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Xbox 360's Jamming Wireless Signals?

WirePosted writes "A report has emerged suggesting the Xbox 360's inbuilt wireless system for communication with wireless controllers and headsets is transmitting over a wide area of the 2.4Ghz spectrum, causing interference to WLAN's and other 2.4Ghz... ...full story at slashdot

from slashdot on Mon, Dec 17 2007

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