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It looks like the speed at which Xbox hacks will be released could be unprecedented. According to this article a hacker group has already stolen a Xbox 360 Development Kit.

Online reports today suggest that Microsoft may be considering a major lawsuit over the theft of Xbox 360 development kits - while a curious statement from a hacking group implicated in the theft claims that the software giant knew about it all along.

The lawsuit reports appear to stem from a Dutch newspaper story this week, which said that Microsoft is preparing a $100 million suit against those responsible for the theft - which could, according to development experts, speed up the process of hacking the security on the Xbox 360 significantly.

The veracity of that report, however, is drawn into some doubt by the fact that it goes on to claim that Microsoft is afraid that Sony or Nintendo may have got their hands on one of the development kits - which seems almost laughably unlikely, and probably wouldn’t give Microsoft many sleepless nights even if true.

What’s more unusual about the whole story, however, is a statement from a member of hacking group Smartxx.com, on whose websites pictures of the stolen devkits have emerged, claiming that Microsoft was actually complicit in the group’s acquisition of the kits. Continue At Source

TechWeb has published an article about the Xbox 360 will be an attractive console for hackers. The article seems to focus mainly on the negative aspects of a system being hacked by talking about the recent PSP trojans that have been ruining systems. Here is an excerpt:

While he doesn’t see a risk in the xBox 360-Windows XP Media Center connection — the two devices don’t share a similar operating system — Hinojosa expects that hackers will post code online disguised, for instance, as a game crack. “It may not happen in the immediate future, but I think it’s a potential danger,” he said.

source: joystiq

Joystiq tipster, Brad, is reporting that the Xbox 360 kiosk at his local Wal-Mart has been shutdown. After talking to the manager, Brad was told that the Xbox 360’s “built-in Bluetooth” (360 doesn’t use Bluetooth…?) was causing major problems with the store’s PA system. What’s going on?!

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Microsoft has announced that the Xbox Live service as well as Xbox.com will be down from 24th to 25th October, 2005, to prepare for the launch of Xbox Live on Xbox 360.