Hidden in this bbc.co.uk story is news that Microsoft now has three companies making their Xbox 360 consoles.

As part of its efforts, Mr Moore said Microsoft had signed up a third company to make the Xbox 360.

Celestica will join Microsoft's existing manufacturing partners Flextronics and Wistron to help meet high demand for the console.

Hopefully that means the shortages will soon end, I have personally seen several stores with Core systems in stock this week but no Premium systems or hard drives just yet. However, I imagine that if you order one, it will turn up within a week or two.