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wraggster
February 5th, 2015, 19:34
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/42b32b3809ea258f66c51861024bfd4d/201508536/ms_roadmpa_960pxhedimg.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/05/microsoft-xbox-leaks/)Covering Microsoft can be comical. The enormous, multinational company is notoriously prone to leaks. Here's a short highlight list from our vast library of leak posts about Microsoft:


Microsoft's fitness wearable, Band (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/29/microsoft-band-leak/)
The Xbox One (http://es.engadget.com/2012/08/14/kit-de-desarrollo-xbox-durango-ebay/) game console, in development kit form, on eBay of all places
Cortana for Windows (http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/03/microsoft-cortana-leaked-screenshots/), the voice-based search engine
Former CEO Steve Ballmer's entire CES 2010 keynote speech (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/microsoft-ces-keynote-pr-leaks-early-hp-slate-device-is-just-a/)

While that list of all stars is impressive unto itself, there's a far more interesting leak that happened way back in June 2012 (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/06/16/rumor-xbox-720-doc-leak/). A 56-page business presentation was uploaded to document-sharing service Scribd -- the document outlined four years of Xbox plans, the vast majority of which have now played out. From Kinect 2.0 shipping with Xbox One (http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/microsoft-unveils-its-next-game-console-the-tktk/) to HoloLens (http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/21/microsofts-hololens-headset-gives-your-windows-10-pc-a-holograp/) (then known as "Project Fortaleza"), essentially the entire recent history of Xbox was exposed nearly three years ago.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/05/microsoft-xbox-leaks/