Online gaming (XBOX Live, PC FPSs, MMOGs) generally forces you to turn off anything else that is using your home network (streaming media, downloading files, etc). Luckily, the Hawking Broadband Booster has arrived. It sits between your broadband modem and your router, prioritizing traffic. Gaming traffic(and probably VOIP, etc) is given priority over downloads and P2P. Judging from the TeamXBOX review, it does it’s job.

XBoxMediaCenter, the homebrew collection of tools for playing dvds, videos, and music on your XBox, just added support for DVD menus. This is a huge step. I normally use XBMC to play all my DVDs at home, but this will let me get at those special features(commentary), too! WOOHOO!

It’s too bad that Microsoft is putting so much effort into blocking homebrew content on the XBox360 – consoles are such beautiful platforms for ameteur coders to thrive.