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Worried about getting your Xbox hooked up to your broadband connection so you can run Xbox live? Avoid running ethernet across half your house by connecting your Xbox to your wireless network (you do have a wireless network, right?)

I've managed to get Xbox Live connected wirelessly using an Linksys WET11 wireless ethernet bridge. Works great. There are only two tricks (and I believe not knowing about them is why people are saying this won't work.)

1. You can't use DHCP (automatic IP configuration.) You'll need to manually set the IP on both the WET11 and the Xbox. Yeah, it's a pain but it's a one-time thing.
2. Get the WET11 connected and working with a computer, then transfer the setings to the Xbox. This isn't necessary, but it saves time.

Now all I have to do is find time to actually play... there does seem to be a few open slots in my schedule in late December or so... sigh.

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Research in Motion has announced a new version of their Blackberry connected organizer, the Blackberry 6710/6720. It's a nice evolution of their already immensely popular line, taking the phone capabilities of previous versions and simply adding an earpiece and microphone directly into the unit so that you don't have to use a seperate headphone to make calls. This addresses a major complaint from many people considering the previous model (including me.)

I'll be interested to see where they price this device. Hopefully, some US carriers will offer it with discounts for service activation.

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Here's a random one, but worth reading if you dislike the amazing amount of pseudo-science floating around in the media. Bad Astronomy is an extensive site that works to debunk many concepts about the heavens based on poor (or non-existent) science. This include people who think the moon landings were faked and the poor science often seen in Hollywood movies.

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