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Xbox Live Gold No Longer Required For Netflix, Hulu?

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Ars Technica is reporting that multiple sources at Microsoft have been told of a plan to make a few adjustments to the Xbox Live Gold streaming video offerings.  Most notably, popular video streaming services Netflix and Hulu may no longer require Xbox Live Gold access.  Up until now, Xbox users would need to pay for an Xbox Live Gold account – in addition to paying for Netflix or Hulu subscriptions – just to stream these services from the Xbox.

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Microsoft Wants To Run Political Ads On Xbox Live Based On Your Data

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Microsoft wants to use their popular Xbox Live platform as well as Skype and MSN to run political ads targeted at their users based on the data collected from those services. The Washington Post is reporting that Microsoft was handing out promo materials at CPAC that outlined and presented the idea. There’s no question that there’s money to be had in political advertising, on both sides of the aisle, and the political season is upon us.

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UPDATED: Xbox Free Gold Weekend: Oct. 4 – 6

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Update: The Xbox Press Release was pulled from the Xbox Media site, not sure why but this may or may not be happening. We’ll keep checking to see if we get an update.

If you are not an Xbox Gold Member but you have always wanted to see what the hub-bub was all about, well this weekend is your big chance. Xbox is opening up it’s Gold Member program to everyone (in the listed regions) to try for the weekend, totally FREE! This is a really great chance to see what Gold Membership has to offer with no risk, if I had an Xbox I would be all over this. Check out the details below. But take note of the disclaimer as well.

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