor first said we'd each be given £5,000 Virtual...

Tags: microsoft, console, hard drive, value

2 December 2005, 17:00

Photos: Pharrell Williams plays Halo 3 on IMAX at UK launch

Crave Those crazy guys at Microsoft had them going for a minute, making them think their free copy depended on the outcome of a multiplayer deathmatch on stage, but as they say in showbiz, no one went home empty-handed.

26 September 2007, 11:53

Xbox 360 HD DVD drive: Hi-def peripheral

Crave Microsoft had a swanky little event in a penthouse overlooking the Thames this morning and one of the many bits and bobs on show (check back soon for the games) was the Xbox 360's HD DVD drive. Update 2: A full review of the Microsoft Xbox 360 HD...

Tags: microsoft, component, hd, dvds

12 October 2006, 13:22

Xbox 360: Going Live

Crave There will be two sorts of people with Xbox 360s this morning. One set will be bruised and battered after fighting it out for one of the few units that weren't pre-ordered. The other set will be heading down to HMV, smug in the knowledge that there...

Tags: microsoft uk, console, xbox, weekend

2 December 2005, 11:08

Black Xbox 360 Elite: Strongly rumoured

Crave Unfortunately, Microsoft will not include an HD DVD drive or built-in Wi-Fi. Update: Microsoft has confirmed that it will launch the Xbox 360 Elite on 29 April in the US for $479, but didn't announce launch dates or prices for the UK or Europe.

Tags: microsoft, wi fi, hard drive, xbox

26 March 2007, 11:45