Once upon a time, there was a movie called Hard Drive, which surprisingly had absolutely nothing to do with computers, but a lot to do with making a not-so-clever pun in the film’s synopsis. Unfortunately, there was another movie with the same name, which meant Hard Drive had to become Drive Hard. And while it lost it’s synopsis punniness in the process, it still retained …

I have just come from a personal unboxing of the new Xbox 360 and there were a few things about it that came as quite a surprise. With a Hard Drive nowhere to be seen, we had no idea if the new Xbox 360 even had a removable HDD and if so, where it actually was. All was soon revealed …

Joystiq have managed to get their hands on some really interesting documentation that confirms that a 2010 update to the Xbox 360 is going to allow it to use USB devices as memory units. According to the report, Xbox 360 owners will now be able to use any USB device that they have lying around as a new way to …

You guys know Japan, right? It’s that country that has such a huge Xbox 360 install base that Microsoft always gives them… Wait, this story sounds all wrong, let’s try that again. __________________________________________________ You guys know how Microsoft loves to screw with its loyal customers? Well, that’s exactly what they are continuing today while continually chasing a market that isn’t …

Microsoft South Africa have confirmed that they will be participating in the Arcade and Core upgrade system put in place to ready users of Xbox 360’s who lack any sort of storage hardware. Pricing is still to be finalised but it’s great to know that it is happening. As for Live support in South Africa, well that’s a story for …

Microsoft revealed earlier this week that qualifying Core and Arcade owners can receive either a free Xbox 360 Memory Unit or Xbox 360 Hard Drive. Unfortunately this seems to only apply to Xbox 360 owners in the US and Europe. But fear not. Craig N, our very own Microsft MVP has just posted on his blog that Microsoft Xbox South …