A young guy named Jeremy Gillian stole another young man’s XBox 360 in a robbery and then turned it on with the network and Gamertag intact. The results were expected: the victim was able to grab the IP, police tracked it to Gillian’s grandmother’s house, and the XBox and a a bunch of other stolen stuff were found.

Now this story comes to us from Crunch who received word from the NY Post, not one of the most tech savvy newspapers New York. With the thought of the NYC Detectives “working with Microsoft” to track a stolen XBox is a bit hard to accept firsthand, but apparently the story happened so the credit goes to Pelham Detective John Hynes and Microsoft for working together on this. At least a detective enjoyed learning about IP tracking.

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The new 802.11n wireless adapter for the 360 is now selling at an MSRP is $99.99 but it’s currently $87.99 at Amazon. It plugs into the USB port in back of the Xbox 360 and has dual-antennas, giving it a rabbit ears look. To achieve the best signal, you will want a USB extension cord so you can put the antennas up high rather than down behind your AV cabinet. What really stands out: the new adapter supports not just dual-antenna, but dual bands, both 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Now, if you want to segregate your video game traffic to 5GHz, leaving 2.4GHz for data on computers, then you can. (You’ll need a dual-band wireless router for that.) It doesn’t support Wi-Fi Protected Setup for easy security, but does go up to WPA2. Give yourself an easy pass-phrase key; entering them with the controller might drive you insane.

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Retailer Amazon.com cut the price on Activision Blizzard Inc.’s Tony Hawk: RIDE to under $90 in a one-day sale.

On Saturday, (Today) Tony Hawk: RIDE Skateboard Bundle for the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii held a sale price of $89.99, down from a $119.99 MSRP.

Tony Hawk: RIDE includes a new skateboard controller that incorporates motion sensing technology and smart sensors to simulate a skateboarding experience.

The final game includes more than 100 built-in moves to master and multiplayer functionality for up to eight.

Amazon is concurrently holding a new hardware sale.

This week, the retailer is offering two free game titles with the purchase of the Xbox 360 Arcade SKU.

In addition, it is offering a free game title and two free Blu-ray titles with the purchase of the PS3 250GB SKU.

It appears that the Pro Model Xbox 360 is well on it’s way out, as a leaked ad recently shows the
Xbox 360 Elite model at a $299.99 price point. It only makes sense to get rid of a model, since there were three SKU’s on shelves making it the only console with more than two different SKU’s comparing it to the Wii and PS3.

The ad shows the new price point two weeks from now, which means by the end of August
the Elite should be priced at $299.99.

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Tony Hawk is back in action with Activision with a release set of a new Tony Hawk Ride video game. It will be released on the Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 and will feature a Skate Board Peripheral.We can also expect more details on Tony Hawk Ride to be revealed at E3 next month. So Sign Up Here and start doing offers to pre-order the new Tony Hawk Ride game and get it the day it comes out!

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