The Xbox 360's dashboard will get an overhaul for the second time on Monday, November 1. That's when the big Xbox Live fall 2010 update, complete with Kinect support, will come to Microsoft's console.

If you're Microsoft and you're selling the Xbox 360 this fall to people who would be happy to avoid pressing buttons, how do you coax them into ... pressing buttons?

Xbox Live Gold members have been able to use Last.fm to turn their game console into a stereo. Come November, those with a Zune pass can also do the Xbox stereo thing through the Zune library.

Are you excited for ESPN on your Xbox 360? Check your zipcode. I live in New York City, but Time Warner Cable in Brooklyn does not support ESPN3.com, so my Xbox 360 can't use the ballyhooed Xbox integration.

Being the parent of a 9-year-old boy and a gamer, I'm a huge fan of parental settings.

Sure, the new look for the Kinect-compatible Xbox 360 avatars isn't that different than the old look, but there is a certain je ne sais quoi.

We've got the new Xbox 360 dashboard, still in beta, running on some of our Xbox 360s at Kotaku. The update will be coming to all 360 owners later this fall. Let's talk features. Updated with a longer video tour.

The dashboard update is slated for November. Presentation is lighter. Fonts are changed. We'll have…

My family and I are huge fans of Netflix on consoles. We use the service at least once a week for our movie nights. So I am delighted with the tweaks that the Xbox 360's Netflix is getting this November.