Networking communities these days harp on and on about the closeness of their members.  There are so many out there on the internet that it’s hard to distinguish which ones are which? Well, I guess that’s only true if you were to ask anyone over the age of 40.  It doesn’t matter whether the community is your lame ass company putt-putt tournament featured on ESPN 4, or online friend communities like Myspace and Facebook, they all try to bring people closer together (and even some people you don’t want to).  Yep, I’m talking about Herbie “Pervy” in Accounts Recieveable.

Microsoft is set to add content from the Facebook and Twitter communities for Gold members of Xbox Live hoping to tap in to even more communities.  Also in for the update is the addition of an online music service called Last.FM and a new HD streaming service in the Zune Marketplace.  I happened to do the last write-up on the other major update to the NXE here, and I’m doing it again since I got into the preview program. Hit the jump for more »