Xbox is quickly becoming an important living room entertainment hub, in addition to the leading next-generation video game platform. As such, customers can use Xbox 360 and other devices to access and enjoy photos, music and videos located on Windows Home Server and experience them on the TV. This functionality can be achieved through Windows Media Connect technology.

Every Xbox 360 also works as a Media Center Extender-which means you'll be able to access recorded TV (including high-definition shows) and digital movies (including high-definition films), music, video, and photos stored on Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005-based PCs through any Xbox 360. What's more, you can stay connected to Xbox Live and still receive game invites and messages from your friends while watching your favourite TV shows or movies.

Mac users have the ability to save to and remotely access Windows Home Server. The Windows Home Server Console and pre-configured PC automatic backups works on Windows Vista and Windows XP.

a software platform, Windows Home Server will offer software partners tremendous opportunities to build innovative products that meet the needs of the digital home. We expect that a wide range of third-party applications will emerge, such as virus and malware protection, media sharing, and home security and automation.

Windows Home Server is a unique, integrated solution that provides backup and restore of home computers, centralized expandable storage, and access from anywhere to your digital photos, music, videos, documents and home PCs. It is a lot more than extra storage. Unlike other home storage, backup, or remote access tools currently available, Windows Home Server offers unprecedented simplicity and ease of use.

Windows Home Server is software that enables families with multiple PCs to easily connect their digital experiences, providing a reliable and familiar way to protect, organize and share treasured digital images, music, video, and documents.

Some interaction is possible for example you can play some games online with PC owners - Final Fantasy XI will allow Xbox 360 and PC players to play together. Also the console can be connected via a network to a Windows XP Professional or Media Center PC to allow streamed content, the latter has the Xbox 360 providing full Media Center access via the built in Extender functionality.

When the Vision Camera is connected, it will display whatever the camera is focused on within each blade of the dashboard. Each movement in front of the camera will cause a series of waves in the background producing a really cool wave effect. Once movement stops, the waves stop.

The Xbox 360 uses a custom operating system. In an exclusive interview with TeamXbox.com, Todd Holmdahl, Corporate Vice President of the Xbox Product Group at Microsoft, explained, "The best way to think about the Xbox 360 OS is that it is an extension of the Xbox 1.0 OS." To read the complete interview, click here. The Xbox videogame system was Microsoft's first foray into the videogame industry. Microsoft had to avoid its PCish look and prove it was serious about his home console.

Yes, you can preserve the identity created on the original Xbox and even keep on gaming on it with this identity.

It has been tested on ALL Hitachi drives and ALL Samsung drives. If you have an Hitachi drive you should use the Hitachi Sata Adapter. If you do not use this you may get disc errors / boot errors. If you do not have this adapter and you have an Hitachi drive ask your stockist to supply you with one.

The Xbox 360 will use DVD-9, the standard dual-layer DVD used in the Xbox. This is the currently announced format for games, HD-DVD is supported via the HD-DVD Add-on drive (sold seperatly) but this is for High Definition Movies only and not games.

Yes, depending on the type of monitor you have. And you will likely be able to play games in high definition too. The Xbox 360 supports the following resolutions when using the VGA AV connector: 640?-480, 848?-480, 1024?-768, 1280?-720, 1280?-768, 1280?-1024, 1360?-768, and 1920×1080. In order to use your monitor you will most likely need to purchase the Xbox 360 VGA HD Cable and connect it to your monitor’s VGA port.

Windows Media Connect can be used but is no longer supported. You can manage and stream content to Xbox 360 with Windows Media Player 11 or the Zune software. The Zune software supports unprotected WMV, MPEG-4 Part 2 and H.264. Windows Media Player 11 supports protected and unprotected WMV.

Later this year, a variety of manufacturers, including Fujitsu-Siemens, Gateway, HP, Iomega, LaCie, Medion and others will be offering products powered by Windows Home Server, providing a complete hardware and software solution.

The Xbox 360 has a custom IBM PowerPC-based Central Processing Unit. To read the complete technical specs for the Xbox 360 CPU click here. Additionally, for an explanation of those specs, check out this editorial titled Xbox 360 Dissected.

Yes, the Xbox 360 will work on any TV that also works with the current Xbox. Even if the Xbox 360 has been designed to play games in HDTV 720p (1280x720) mode with 5.1 surround sound, the Xbox 360 will also work with regular TV that has NTSC or PAL and stereo audio capabilities. No, you won't be able to select which type of Xbox 360 controller you are getting with your Xbox 360.