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8:30AM Angus Kidman | Foxtel Downloads doesn’t really cut it, so will it be up to Microsoft to provide a comprehensive video-on-demand system? Nick over at Gizmodo has been putting the Zune Video Marketplace on Xbox Live through its paces, and he’s pretty impressed with what he sees. More »
Zune Video Marketplace The One To Beat For Australian Downloads
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Foxtel Downloads doesn’t really cut it, so will it be up to Microsoft to provide a comprehensive video-on-demand system? Nick over at Gizmodo has been putting the Zune Video Marketplace on Xbox Live through its paces, and he’s pretty impressed with what he sees. More » 
Work
XBMC Installer Deluxe Makes The Most Of Your Modded Xbox
9:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Read over our coverage of XBMC, but not quite sure if you’re ready to take the plunge? XBMC Installer Deluxe makes tinkering with your freshly modded Xbox a breeze. More »
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Xbox Dashboard Update Live, Start Your Downloads
3:30AM Adam Pash | The new Xbox Live Dashboard for Xbox 360s—known simply as ‘NXE’ (the New Xbox Experience)—is live, so fire up your Xbox and get downloading. The update only took a few minutes on my system, is followed by a bombastic welcome video, and is full of all kinds of promise. If you’ve already updated, let’s hear what you think of the NXE in the comments. More »
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Improve Your Xbox 360 Experience with Port Forwarding
1:00AM Adam Pash | Wired’s How-To Wiki details step-by-step how to set up port forwarding to make sure you’re getting the best experience from your Xbox 360 and Xbox Live game play. Depending on your router you may never have needed to do this, but if you’ve ever experienced long wait-times between games and other suspicious network problems, there’s a fair chance that a quick trip through your router’s settings could make a big difference. While you’re at it, you may be interested in tweaking your router to ensure your Xbox gets the lion’s share of your bandwidth when you need it. Finally, now that you’re gaming is set up for top performance, maybe it’s time you do more than just game on your 360. Set Up Port Forwarding on Your Xbox 360 [Wired How-To Wiki] More »
Design
Aeon Gives Your XBMC Style
7:30AM Adam Pash | Any platform running XBMC: AEON transforms your Xbox Media Centre with a beautiful new and friendly interface. Installing AEON is simply a matter of dragging it into your XBMC’s skins directory and then getting started. Whether your running XBMC on your Mac (a fork of which has just been renamed to Plex), your classic Xbox, or your thumb drive, AEON is an excellent tool to improve the look and feel. If you’d like to try XBMC on your Mac with a more social flair, check out previously mentioned Boxee. More »
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Do More Than Just Game on Your Xbox 360
2:00AM Adam Pash | Millions of homes have an Xbox 360 sitting in the living room, but if you’re only using your 360 to game, you’re missing out. With some free tools and a little elbow grease, that compact, networked PC sitting under your television can offer a whole lot of useful media functionality. The fact is, your 360 is capable of so much more than just gaming. Let’s take a look at a few ways you can get more from your Xbox 360. (We covered some of this territory in our recent guide to what to do with your new cheap Xbox 360, but there’s plenty of extra goodness to be had. More »Stream Music from Ubuntu to an Xbox 360
6:10AM Kevin Purdy | One intrepid Ubuntu hacker has written up a little script that allows your Xbox 360 to locate and stream music from any computer running Ubuntu. Downloading, setting up, and activating the script will require a bit of terminal work, but the commands can be easily copied and pasted from the Ubuntu Forums post linked below. Got a better solution for connecting the two systems that normally would never get along? Share your solutions in the comments. Stream music to your Xbox 360 [Ubuntu Forums] More »
Wire Your Living Room Over Wi-Fi with a Bridge
3:00AM Gina Trapani | More devices in your living room have Ethernet ports than ever before, but you can’t plug them into the network if your router’s in the other room. When your Wi-Fi access point is in the home office but your TiVo, Xbox, and media centre are screaming for network love under your TV in the living room, you want a wireless bridge (also known as an Ethernet converter). A wireless bridge catches your home network’s Wi-Fi signal and provides ports where you can plug in wired devices near it. Let’s take a look at how to wire up your living room using a wireless bridge. More »
XBMC Finds a Home on Your Mac
2:00PM Adam Pash | Mac OS X only: Whether or not you’ve already transformed your old Xbox into a media center with Xbox Media Center (XBMC), chances are you’ve seen what a killer media center application XBMC is. If you’ve ever wished you could bring the same saucy media center interface to your Mac, your wishes are finally being answered with XBMC for Mac. That’s right, the Unix app for the original Xbox has been ported to Macs, and though it’s only the 0.1 version, it already performs amazingly. If you’re already a Front Row/Apple TV lover, you’re probably wondering what the point of XBMC on your Mac is. Well, the main reasons you may way to run XBMC (lifted from the 9 to 5 Mac interview) are: More »
