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Jasper Is Here: A Look at the New Xbox 360
anandtech.com - 12/11/2008
Jasper Is Here: A Look at the New Xbox 360
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Identifying a Jasper Unlike the Falcon transition, the move to Jasper isn't very clean cut. You can't rely on a lot number or manufacturing date to tell you whether or not you've got a Jasper, there are some hints and only one sure-fire way to determine if you're holding a box with a Jasper ...
Inside an Xbox 360 Jasper: Ben Heck dissects the mythical console, then tells you how to find one
engadget.com - 12/11/2008
Inside an Xbox 360 Jasper: Ben Heck dissects the mythical console, then tells you how to find one
— engadget.com — "Gentlemen! I give you... JASPER!" [lightning crackles, thunder sound FX] Ace modder Benjamin J Heckendorn (aka "Benheck") has found -- and immediately dissected -- an Xbox 360 Jasper unit. As widely reported, it was inside an Arcade unit. In the ... (more) Inside an Xbox 360 Jasper: Ben Heck dissects the ...

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blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com - 12/15/2008
Suit: Microsoft knew Xbox could damage discs
— blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com — A document unsealed in a lawsuit last week suggests that Microsoft employees knew before putting the Xbox 360 on the market in November 2005 that the video game console could damage game discs. (more) Suit: Microsoft knew Xbox could damage discs

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eurogamer.net - 12/16/2008
Xbox 360 leads PS3 by 1m in Europe News // Xbox 360 /// Eurogamer - Games Reviews, News and More
— eurogamer.net — Xbox 360 currently has a combined lead over PlayStation 3 of around one million lifetime sales across five key European territories - the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. That's according to GfK Chart-Track data seen by Eurogamer that shows ... (more) Xbox 360 leads PS3 by 1m in Europe News // Xbox 360 /// ...

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Joystiq [Xbox]:  Jasper 360s: Secret to succesful identification

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Jasper 360s: Secret to succesful identification
Joystiq [Xbox] — Filed under: News We spotted an informative writeup over at AnandTech regarding various Xbox 360 Jasper identification strategies. What's a Jasper? Well, Jasper is the codename for the latest Xbox 360 models to roll off production and house tiny 65nm CPU and GPUs. The smallest, coolest, least power ...

Ben Heck spots a Jasper in the wild, tears it up
Joystiq — Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360 If you've got a strong stomach, you may want to watch modder extraordinaire Ben Heck tear open a brand new Jasper 360 and then devour it, letting the solder drip down his face like the guts of a downed gazelle. Seriously, it's disturbing stuff. But it's not all for the joy of ...

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Microsoft has started to fill the shelves at retailers with the next revision of the Xbox 360 hardware dubbed Jasper. The first reports about the Xbox 360 Jasper appeared back in May. Jasper features a new 65nm GPU instead of the 90nm GPU found in ...
Nintendo Wii Outsells Xbox 360 More Than Two-To-One — InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 12/12/2008
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The company, which has its U.S. headquarters in Redmond, sold 2 million Wii video-game consoles in the U.S., double what it did in November last year and more than the combined sales of Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 — for the ninth ...