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If you were lucky enough to get a  Kinetic as a add on to your existing Xbox or got the complete combo 4g or larger size harddrive for Christmas, here are some things you need to know to fully enjoy your game console.

1.  An absolute must is getting an Xbox Live membership.  It takes your gaming and entertainment to another level allowing you to play online against other people, chat, watch and download movies and music and so much more.

2.  Get an extra controller and go with a wireless battery so that your controller can be used wireless.

Those are the two absolutely things you must get.

After many years of waiting, Star Craft 2 was finally released on July 27, 2010 to a legend of avid fans.  The reconnaissance report on the game have been favorable.  The beta release of the game was also met with a lot of enthusiasm.  So it wasn’t a big surprise when sales of the game met with strong sales in the first few days of the game coming out.

It remains to be seen if the new version will have the same level success as it predecessor.  Time will tell.

Internet Explorer 6 was finally put to rest this weekend.  The web browser is survived by Internet Explorer 7 and IE 8.  The web has evolved in the last ten years, from simple text pages to rich, interactive applications what include video and voice.  With these new technologies, older browsers could not run many of these new features.

Even today, with IE 7 and IE 8, there is wild complaints that these two more modern broswer are too slow.  Today IE 8 commands 22.5 percent of the market.

Reuters – Sony Corp’s (6758.T) PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo Co Ltd’s (7974.OS) Wii in March for the first time in 16 months in Japan thanks to hot new PS3 titles from Sega Sammy (6460.T) and Capcom (9697.T), a game magazine publisher said.

Reuters – Nintendo is rolling out the next generation of its popular handheld gaming console in the United States on Sunday, pitching the product as more of an all-purpose social and entertainment device.

PC World – When Mary Poppins talked about turning chores into games it’s a good bet she didn’t expect Casmobot.

PC World – Disclaimer: The following notes are the random ramblings of a heavily medicated journalist, trying to fight whatever alien flu he contracted while covering the 2009 Game Developers Conference.

Reuters – That’s it: Network programmers have officially run out of ideas. How else to explain “Osbournes: Reloaded,” a half-hour from Fox that’s part video game, part swearathon and part, um, “variety” show?

AFP – French videogame titan Ubisoft is cooking up a title to serve along with the release of “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” an animated film set in a town where food rains from the sky.

Reuters – Online video games maker Changyou.com closed up 25 percent in its trading debut on Thursday, making it the most successful stock launch in nearly a year.