Money Minute: Xbox, Palm, Star Wars

BusinessMoney Minute: Xbox, Palm, Star WarsMoney Minute: Xbox, Palm, Star WarsThe Associated PressMicrosoft's Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal with Netflix. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports on that and the rest of Monday's top business headlines. (July 14)AP Money Minute Palm, struggling to maintain its position in the smart phone market, has introduced a new Treo model with Wi-Fi and GPS capabilities.The Treo 800w runs the latest version of Microsoft's Windows Mobile software and has a sharper screen resolution than previous Treos. Sprint Nextel is the first carrier to sell the Treo 800w in the U.S.------------------------------------ ---------------EMBARGOED until after print version moves, 3pm.----------------- Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to a deal with Netflix.The arrangement will give Netflix's 8.2 million subscribers another way to stream movies to a TV set instead of a computer.The Netflix-XBox service - which operates in addition to its DVD-by-mail program - offers 10,000 movies and TV shows. ---End Embargo--------------------------------- Use the Force, Luke. You may need a supernatural ally when you play the upcoming video game, "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed." Video games used to come preprogrammed with canned movements that players eventually could anticipate and figure out. But recent advancements have endowed games with a sense of self-preservation and unpredictability not seen even a year ago. So don't expect Darth Vader to swing his saber the same way twice.I'm Mark Hamrick with AP Money Minute(****END****)