Microsoft Keeps Your Repaired XBox For 4 Months, Calls You A Thief For Wanting
It Back
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| Microsoft hasn't returned Tiffany's XBox 360 for four months because they
| think she is a thief, even though she has her original receipt and a credit
| card statement proving that she is the console's rightful owner. Microsoft
| repaired the XBox back in January and tried to return it via FedEx, but a
| shipping snafu landed the box back at Microsoft's service center.
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http://consumerist.com/381798/microsoft-keeps-your-repaired-xbox-for-4-months-calls-you-a-thief-for-wanting-it-back
Microsoft politely points out the Xbox 360 version of GTA IV doesn’t have a
pesky 5-minute install time like the PS3 version
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| ... I don’t condone this kind of cheap shot. Stay classy, Microsoft.
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http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/19/microsoft-politely-points-out-the-xbox-360-version-of-gta-iv-doesnt-have-a-pesky-5-minute-install-time-like-the-ps3-version/
After systematically crashing the PS3 launch parties around the world, cheap
shots are... well, cheap.
Days ago:
Price cut fails to push Xbox 360 past PS3 in UK
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| However, a Sony spokesman today hit back at the company's arch rival, telling
| Register Hardware that the PS3 has outsold the Microsoft console every week
| for the last 15 weeks.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/04/18/xbox_360_european_sales_double/
Related:
Microsoft Admits ALL Xbox360's Are Defective
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| Though Robbie Bach, head of Microsoft's Xbox360 Division refused to elaborate
| on the issue, the general consensus is that it's one of botched thermal
| design management and inadequate dissipation of heat leading to component
| failure.
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http://www.fastsilicon.com/latest-news/microsoft-admits-all-xbox360s-are-defective.html?Itemid=60
Insider Trading Hasn't Affect Microsoft Stock - Yet
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| MarketWatch.com reports that Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft's
| Entertainment and Devices division, sold $6.2 million of Microsoft
| stock just prior to announcing that Microsoft was going to have to
| extend XBox 360 warranties to three years because of extensive
| failures. The filings note that this was not part of any
| scheduled diversification or selling program; this was a
| conscious, unscheduled sale by the guy in charge of releasing
| news that could affect the value of Microsoft stock.
|
| [...]
|
| Insider trading is a very serious violation of the law; just
| ask Martha Stewart, who served five months in prison for
| avoiding losses of $43,000 through trades that just had suspicious
| timing (no insider trading was actually proven). This is $6.3
| million that went straight into Robbie Bach's pocket.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070713/40947_id.html?.v=1
Raikes and Other Exits
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| It's weird that Mini and all the commenters here have failed to notice the
| mass exodus from the Xbox team in 2007. By my count, more than 15% of the
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| product team (dev/PM/test) have left Microsoft for Apple, Sony, Google,
| Yahoo, MySpace, Amazon, and various other companies (including several
| startups, local and in the Valley).
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http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2008/01/raikes-and-other-exits.html
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