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Microsoft adds Disney-ABC to Xbox, Zune to Canada (MacNN)

At its chief executive Bill Gates' final CES keynote, Microsoft tonight made a pair of significant expansions of its Xbox and Zune handhelds. The company's Xbox Video Marketplace has now signed on content from Disney-ABC as well as MGM. This places TV shows such as Desperate Housewives and Lost on the console for purchase despite Disney-ABC's co...

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CES: Robbie Bach, President, Entertainment & Devices Division; Xbox Live Showing Results (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)

After last night's big announcements on the Xbox front, Microsoft's Robbie Bach, President of the Entertainment & Services division, faced financial analysts eager to get some red meat on how the unit is doing.

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Gates heralds next 'digital decade' (Canada.com)

LAS VEGAS - Microsoft Corp. took a big swing at Apple Inc. and its popular iPod Sunday night by announcing huge upgrades to its Xbox Live service and that it would start selling its popular Zune MP3 player in Canada this spring.

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Microsoft Gains Traction In Media Devices (Forbes)

The much-maligned software giant is doing better with the Xbox and Zune than its critics think.

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CES 2008: Microsoft Zune worldwide shipping FINALLY FREAKIN' announced (Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

It may not be the integrated HD DVD Xbox 360 Microsoft fanboys were holding out for, but it's nonetheless something people in Britain especially have been expecting.

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