Will Microsoft's Xbox hit the spot?
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Don't look now, but here comes Microsoft with its boldest attempt yet to blast into your living room -- with your teen as its biggest advocate. The software giant is pulling out all the stops to dominate a new market: online gaming via its Xbox video-game console. The virtual playground: Xbox Live, where gamers blast bad guys, play football or solve mysteries. So far, den-dwelling personal computer users have dominated online gaming. With Xbox Live, Microsoft this fall maneuvers online gaming onto the family TV. Eventually, the Xbox -- or something that grows from it -- could be the gateway for music, movies and communication services streaming into homes on a variety of devices, some created by Microsoft, some by others, company observers say.