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Another Microsoft exec speaks out on the Wii

The announcement of the Xbox 360 Elite has brought about many interviews, trying to find the purpose for releasing yet another SKU. For some reason, the Wii keeps popping up in these interviews, including one with Platform Marketing Manager Michael Newey. Check out the excerpt:

XCN: The Xbox 360 Elite console is the most expensive Xbox 360 yet, but Nintendo’s Wii has been selling really well and it’s very cheap. Why are you introducing a more expensive console?

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Lock Down Vista with Parental Controls

Won’t someone think of the children?

Microsoft did. Windows Vista comes with powerful and easy-to-use features that anyone can wield to prevent kids and other unauthorized users from accessing all kinds of things. Anybody with an administrator account can prevent users with standard accounts from downloading files, accessing certain games and applications, using the computer at certain times of day, and so on.

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The “Ultimate Element” of Windows Vista


Ask me in six months whether or not Windows Vista Ultimate is worth the price.

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