Xbox 360 to get IE with Windows 8 release

[idrivea4banger]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57533792-75/xbox-360-to-get-internet-explorer-with-windows-8-release/

It's official, users will soon be able to surf the Web on their Xbox 360. Microsoft announced today that the Internet Explorer browser will be included with a new update to the Xbox 360 dashboard. The update will come with the release of Windows 8 on October 26.

"Starting today Internet Explorer will begin being rolled out on Xbox LIVE and will be available to Xbox LIVE Gold members," Internet Explorer's General Manager Ryan Gavin wrote in a blog post today. "IE on Xbox enables you to view content on the web on your TV and includes great features like the ability to personalize your dashboard by pinning your favorite web sites and watching HTML5 videos on the web."

Rumblings of the Internet coming to the Xbox 360 started earlier this year and during the E3 gaming conference Microsoft showed off what the feature would look like and how it would work. This move brings Microsoft closer to integrating more of its products into the same ecosystem.

Along with being able to search the entire Internet straight from their gaming consoles, users will be able use Windows 8's Xbox Smart Glass on Web features like text input, scrolling, and pinch and zoom. To get this feature, users have to be Xbox Live Gold members, which costs roughly $50 per year.

Microsoft also announced this week that with Windows 8 it was adding 30 million music tracks to its Xbox Music service. The service will let users stream music for free, creating custom playlists, as long as they're willing to hear occasional ads. The software giant is rolling out Xbox Music across its consumer offerings -- on Xbox 360 consoles, Windows 8 tablets, and PCs. Reportedly, it will also come to Windows Phone 8 in the not-too-distant future.



So does this mean the days of using laptops and desktop computers will be obsolete in homes?? I wonder how much content will be available? Porn on my xbox??

[Mike]

Wrong forum = no care

[idrivea4banger]

you ruined this thread

[71chevellejohn]

you ruined this thread

No, you did when you made it.

[idrivea4banger]

the braves still suck

[90GT50]

You can already do that if you register for the beta, I've had it for a few months now.

[idrivea4banger]

You can already do that if you register for the beta, I've had it for a few months now.

I tried but the link they sent me didn't work after I set up an account for beta testing.

[Lason]

I dont see the big deal, you have been able to do this for years on the PS3 havent you? Surfing the web on a game console is painful at best.

[YALE]

I dont see the big deal, you have been able to do this for years on the PS3 havent you? Surfing the web on a game console is painful at best.

Surfing the web on the PS3 is hands down the worst possible way, lol. I'm pretty sure my PCjr was better at it in 1986.

[UserX]

I smell nerds.

[347Mike]

I dream every day what it would be like to surf the web with a joystick rather than a mouse! I prefer typing with one too. Nothing like one letter at a time!

[Snatch Napkin]

I dream every day what it would be like to surf the web with a joystick rather than a mouse! I prefer typing with one too. Nothing like one letter at a time!

That's why you use the ultra tiny keyboard that plugs into the controller.

[Downs]

About damn time. If you could hook a wireless USB mouse and keyboard to it even better.

[idrivea4banger]

Things like this keep me from buying a laptop. You can surf the net on just about every device that's out there.

[idrivea4banger]

Ok so it doesn't support flash at all. I hope this is something they will fix. I definitely dig it, but it looks like streaming from websites is not possible at the time.



Take that back, just on this website. I tried another website and it works just fine.