Xbox 360 Fall 2009 update coming November 17

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  1. Hoffman

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    Microsoft is ready to launch their next big update to Xbox LIVE dashboard, with Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm and Zune video will all be available. The update will be available to all Xbox LIVE members on November 17.

    The update will allow users to connect with friends and family though Facebook, directly from the comfort of your own couch. The Facebook integration will allow full support for news feeds, photos, instant messenger and the ability to browse through your own and friend's walls.

    The Twitter integration will have real-time updates right on your dashboard, so users can always stay up-to-date on who you are following. Users can also post directly from Xbox LIVE to Twitter, reply to other users and send and receive direct messages. Users can also ‘favourite' posts directly on Xbox LIVE to recall at a later date.

    Users can enjoy their favourite music using Last.fm when it launches and even watch videos on Zune video. Great news if you are a Zune HD owner, you will soon be able to play TV shows and movies on your Zune, laptop or Xbox 360 in full 1080p.

    Users with Zune HD will be able to download 1080p video right from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and watch it anywhere you like.

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    This whole update is going to be interesting for XBox owners from the sounds of it.

    From The Register:

    One year after it warned that Xbox 360 owners who've modified their consoles would be kicked off Xbox Live, Microsoft today confirmed that a percentage of subscribers have indeed been given the boot.

    Modifying an Xbox 360 to play copies of games is “a violation of the Xbox Live terms of use”, Microsoft warned on 13 November 2008, adding that such actions will void your console’s warranty and see your access to Xbox Live rescinded - permanently.

    And it seems Microsoft wasn’t peddling empty threats, because the software giant today told Register Hardware that “a small percentage” of Xbox Live’s “more than 20m members” have been kicked off the service.

    The company refused to tell us exactly how many Live users have had their access blocked, but figures circulating online suggest that roughly 600,000 members have been affected - a reasonable figure given Microsoft’s “small percent” of circa 20m subscribers figure. The 600,000 figure is equivalent to three per cent of the Live subscriber base.

    It’s unclear if the confirmed cut-offs were made en masse during the last few days or spread across the seven years that Xbox Live has been in existence.

    Register Hardware isn’t aware of Sony ever kicking PS3 modders off of the PlayStation Network – the firm’s version of Xbox Live.

    However, a legal case was last month brought against Sony by a PSN gamer kicked off the service after it was alleged that they persistently using racist and homophobic language.

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    Microsoft boots modders off Xbox Live ? Register Hardware
    Xbox Live May Be Cut Off If You Chip Xbox 360s
     
  3. KillerWhiteMan

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    Just downloaded the Zune Marketplace and it is great. Love being able to integrate my Zune HD and 360 like that.
     
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    Can you play the content on your Zune on the 360?
    Also can you download content directly to the Zune?
     

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