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  2. New Xbox 360 hacked to play 'backup' discs, public release ...

    www.engadget.com/2010-08-15-new-xbox-360-hacked...

    Updated Sun, Aug 15, 2010 · 1 min read. If you're looking for video proof of the latest and greatest Xbox 360 firmware mod, you won't find it in the video after the break, but we're almost ...

  3. Xbox system software - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_system_software

    The Xbox system software is the operating system developed exclusively for Microsoft 's Xbox home video game consoles. [ 1] Across the four generations of Xbox consoles, the software has been based on a version of Microsoft Windows and incorporating DirectX features optimized for the home consoles. The user interface, the Xbox Dashboard ...

  4. Softmod - Wikipedia

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    Softmod. A softmod is a method of using software to modify the intended behavior of hardware, such as video cards, sound cards, or game consoles in a way that can overcome restrictions of the firmware, or install custom firmware. [ 1]

  5. Xbox 360 firmware hack enables "backups," older discs - Engadget

    www.engadget.com/2006-05-15-xbox-360-firmware...

    According to about seven pages of posts on an Xbox forum, the hack does indeed seem to work, but only with 360s that have a Toshiba/Samsung DVD drive, and only if you're willing to take the time ...

  6. Xbox 360 technical specifications - Wikipedia

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    The Xbox 360 technical specifications describe the various components of the Xbox 360 video game console.. The console features a port on the top when vertical (left side when horizontal) to which a custom-housed hard disk drive unit can be attached in sizes of either 20, 60, 120, 250, 320, 500 GB; [1] and as of April 2015 all 2.5" SATA Hard Drives up to 2 TB, [2] [3] the user can use the ...

  7. Hacked Xbox 360 firmware prevents banning - Engadget

    www.engadget.com/2007-05-31-hacked-xbox-360...

    However, new firmware -- a tat if you will -- was just released by the lively (to say the least) modding community making hacked Xbox 360s invisible to Microsoft's snooping; if they can't see it ...

  8. Xbox (console) - Wikipedia

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    Xbox modding is the practice of circumventing the built-in hardware and software security mechanisms of the Xbox video game console. History The popularity of the Xbox, as well as (in the United States) its comparatively short 90-day warranty, inspired efforts to circumvent the built-in hardware and software security mechanisms, a practice ...

  9. Microsoft defends decision to ban modded Xbox ... - TechCrunch

    techcrunch.com/2009/11/23/microsoft-defends...

    Modding is against the rules, don’t you know? ... so if you want to whip out a soldering iron or flash its DVD drive with a custom firmware, be my guest. ... Don’t use your modded Xbox 360 on ...