Microsoft giving away free Xbox 360's

This is a really cool story I just read. And no, it's likely not what you think.

Microsoft is giving away free Xbox 360 consoles to a number of children's hospitals nationwide. The consoles will be Xbox Live enabled and have preloaded a number of E and E10+ rated games, Y-rated television shows and G-rated movies. With the 360's family content controls, hospitals will also be able to restrict the times that the games can be used by patients and families.

For being such an evil empire, Microsoft manages to do quite a bit of good every now and then. After reading a recent horror story about one family's stay in a children's hospital, I think anything people can do to make things go more smoothly is a good thing. Microsoft is even setting up an entirely separate Xbox Live network exclusive to the hospitals in this program. That way, children will be able to play with other kids in other hospitals as well.