In the wake of several high profile lawsuits against contractors and others who have violated non-disclosure agreements, it is somewhat surprising to see intimate details about Microsoft's forthcoming and much heralded X-Box game console posted on a game developer Web site. In fact, The Register writer who discovered, and has apparently read, the information posted there says notable features about the system will be a Dashboard GUI, incompatibility with Windows 2000, no dynamic-link library (DLL) loads, and much more.

To read the whole story, go to www.theregister.co.uk. To see the specs themselves, assuming they are still there, go to www.xbox365.com.