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2006 - Riding on the crest of Xbox 360
Xbox 360 was launched in the September of 2005 to unsurprisingly criticial acclaim. The 2006 keynote is packed full of impressive stats that highlights the console's success - Microsoft corporate VP Peter Moore: "first 90 days we will have launched Xbox 360 in nearly 30 countries, and Xbox 360 is on track to ship between 4.5 and 5.5 million consoles by the end of June." And considering 2006 was still early days for online console gaming, Moore revealed that 50% of Xbox 360 consoles were connected to Xbox Live.
To demonstrate the Xbox 360's multiplayer prowess, Bill Gates and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer play the Xbox 360 Fight Night, Round 3 video game with boxing commentator Al Bernstein.
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13/01/2012 02:43
MSN Why don't you start charging the likes of MAGE AINGLE an advertising fee for use of the blog service.
14/01/2012 17:00
and who runs your banks, schools,hospital. your network system.. mail server. check this software out. ms word, power point, publisher, excel, access, sql serve. visual basic, visual c ++ and so on.
your cosmetic I.T companies google and apple can not run the business world. They need microsoft to run it for them. microsoft is not the biggest software maker for nothing.
13/01/2012 15:36
All things must pass, and twenty years is about long enough. Pity some TV and Radio executive producers don't take a hint and retire programmes like The Archers, Emerdale, Coronation Street and Eastenders.
There was once a showbiz maxim that as a performer, one should always retire at the top, leaving your audience wanting more. The Soaps are a classic example of the opposite in action. Boring trash. Microsoft themselves are about to discover this as well. That the world has moved on, and their products are in danger of becoming very stale. Windows 7 is just about acceptable - but only just.
13/01/2012 10:34
Vista..............doesn't quite rhyme with disaster, but that's what it was, as anyone who's used it will tell you. Utter pony & trap.
13/01/2012 07:46
well what can you say ....... the begining of the end for mocrost computers has started........
give it another ten years and you'll say MICRO WHO?......
apple, android and chrome systems will dominate the market .. rather than expencive lisenced softwares
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