Microsoft seems to intentionally gimping video playback on the 360, for everything other than than their own Zune video service.

One of my biggest disappointments with E3 this year is that I never got any hands on time with the Kinect voice and motion controlled hub. I was given demonstrations of it which normally leaves me to believe that it isn’t working properly yet and it just wasn’t stable enough to give to cynical journalists. But if it works as …

Rumours sprouted out over the last few days saying that Microsoft’s technical evangelist, J Allard, was currently on a sabbatical that he was never planning to return from. J Allard was the visionary behind the Xbox and the recently canned Courier tablet PC which I was totally in love with. However it appears that it’s not only Mr Allard who …

Some of you might remember the special edition Halo 3 Zunes, well get ready because Microsoft is doing the same for the Gears of War 2. Each 120GB Zune will have a laser-etched “Crimson Omen” (that’s the skull with the cog symbol around it) and come pre-loaded with 244 pieces of media, including the soundtrack, behind-the-scene videos and concept art. …