[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“Microsoft is updating Internet-enabled Xbox game consoles with
a software patch that blocks users from installing the Linux
operating system on the machine, and also apparently deletes some
files Linux users have stored on the Xbox’s hard drive, according
to the Xbox Linux Project.“The group also noted that some Xbox Live-enabled games appear
to automatically connect to Microsoft servers, identifying the
machine running the game, without the need for an Xbox Live
account…”