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Post Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:47 am   
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Hi all,

Im looking for people interested in helping write a new HQ new article which will list all the updates that are on offer with some screenshots and detailed info.. To help just reply with a new feature from the dashboard update.

August. 11, 2009 Dashboard Updates:
- Games on Demand Service is GO!
- Gamecard shows how long you have been a xbox live member in a cool little bubble in the GOLD/SILVER part of your gamertag (top right)
- Avatar Marketplace (win clothing from games or purchase you own)
- More options to sort your "Friends" lists
- Rate Games directly from your dashboard..
- more coming soon!


feel free to reply and moderators add to the list! Smile

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Post Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:48 am   
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Is this for the update coming out tomorrow?

I have not been keeping up on it. I would wright it but I think some of the others are more wise to the dash board stuff. Heck I don't even go anywhere past my xbox then start up the games. Crap, I do not have anyway to get screen shots either.

But I am excited to see what will be new. I am looking forward to some new stuff for my avatar, He really needs some kind of gun.


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Post Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:31 pm   
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Here is an update for you:
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Although there have been numerous software updates for Microsoft's gaming console in the past, this is the first one to overwrite the vital boot block. Any failure while updating this will break the Xbox 360 beyond repair. Statistics from other systems have shown that about one in a thousand bootloader updates goes wrong, and unless Microsoft has a novel solution to this problem, this puts tens of thousands of Xboxes at risk.


Got this from http://www.free60.org/wiki/Main_Page.

Apparantly the latest 360's have been hacked, and as part of this update m$ are stopping this. So if you do not update, you will be able to run homebrew at some point, soon hopefully.

There is also a guide on there how to install Ubuntu to the hard drive by using a patched version of king kong, but not sure if it is fully working.

So if you want XBMC 360 or MAME 360, don't update your systems just yet, or just buy another console. Lets just hope it doesn't all come to nothing.

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:35 am   
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just got my update,, Nothing major really that i would use personally.
Maybe the game ratings system..

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:38 pm   
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Div wrote:
Apparantly the latest 360's have been hacked, and as part of this update m$ are stopping this. So if you do not update, you will be able to run homebrew at some point, soon hopefully.

There is also a guide on there how to install Ubuntu to the hard drive by using a patched version of king kong, but not sure if it is fully working.

So if you want XBMC 360 or MAME 360, don't update your systems just yet, or just buy another console. Lets just hope it doesn't all come to nothing.


Yeh, ive heard that people have been able to run linux on their boxes but once you do maybe you wont be able to go back.. Xbox 360 is boring without the Xbox LIVE service, well especially for the price tag at the moment.

Don't get me wrong though, i so want to see some emulators and other homebrew stuff running on 360 oneday.. Its been years already for me!

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:00 pm   
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daarn it all to heck, ive been waiting and waiting for some sort of news on the 360 homebrew scene, and i aint heard nothing, and now it looks like the king kong based exploit is nearly ready for the end user (thats me!!), xbmc 360 is now still a dream, or older xbox away!


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Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:34 pm   
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Put it this way everyone, with the currently security of the xbox 360 and all the signed code everywhere, god help us for the next xbox 1080 or whatever..

It aint gonna be called xbox 720 for sure.. i guarantee it and will place bets right now.. heheh come on!

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