Microsoft today announced that it is recalling all the Xbox 360 Wireless Wheels manufactured during 2006 – 2007. The company is taking the step after reports of a component in the $129.99 controller overheating and releasing smoke when using the AC-DC power supply. Microsoft toonde zich bovendien de slimmere bij de productie van de Xbox 360-cpu, doordat het bedrijf productiecapaciteit had ingehuurd bij een externe chipbakker als backup. Deze reservering bleek uiteindelijk handig van pas te komen toen er zich problemen voordeden met de eerste batch van Cell- en Xbox 360-cpu’s. Microsoft did something, but it still isn’t enough. N’Gai’s article is smart and he questions the situation more deeply.

Also this week, check out another funny remix of the old Transformers cartoon, Beyonce falling on her ass live in concert, and an amazing performance of The Simpsons theme song on 2 guitars… at the same time! Although it didn?t cause any catastrophic to end users but Microsoft had decided to recall all the affected products at its own cost. Instead of trying to save up to few million dollars by designing its own graphic chip, it ended up spent more than $1 billion to recall all the entire problematic Xbox consoles.