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Microsoft Helps Whiny Kids Get Their Xbox 360
Published 11/26/2008 by paulmcd@techweb.com (Paul McDougall) at InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
It's Microsoft to the rescue for bratty children who've run out of reasons why their parents should pony up cash for an Xbox 360, economic slump be damned. The Xbox Web site will now generate a customized letter "that proves to the gift-giver in your life why you need an Xbox 360 console." I'm going to put it to the test.
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