Microsoft Unveils Skinny, Cheaper Xbox, Announces Kinect Release Date

At a press event today, Microsoft unveiled a slimmer,
cheaper Xbox 360 that will be released later this week for $299. Besides a sleeker design, the new console will include built-in WiFi-- the current box requires a peripheral WiFi antenna-- and
250GB harddrive. Microsoft also surprised the audience with the announcement they'd be sending everyone in attendance-- some 1,000 members of the media--  a new
360.

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