Posts Tagged ‘microsoft
Major Nelson’s Xbox Live Account Hacked
Major Nelson, AKA: Larry Hryb from Microsoft’s own team had his Xbox Live account hacked yesterday proving, once again, that Microsoft has a serious security problem. Luckily for Major Nelson he works for Microsoft, so the issue was fixed within hours. Speaking as someone who doesn’t work for them, who went through the same issue [...]
The Tale Hath an Ending
Our little storybook is finally over: Alas, not all was well for the boy. He contacted everyone he could. A Major, a Giant Bomb and more! He knew not what else to do. In the end the dirty deeds were dealt with. The evil hacker magic could not stand against the tenacity of the boy [...]
The Story (so far) of My Hacked Xbox Live Account
I’ve been going through some awful experience’s lately due to someone stealing my GamerTag, here’s my experience in children’s story style (I totally imagine this being read by Malcolm McDowell): Let me tell you the story of a boy. This boy was incredibly excited for a game called, “Halo” to arrive. He had followed it [...]
How to Report the News
I know there’s been a distinct lack of content here on Project Silence the last few weeks, but luckily we have Etta around to at least bring you an entry in the fantastic and long running Ettatorial once a week (every Sunday for those in the know). Thanks for holding down the fort (like always), [...]
Microsofts Project Natal
Microsoft showed quite a bit of expected and unexpected things at their E3 Press Conference today, but if there is one thing that will get people talking, it’s Project Natal. This is the kind of thing that, if it works, could change the game in a lot of ways. Of course in the likely event [...]
Zune Pass Becomes A Great Deal
I may be no fan of Microsofts core products, but they have some amazing talent in their other department. The Zune is a more than competent competator to the iPod and it’s subscriptions service (for $15 bucks a month you can sample everything), just got better with the ability to keep 10 of those songes [...]
My First Day With NXE: Lots of Good, A Few First Day Problems
I arrived home from work extra early yesterday (yes, I have a full time job, Project Silence does not pay the bills), to jump on the NXE and check out all the new bells and whistles. I thought I would take this opportunity to share some of my experiences with those who haven’t yet had [...]
Netflix Streaming Does Not Include Columbia Pictures on Xbox
If you were planning to stream some Columbia Pictures (who just so happens to be owned by Sony) movies on your Xbox 360 now that you have the NXE, forget-about-it. It seems Netflix could not secure the rights to stream Columbia owned features to the Xbox 360, from Joystiq: All of the affected titles from [...]
Microsoft Decides the Best Way to Sell You Lips is to Creep You the Fu@k Out
[youtube]Q5QIwOYZz6U[/youtube] I guess I’ve seen less memorable ads in my day, so from that point of view, it’s effective. I do have to wonder what ever happened to just showing people your product, as opposed to giving them nightmares. Then again, if the point of advertising is to get people talking, this commercials has done [...]
Amazon, Sony, Microsoft and Best Buy Fight Clam-Shell Packaging
After years of cutting yourself on packaging made to keep you from getting to the item you just bought, several companies are actually fighting on your side. The New York Times
