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SOPA author and US Representative Lamar Smith of Texas has removed a controversial component of the bill, which would have required Internet Service Providers to block access to non-US websites accused of copyright and piracy violations.

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Microsoft has restored the Xbox Live account and refunded all unauthorized charges accrued due to a “phishing scam” XBL user SusanT suffered when her account was sold to the highest bidder on a Chinese website.

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More reports of Xbox Live accounts being illegally accessed have come to light this week, with the latest claim coming from a user who discovered her account had been sold through a site operating out of China to a Polish Xbox Live user.

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Paw over your memories of a major hardware launch, GDC, a rapidly worsening legal tussle, and the world’s most expensive natural disaster in modern gaming’s homeland.

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February was a crowded month, chock-full of financial reports and tailing off with the Japanese release of Nintendo’s 3DS. Head in for a full round-up of the month’s news.

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According to a rumor posted over on tech site Win Rumors, Microsoft’s new Xbox Live dashboard update is set to launch next week. The site said it had a look at the update yesterday at the Nokia World event, and has posted a video of its hands-on with the update’s Windows Phone integration and Kinect features. It has been reported previously, that WP7 users can use the phone as a remote control with the dashboard via an app created for the service. A leaked PayPal memo posted back in September, while the dashboard’s beta was ongoing, pegged the new interface for a November 15 release. We’ll send a mail. Thanks, OXM.

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An unnamed source has told GigaOM.comMicrosoft’s using an updated version of Silverlight dev tools with Xbox TV. According to the source, the toolset – codenamed Lakeview – is not only still in development, but is still being modified, which is causing the developers behind the Xbox TV app to retest on a weekly basis. Lakeview, once perfected, could also be used by third-parties to create more 360 applications. The site is also rumoring that the new TV features, which are expected to roll-out with the latest dashboard update, will go live on Black Friday – or the day after Thanksgiving in the US.

A proported leaked memo from PayPal has the new dashboard releasing on November 15. Thanks, NeoWin.

Friday. Start your slacking by catching up on this morning’s major stories in video and text form.

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Bloomberg is reporting that along with the rumored Comcast and Verizon deal, Microsoft is talks to bring HBO, Crackle, Bravo, Syfy, and Lovefilm UK to Xbox Live TV. According to the site’s source, an announcement of regarding the expansion of services via Xbox Live could come next week at the earliest. Earlier this month, MS CEO Steve Ballmer said Xbox Live TV would release sometime this year. The latest dashboard update for 360 is rumored to launch on November 15.

Hello. You may have noticed I hadn’t done this in two days. I can only sincerely apologise. Actually, I’m not going to, even though I just technically did.

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According to an internal email from PayPal, gathered by Kotaku, Microsoft is prepping to launch the new Xbox Dashboard on November 15, ten years to the day the original Xbox launched in the US. The mail asked employees at PayPal to try out the payment system, which was already included as a new way to pay on 360 in May, on the console before the new dashboard’s launch. We’ll ask Microsoft.

Some of my biggest heroes in life have been cowboys and outlaws.

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Blizzard has announced that PayPal will be its payment-service partner for the Diablo III auction house, in most regions. It will allow players who trade with real-world currency the ability “to cash out the spoils of their battle-torn adventures via a PayPal account.” PayPal will be added in several regions soon as a payment option on Battle.net for digital purchases of Blizzard products and services. Region-specific information and further details are to be announced in “the near future.”

Meanwhile, the Skill Calculator for Diablo III, which allows gamers to preview and refine their ability set, is live.

LulzSec published a filed yesterday which supposedly contained login and password information for users of Facebook, PayPal, Twitter, “dating sites,” and Xbox Live.

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Make sure you’re up to date this morning. Big headlines.

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Major Nelson’s announced the availability of the first of a four-part dashboard update for 360, which introduces PayPal as a new form of payment.

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Lots of stuff going on this morning. Don’t be left in the dark, like some kind of blind, dying, crippled rat.

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The next Xbox 360 system update will start rolling out on May 19 according to a Microsoft tech support employee who let slip an internal memo to Joystiq.

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Minecraft has become a massive sales hit for any PC game, indie or otherwise, and a recent admission by its creator has given us a clue as to how much money the sandbox smash has grossed.

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Hacking group Anonymous has launched a video confirming that it has launched attacks against websites on Sony and PlayStation.

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