Rumors have been swimming around the internet about a possible dashboard update to be released by Microsoft later this year. A company representative says that, "We don’t comment on rumors or speculation, but what we can tell you is we’ve never seen this list before." It’s interesting to see Microsoft so quickly release this statement towards the rumors. This either points to them trying to play off the rumor because it is true or a warning towards Microsoft owners to not get their hopes up. We here at StickSkills will allow you to formulate your own opinion after you see a sample of the said "leaked list."

Xbox Live

• Introduce a group chat (4) for Private Chat and conferences through Video Chat.
• More fields present in Personal Profile -- recent achievements, interests, games, movies, links, custom section.
• Download History on Account Management better organized -- games, genre, type, download date, miscellaneous.
• Option to ’ping’ when testing connection.
• Option to donate Microsoft Points to anybody with a Windows Live ID.

Marketplace

• Option to display gamer picture or standard picture as display picture in Windows Live Messenger.
• Support for headset, Xbox LIVE Vision in Windows Live Messenger.

Games

• Option to delete titles from gamercard with 0 gamerscore and 0 achievements (excludes some titles that will be re-added to launch another title).
• Support to display friends leaderboards for disc-based titles.
• Preload Games Library upon dashboard bootup for faster access.
• Option to delete game updates, removed ’cheat code’ as no longer needed.
• Support for titles to store installation data on Storage Device for faster loading.
• Synchronization to achievements offline/online that were deleted and then re-added from developers.

Media

• Option to hold LT and RT for rewinding/fast-forwarding video content.
• Option to delete individual music tracks from storage device.
• Option to rip music CD at different quality.
• Section added for audio delivered through feeds (podcasts). Option to stream, download to Storage Device.

Dashboard/Miscellaneous

• New blade trim styles added.
• New sounds for various functions (notifications, blades, navigation).
• New effects for Xbox LIVE Vision and dashboard background.
• Faster loading of Themes section on guide.
• Option to change text colours on guide to better contrast some backgrounds.

Only a sample of the so called leaked list. Believable? Some yes, some no, some maybe. Microsoft is sticking to debunking this rumor. But I suppose 360 owners can secretly hope.