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Microsoft Sues DHL After Train Dumps 21,600 Xboxes
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| Microsoft is suing U.S.-based cargo-delivery service DHL Express for
| allegedly losing 21,600 Xbox game consoles because of a train derailment in
| Texas, according to court documents.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/152173/microsoft_sues_dhl_.html?tk=rss_news
It just did what Microsoft always does: dumping.
"Usually Microsoft doesn't develop products, we buy products."
- --Arno Edelmann, Microsoft's European business security product manager
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39286351,00.htm
Recent:
Microsoft fires quality assurance whistle-blower
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| A VOLISH QA who exposed shonky production practices during the Red Ring of
| Death fiasco has been fired.
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| Robert Delaware talked to Venturebeat on the Xbox 360 defects and might face
| litigation, presumably for violating a non-disclosure agreement.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/15/microsoft-fires-whistle-blowing
In-depth exposé reveals Microsoft’s Xbox 360 failure rate was 68%
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| The dreaded high failure rate issue with the Xbox 360, otherwise known as the
| Red Ring of Death, has received some in-depth coverage. We are talking about
| some serious coverage here with insider interviews with the original
| engineers that worked on the Xbox 360 all the way up to the high ranks of
| Microsoft.
|
| [...]
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| Microsoft’s attitude of “release now and patch later” with the Xbox 360 has
| ended up costing billions of dollars as well as leaving many gamers angry. It
| is also speculated the reason for Microsoft’s decline in worldwide sales is
| directly attributed to the Red Ring of Death issue.
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http://gamer.blorge.com/2008/09/06/in-depth-expos-reveals-microsofts-xbox-360-failure-rate-was-68/
Mayhem for Microsoft over £500m bill for Xbox 360 red ring of death
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| Computer giants Microsoft are facing a £500million repair bill after their
| Xbox Elite consoles were hit by the notorious "red ring of death".
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology/2008/07/07/mayhem-for-microsoft-over-500m-bill-for-xbox-360-red-ring-of-death-89520-20634695/
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