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Last.fm has decided to tweak its offering on the app front, where it is now introducing a new subscription requirement for most mobile and home entertainment devices. From here on out, you’ll have to pay for the privilege of streaming music through the company’s software on devices like the iPhone and Squeezebox, though the blow is nicely cushioned by the news that there won’t be any ads to dilute your aural pleasure. Windows Phone 7 won’t be subject to the new fee for the remainder of 2011 in the US and UK, while Sonos devices will continue to stream freely until this summer, but eventually it seems like all these apps will cost a little bit of cash to use. And “little” is the operative word here, as Last.fm is asking for only $3 / €3 / £3 per month. If you really can’t stomach the outlay, however, just stream via the web or desktop application… you tightwad.

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Well, ain’t that a shame. The XIM3 mega-adapter you’ve been waiting patiently for went on sale this week, and within 3.299 seconds, the company managed to blow through their entire stock. If you’ve been out of the loop, this here peripheral is designed to bring keyboards, mice and all sorts of other controlling devices to the average Xbox 360 owner, and it’s obviously far more sophisticated than its predecessor. The good news is that it’s only $149.99, but the bad news is that the source link currently directs you to a sign-up form to be notified of when stock is refreshed. It’s pretty clear that the company’s having trouble keeping ’em around, so we’d keep a pretty constant check on the site if you’d like to be a part of the first second wave. Oh, and don’t be shocked to see your online skills mysteriously decline over the weekend — something tells us a few folks will have an unfair advantage on the other side. Check out a Black: OPS example just after the break.

Update: Looks as if the store may be up and down (but mostly down) through Monday due to the crushing order load. A good problem to have, we suppose. Thanks, Tom!

[Thanks, Richard]

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The crazy kitties over at Mad Catz have signed yet another licensing agreement to further sink their claws into the world of gaming peripherals — they’ve just sealed a deal with Microsoft to be the exclusive supplier of Xbox 360 wireless headphones, as well as non-exclusive rights for wired 360 headphones. All products under the agreement will bear the Xbox logo, as well as the signature “T” from Mad Catz’s recently acquired Tritton series, but don’t go out looking for them anytime soon — these cats won’t mark their territory until Christmas 2011.

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Mad Catz snatches up exclusive rights to Xbox 360 wireless headphones originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 06:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on July 24, 2006 by CyberNet.

Million Dollar Monday

Some people like to trick out their cars with a fancy paint job and an expensive set of wheels. Others like to trick out their Xbox 360′s similarly with a fancy case modification complete with LED lights and more. Whatever you’re trickin’ out, most likely it will cost you a buck, or two, or more. It probably won’t be cheap, but in the end you’ll have some well deserved bragging rights (and maybe even an ego too) when done right! This article will point out some of the coolest Xbox 360 case modifications we’ve come across. We’ll let the pictures do most of the talking with this one and we’d love to hear which ones are your favorites. They’ll be numbered for easing referencing. They’re not ranked in any kind of order, just listed. They’re all pretty unqiue although some more than others! Check it out’..

UPDATE: Don’t forget to checkout the Best Xbox 360 Case Mods, Part 2

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From LED lights to chrome and paint, some Xbox 360 owners have no doubt put some dedicated time and long hours into trickin’ out their cases! We found these tricked out cases from the forums at xbox-scene.com and xboxhackz.com.

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Microsoft just announced it’s had itself a solid second quarter, posting an $6.63 billion profit on record revenues of $19.95 billion. That’s more or less about the same as last year, when it racked up a $6.66 billion profit on $19 billion in revenue — and while the numbers look stable and Redmond managed to slightly beat estimates, things are changing fast underneath the bottom line: strong Kinect and Xbox 360 sales drove Entertainment and Devices Division revenue up 55 percent to $3.6 billion, but Windows and Windows Live revenue fell nearly 30 percent to $5.05 billion. That means the revenue gap between Microsoft’s consumer device business and the Windows business is now just some $1.3 billion, compared to $4.8 billion this time last year — and it undoubtedly explains why Xbox got top billing at Ballmer’s CES keynote this year, after traditionally being ignored, and why Microsoft is moving Windows to ARM as the mobile and tablet spaces heat up.

As for Windows Phone 7, there’s nary a peep, even though Microsoft was just crowing about moving 2 million licenses yesterday — we’re taking that to mean the infant OS hasn’t had any meaningful impact on revenue yet. We’re going to jump on the call at 5:30PM ET, we’ll let you know if anything good happens.

Update: Corrected the profit numbers: it’s a $6.63b profit and a $8.17b operating income, not a $8.17b profit.

Update 2: As noted by our friend Michael Gartenberg, Microsoft’s Q210 Windows division revenue was boosted by the inclusion of $1.71 billion in deferred Windows 7 upgrade sales and OEM pre-sales, so if you take those out, the gap between Windows and Xbox went from 3.1 billion in Q210 to 1.3 billion this quarter, and Windows sales are down 8 percent. It’s not a huge change for the big picture, but it’s worth noting the revenue deferral in context — Microsoft moved cash around so it would have a huge launch quarter for Windows 7, and now things are evening out.

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