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A story has just been brought to our attention by one of our regular readers; are Microsoft charging Xbox subscriptions to expired cards? According to one of our regular readers - and to this exchange between users on the Xbox Live forum - they are doing just that.

Microsoft has called time on Xbox Live use for any of the original Xbox games...........

Microsoft have announced their intention to join the increasingly competitive handheld gaming market, by using Windows Phone 7 as a mobile version of the Xbox console.

Microsoft's Kinect controller-free device for the Xbox 360 isn't released until next month and the buzz around the product seems to have had an incredibly positive effect on sales of the console; Microsoft's US results show they have sold nearly 484,000 units in September - an increase of 37% - making it the only games console to post positive year-on-year sales.