A new Xbox 360 system update is coming, and it adds a few features. Most notably, people will now be able to use their PayPal accounts to make purchases over Xbox Live, although considering what happened to Sony a month ago, I personally will be exercising some prudence.

Also in the update is a new auto-standby feature, so if you leave the system idle and running for longer than one hour, the system will simply turn off. That sounds like a nice set up, although when you forget to save, walk away, have a few drinks, and forget the game is running, and you come back to a bunch of lost progress with a turned off system, I imagine some people are going to punch mothers, wives and girlfriends. Especially since this new feature will automatically be turned on from the start. I guess this is just another virtue of auto-save.

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