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360 Facebook, Twitter And Last.FM Will Be Accessible To Teens
4:40AM Mike Fahey | Right now three major features of the new Xbox 360 dashboard update — Facebook, Last.FM and Twitter — are inaccessible to users under 18. Major Nelson says that will change weeks after the update launches. More »
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MW2 Avatar Items Available Tomorrow, But Not For Free
1:00PM Owen Good | Those Modern Warfare 2 Avatar goodies — of which Robert Bowling said “some” would be free right? — are going to Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow, FourZeroTwo says via Twitter. Unfortunately, they’ll all cost MS points. More »
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Major Nelson Weighs In On 360 Console Bans
5:20AM Mike Fahey | Microsoft’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb discusses the recent string of Xbox Live piracy console bannings, delivering an important caveat to those purchasing used machines in the process. More »
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Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Goes 4 Gold
6:30AM Michael McWhertor | Xbox Live subscribers of Gold distinction can enjoy the Xbox 360 Left 4 Dead 2 demo as of right now. The 1.69GB demo is yours for downloading from Xbox Live Marketplace. More »
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Xbox Live Ops Manager Ain’t Going For This Facebook/Games Thing
2:40PM Owen Good | In the latest thrilling episode of Major Nelson’s podcast, the gang raps about the DSi XL and its virtues and drawbacks, and regular guest “e” (Eric Neustadter, the Xbox Live operations manager) says this whole gaming/Facebook synergy? Not diggin’ it. More »
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Microsoft Refunds Dog Shopping Spree, Grants It Gamertag
9:20AM Brian Crecente | Two weeks ago we broke the news about Kotaku reader Greg and his amazing, online shopping dog. More »
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Xbox Live Smashes Mass Banhammer On Pirates
4:30PM Owen Good | “A small percentage” of Xbox Live users with modded consoles that allowed pirated games to play woke up to find an early treat in their Halloween bag: a banhammer. More »
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Xbox LIVE Features Kratos Head, It Seems
6:30PM Brian Ashcraft | In the Halloween episode of Xbox LIVE’s Inside Xbox, there are heads on the wall — one of which looks like Kratos from Sony’s PlayStation franchise. But what could it mean? More »
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Dress Your Xbox Avatar In University Pride
2:40AM Mike Fahey | Display your love for your favourite institute of higher learning with the Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace University Collection, as long as yours is one of the top 30 US Universities. More »
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