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&lt;P&gt;So I was reading Engadget and ran across &lt;A class="" title="xbox crashing" href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/microsoft-griefers-crash-sonys-ps3-europe-launch/" target=_blank mce_href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/23/microsoft-griefers-crash-sonys-ps3-europe-launch/"&gt;this article&lt;/A&gt; about how the European Xbox marketing team stuck it to Sony like the East Compton Clovers did to the Toros &lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRIKE&gt;*sigh* Eliza Dushku&lt;/STRIKE&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/EM&gt;Apparently Microsoft warmly welcomed Sony AND their customers with neat &lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRIKE&gt;yes i said it&lt;/STRIKE&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;swag posters, banners and even chairs for the poor souls waiting in line for the opportunity to buy a PS3.&amp;nbsp; Of course the day wouldn't be complete without a slew of SMS messages sent to attendees wishing them a great night and all day barges decorated with Xbox 360 logos running up and down the river.&amp;nbsp; Although, Xbox people blowing whistles on rooftops&amp;nbsp;seemed a little too supportive of the PS3 Europe launch, no one will argue that there was just such a friendly warmth surrounding the event!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;EEX-BOX QUAISONT CAISONT!!!&amp;nbsp; Ladies and gentleman, your &lt;A class="" title="youtube link" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghSAW9Ugl0E" target=_blank mce_href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghSAW9Ugl0E"&gt;moment of zen&lt;/A&gt;!&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P&gt;While I was testing out MSN's &lt;A class="" title=Soapbox href="http://soapbox.msn.com/" target=_blank mce_href="http://soapbox.msn.com"&gt;Soapbox Beta&lt;/A&gt;, a YouTube competitor, I found that someone had uploaded a video that would make every Wii &lt;EM&gt;&lt;STRIKE&gt;Borat&lt;/STRIKE&gt;&lt;/EM&gt; lover out there exclaim, "very nice!"&amp;nbsp; Unlike Apple however, this ad didn't have resort to &lt;A class="" title="UAC Mac Ad" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUPxkzV1RTc" target=_blank mce_href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUPxkzV1RTc"&gt;misinformation&lt;/A&gt; to make a compelling ad.&amp;nbsp; The whole ad is true!&amp;nbsp;Check it out below!&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;On a side note, Soapbox is really slick&amp;nbsp;in the UI department.&amp;nbsp; I think that&amp;nbsp;the main site is&amp;nbsp;a little too aggressive in look&amp;nbsp;that it may turn off users who are used to YouTube in its simplisitic utilitarian..er...whiteness, but it is still early&amp;nbsp;beta.&amp;nbsp; I'm&amp;nbsp;hoping&amp;nbsp;it will open up to general viewing soon!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;EMBED pluginspage=http://macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer src=http://images.soapbox.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swf width=412 height=362 type=application/x-shockwave-flash flashvars="c=v&amp;amp;v=2476b10f-b866-41c6-8851-f2cac934de35" wmode="transparent" quality="high"&gt;&lt;/EMBED&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A title="PS3 vs. Wii - Apple Style" href="http://soapbox.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=2476b10f-b866-41c6-8851-f2cac934de35" target=_new&gt;Video: PS3 vs. Wii - Apple Style&lt;/A&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=640279" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/vacuumtube/archive/tags/Microsoft/default.aspx">Microsoft</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/vacuumtube/archive/tags/Apple/default.aspx">Apple</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/vacuumtube/archive/tags/funny/default.aspx">funny</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/vacuumtube/archive/tags/console/default.aspx">console</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/vacuumtube/archive/tags/Soapbox/default.aspx">Soapbox</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/vacuumtube/archive/tags/YouTube/default.aspx">YouTube</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/vacuumtube/archive/tags/MSN/default.aspx">MSN</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/vacuumtube/archive/tags/PS3/default.aspx">PS3</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/vacuumtube/archive/tags/gaming/default.aspx">gaming</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/vacuumtube/archive/tags/Wii/default.aspx">Wii</category></item></channel></rss>