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A New York man, who prosecutors say ran a "massive insurance fraud scheme" has been sentenced to federal prison.

It’s getting closer to 2015 — the year Marty McFly gets canned by his boss through his TV in ‘Back to the Future II’ — so tech companies had better hurry up and make such a thing a possibility before that deadline. Rest assured that Microsoft is on it, possibly upgrading its lackluster Xbox 360 video chat by integrating Skype into the fray.

Good news for freeloaders: Xbox Live Gold, which costs $60 a year, will be free Thursday through Monday.