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...July - before Macacagate or ham sandwiches had entered the picture - that lead had closed to around 10. By the end of August, some polls showed Webb ahead. Allen's last desperate move was to funnel some steamy sex scenes cribbed from Webb's novels to Matt Drudge; their content inflamed cultural conservatives. The rest of the state shrugged. At least it could finally be determined that George Allen read books...
...Although pricing and the full lineup have not yet been announced, Microsoft says that high-definition movies would be available as video-on-demand content. You would download it onto the Xbox 360's hard drive; once you begin watching the film, you would have 24 hours to finish. Warner Bros. titles will include V for Vendetta, The Perfect Storm and - when it is released for video-on-demand - Superman Returns. At the end of each movie viewing, users will see a promotion to buy an HD DVD disc of the movie, compatible with the Xbox...
...will offer high-def episodes of CSI, NCIS and Numbers for purchase. That will mark the first instance of major network or studio content retailed online in HD. (CBS will sell other shows in standard definition on Xbox Live Marketplace, including Survivor...
...Hourlong high-definition TV episodes will be around 2GB, still large given the fact that the Xbox 360's hard drive is only 20GB. For that reason, Xbox Live Marketplace will keep track of purchases in a virtual "locker." You can delete content on your own drive and still have full viewing rights to it. In fact, you can log onto any Xbox 360 and download your own content, though as soon as you log off again, the content goes off limits...
...movies and TV shows will only be playable on Xbox 360 consoles. The service will not be available to owners of the first Xbox console, nor will the video downloads be accessible to PCs, even if your Xbox 360 is networked to your PC to share other video content. Microsoft also confirmed that the purchases will not be compatible with its upcoming Zune media player, which will have its own Internet-based retail service for music downloads...