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Xbox 360 Kinect Said To Add Internet Explorer Browsing

Posted by samzenpus on from the browse-and-play dept.

TheGift73 writes in with this link about IE 9 coming to an Xbox 360 near you. "Microsoft is currently testing a modified version of Internet Explorer 9 on its Xbox 360 console, according to our sources. The Xbox 360 currently includes Bing voice search, but it's limited to media results. Microsoft's new Internet Explorer browser for Xbox will expand on this functionality to open up a full browser for the console. We are told that the browser will let Xbox users surf all parts of the web straight from their living rooms."

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  1. Oh really? by robcfg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "We are told that the browser will let Xbox users surf all parts of the web straight from their living rooms." Does that include YouTube for example? As far as I remember you have to be a XBox Live Gold Member to use the YouTube application...

  2. Re:virus by Sylak · · Score: 4, Insightful

    NSS said that “Internet Explorer 9 was by far the best at protecting against socially-engineered malware

    Meaning what? Malware that you need to activate yourself because you're a moron?

  3. Only now? by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Only now they're adding a web browser to their console?

    Dreamcast: been there, done that, back in friggin' 1999.

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