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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. A new era by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Xbox, open Brazzers.

  3. Finally, soft mods for the 360! by GeneralTurgidson · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Thank you, Microsoft.

  4. Re:virus by Xacid · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ask and you shall receive: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ie9-chrome10-safari5-opera11-browser-security-phishing-spam,news-11880.html

  5. 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?

  6. Just now? by Cwix · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm not a Sony fan, but didn't the PS3 come stock with a web browser? I always assumed the 360 did as well. Really MS? It took you this long to put a browser on it?

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  7. 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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  8. I hope it lets me use Bing search by Joce640k · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope it lets me use Bing search. Having Bing search on my TV in my living room would be a dream come true.

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  9. Re:Get an EeeBox by Joce640k · · Score: 4, Funny

    I want it via a genuine Microsoft product. Only then will I get the full Bing experience.

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