Originally there were five tabs or sections known as the 'blades' for the Xbox 360 menu, namely the Marketplace, Xbox live, Games, Media and System.

There were premium themes available for purchase on the Xbox Live Marketplace apart from the default styles. In system, the Xbox 360 Dashboard had the ability to have multiple profiles on the same console with each user being able to customize the dashboard to exactly fit their own unique style.

The ability to customize the way the console looked with various themes to fit the front and sides of it was something very different for home console users. Having the advantage of the lead, Microsoft was able to experiment with various customization options for the consumer’s individual consoles. Microsoft released the Xbox 360 console on November 22, 2005, a whole year earlier than both the Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii. So Live must be getting shut down soon if it's the last update Of course, all of this is purely speculation at this point in time.I Was just on the phone w/ MS earlier yesterday & asked if there was a new Dashboard Update & they told me no and that 17489 was the FINAL DASH It's believed that this rumoured update will also implement the new Xbox 360 disc format that will enable more storage space. It's worth pointing out, though, that PayPal's services were disrupted by denial-of-service attacks organised by Anonymous (the group that's often, rightly or wrongly, associated with the PSN intrusion) late last year after PayPal froze the account of WikiLeaks. It's also potentially to divert some of the burden from Microsoft in the event of an Xbox LIVE intrusion. But it's an alternative means of payment that may do much to alleviate the fears of Xbox LIVE users following the fallout from the recent PlayStation Network security breach. Of course, they'll need to submit their credit card,debit card or bank account details to PayPal. The significance of this is that it will enable users to pay for the Xbox LIVE service and other items online without submitting their credit card details to Microsoft. Joystiq reports that an anonymous Microsoft tech-support employee has tipped that an Xbox 360 dashboard update due to drop before the end of the month will add PayPal support.

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