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Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

FILE - In this June 5, 2012 file photo, show attendees walk past Microsoft XBox booth at E3 2012 in Los Angeles. With the next Xbox expected to finally be revealed Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., anticipation for what the company is planning for the next iteration of its gaming console is higher than Master Chief's last spaceship.

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Microsoft touts Xbox One as all-in-1 entertainment

REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft thinks it has the one.

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