This news is also late, but I don't consider it news if I haven't blogged about it!

Microsoft is rolling out Xbox Live to a few new countries like Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Russia and last but not least, South Africa!

So what does this mean for local Xbox 360 gamers?

Well, you don't have to commit fraud to have an Xbox Live account anymore. My Live account currently has an address in the UK, because you could not create an account without a valid address.  read more »

Being busy is not fun.

Being alone at home is not fun.

Both of these premises were mine to enjoy (hate?) the past week.

But instead of my usual moan about how busy things are and about how little I'm blogging, let me jump straight into it.

Yes, E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo took place last week in all it's gaming glory.

Yes, I know it was last week... like I said, I've been busy.  read more »

So my Xbox 360 has died... for the third time in the last two weeks.

Everytime, I've duly opened it up, tweaked with the screws that apply the Red Ring of Death (RROD) fix and get it up and running again... for about two days.

Lather, rinse, repeat.

So I'm at the point where I might open it once or twice more but I'm just about reaching that point where my Xbox will be defenestrated.  read more »

The week has scarcely begun and I am swamped. I am preparing the last hardware in a 3-month hardware deployment project this week. I am getting to grips with Wordpress theming at home. And last but not least, my brother-in-law has signed me up for the 50km MTN OFM Mountain Bike Race in Bloemfontein this weekend.

Guess who has not been playing much games this week?  read more »

Actually, we should probably not be surprised.

Windows 7, the latest incarnation of the famous (infamous?) operating system by Microsoft, has been cracked.

The system was scheduled to go on sale on 22 October 2009.

This means that pirates will have the latest version of Windows 7 Ultimate long before most consumers have bought a copy off the shelves.  read more »

Interesting read over at Ars Technica today.

Recently, Microsoft contributed code for it's Hyper-V drivers to the Linux kernel.

Yes, you read right, MS contributed code to the kernel.  read more »

I really want an Xbox 360. I'm getting to that point where I want it real bad.

I've been reading up about Xbox Live, how to bypass the system without having an American Credit Card (since Microsoft doesn't officially support the Xbox Live Service in SA yet), which games are available on Xbox Live Arcade and I've been scouting the area for shops with good prices on their games.  read more »