We aren’t making this up. We’re just reading a story at news.independent.co.uk that says, among other interesting things about the XBox, “Hackers have discovered that with a bit of tweaking and a computer chip available on the internet for $69 (£45), the Xbox can be used to play pirated games, movies and music. Industry analysts are now predicting that the machine could unwittingly create a vast global market for illegal software.”
