It is a sad day for users of the original Microsoft Xbox and  Xbox Media Center, XMBC on the original Xbox will no longer be supported by its creators. For those not familiar with it, prior to the Xbox 360 and its many improvements, the Xbox was only usable for video games.  Since the Xbox [...] Read more »

Over the last two days I have been mulling over the Microsoft announcement of Natal. I barely covered it the first time in my post “Xbox 360 is The Undisputed King Of Content” but it really struck a note in my brain. This technology is amazing and far more than it appears to be. From [...] Read more »

When it comes to modern gaming consoles Microsoft is clearly in the lead with the Xbox 360, and they are not content to just let it be awesome. They are obsessively updating it and tweaking it to make it better. Sure there are always things for people to complain about but that is just natural. [...] Read more »

When it comes to displaying multimedia content on a computer Microsoft pretty much has a stranglehold on computers.  There have been a few linux distributions to try and take on Microsoft but so far there is only one that has really been successful, XBMC Media Center. Originally designed for the Xbox, it has grown and [...] Read more »

The official Windows Team that developed Windows 7 has a new article that covers pretty much anything and everything you ever wanted to know about the Windows 7 “Homegroup”. Essentially Homegroup is a a way network your Windows 7 computers and devices such as Xbox 360’s that is fast easy and secure. The concept is [...] Read more »