Replace Keyvault Unbans Xbox 360 *update*

Zouzzz posted a video showing his banned console and how it'll connect fine to LIVE again after he flashes the console with his 1888 dump with patched keyvault of an unbanned console.

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Microsoft Starts New Ban Wave on Xbox LIVE Against Modified Firmwares

Microsoft started a new mass-ban on Xbox Live against users who flashed the firmware on their Xbox360 DVD drive to play backups. All drives seems affected and even the newest iXtreme firmwares.

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KillZone 2 E3 Trailer!!

Downgrade Kernel of 'eFused' Xbox 360 Possible if CPU Key is Known

Some nice progress by several hackers: they found a way to downgrade a kernel even when the CPU eFuses were burned to prevent this. The bad news is that you'll need the CPU key (also 'hidden' in the eFuse data) to do so.
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Time displacement?

I saw this today and I'm not sure how it's done:

(USA) 150k Xbox360 HD DVD Addons Sold - Blu-Ray 5 to 1 Edge

Blu-ray players are in roughly 1.5 million homes -- five times more than its high-def DVD rival, HD-DVD.That's according to the research firm Digital Entertainment Group, as reported by Video Business.DEG says the 1.5 million Blu-ray homes include about 100,000 standalone Blu-ray players with the rest PlayStation 3 game consoles, which include Blu-ray players inside.The research firm says there 300,000 HD DVD homes in the United States -- evenly split between standalone players and HD DVD XBox 360 attachment drives.
Source: Xbox-scene



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Xbox 360 hackers get around Microsoft Bannings

That was quick :)The new firmware replacement for the TS-H943 xbox360 drive Features:(v1.0) Defeats all current and some future Xbox Live detection attempts(v1.0) Boots ONLY Stealth Xtreme Xbox 360 backups(v1.0) Boots ONLY Stealth Xtreme Xbox 1 backups(v1.0) Boots all Xbox 360 originals(v1.0) Boots all Xbox 1 originals on Xbox 360Note: Hitachi version is in progress. No eta.



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Blu-ray takes the victory in Europe

Less than two months have passed since the PS3's release in Europe, and Blu-ray has already taken over HD-DVD in the sales race. 64% (and rising) of the high-def movie sales is owned by Sony, with a ratio of 3-to-1 against Microsoft.



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Hack(ish): Play PS2 backups on your PS3

Pizzag clams that around US$ 5 was spent, and that the process that he went through was quite easy for him. Of course, in this case "easy" means breaking open your PS3, voiding whatever warranty you've got with Sony.



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FW 2.0 release notes fake? Sony denies FW update for PS3?

Strange. We're not really sure how to take this bit of info, but it seems as if yesterday's "Sneak Peek" of the PS3's FW 2.0 changelog was nothing but a rumor after all. Or is it? The news comes from EuroGamer, who says that Sony's been all hush-hush about the leaked notes that've been doing rounds over online forums and sites.



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Intellon to deliver Xbox 360, PC HD video streaming through powerlines

The INT6000 HomePlug AV IC are integrated directly to your Xbox 360's power supply, or that of your AMD LIVE! PC, allowing both platforms to stream HD video and high quality audio to each other, over you existing home wiring.



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SNES9xTYL++(BETA) - SNES Emulator for the PSP *UPDATE*

On one hand, it was reported that games like Super Mario World, Mario RPG, and Donkey Kong Country appear to be running smoothly, if not faster, on version ++ Beta. On the other hand, some testers noted that games like StarFox and Starfox 2 didn't appear to work at all, and that some games ran as they did in version 0.4.2.ME.



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Xbox 360 HD DVD player at 72.54usd at retailer

According to a thread on popular shopping website FatWallet.com, a buyer was able to purchase the external high-definition peripheral for the discounted amount.The price would represent the lowest in-store discount for the device, which typically retails for $199. Samsclub.com sells the product for $181.42.



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Dark_AleX update of the week: 3.40 OE-A and 3.30 OE-A'

Within the past few days, PSP owners were kept on the edge of their seats by reports of FW 3.40 in South Korea and in Japan. Well, soon enough, the latest firmware version for the Sony handheld reached North American shores, and without fail, coders and homebrew devs set to work on it immediately. And who else would keep the ball rolling but Dark_A?
Here's the link to the download area

T3CH has his own site.

We all love XBMC (well the people that know about it love it).T3CH has been compiling binary releases for long while now and we used to have to look for them in a lot of different places around the web which was frustrating at times.
The great news is that he lately found a good host and started his own website where he's posting releases on a weekly basis with an rss feed available.
*Update: The site has moved so I updated the links.

AACS hacked to expose Volume ID on Xbox360 HD DVD Addon

They've done it again! "In parallel efforts, hackers in both the Xboxhacker and Doom9 forums have exposed the "Volume ID" for discs played on XBOX 360 HD DVD drives. Any inserted disc will play without first authenticating with AACS, even those with Volume IDs which have already been revoked by the AACS LA due to previous hacking efforts."



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Free60: X.org Driver and a new 'Full' Gentoo LiveCD for Xbox360

This is a liveCD for Linux on the Xbox 360. It is based on the experimental gentoo liveCD that can be found here.It has a few changes to boot on the Xbox 360 (codename xenon).Currently, Samsung drives aren't supported, there is no sound driver, and you should use vga output for better results.



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Vision Beta Skin for XBMC by NineT9Mustang

I have it as my default skin now even though it's still in beta.Just beautiful.Click on the thumbs to see more screenshots.


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Xbox360 hacking.

OK, so after the teaser we got on 31/12/06 and the release of the Hypervisor Vulnerability that uses the game King Kong, I am starting to believe in it. Lately we've been hearing about emulators that run on dev kits and might work on hacked retail boxes and a possible Linux loader pretty soon.
This reminds me a lot of the first Xbox with the Mechassault/Splinter cell exploits. Let's hope we get full kernel access on the newer version 4552 so those of us who updated through xboxlive can have some homebrew action or maybe even alternative dashboards. XBMC-HD anyone?
The xbox 360 has a lot more power than the original, I can only imagine what can be done when it's fully harnessed. We just have to be patient i guess.

Having problems installing Vista?

This guy has an idiot proof workaround for you.

It's supposed to work on any configuration you might have.

From Plain Text to Web 2.0 .What's next?

Interesting article.

New MAC Vs. PC ad (Vista UAC).

I thought it was funny.

Better quality video here.

Damn you JAPAAAN!!!!!!!!

I want this here people and make sure you add a tooth brush.

Seen on gizmondo .

Lucky bastard!!!

I came across this one on uncyclopedia.

It's important to point out that this guy has THREE PS3's just in case you missed it.

More eye candy from Crysis!

Are those aliens?
Found on youtube.

Ryu Vs. Scorpion? Am I dreaming?

I saw this on youtube and I had to share it.

This magic is made possible by the Mugen engine.Don't ask me about the legality of this I just don't care.
Do a little search on youtube and you'll find more matches.

Just how much torture can a Blu-ray disk take?

Somebody was eager to know.Enjoy:

That's good news if you ask me specially for people who have kids.
Source: www.qj.net

Iphone:

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The "ask a ninja" ninja on techninlogy

You gotta love this guy.Now I will be really scared when I think nobody's watching me.

See more at www.askaninja.com

A faster car will get you in LESS trouble!

Thank you TopGear crew for this "scientific" experiment.Too bad it's a previlege for the rich.I don't think my Jetta will cut it.

Source: www.liveleak.com

WOW!

Checkout this new footage of Crysis gameplay.It looks better than awesome.Too bad I'm not a PC gamer.I'll wait for the X360/ps3 version.Enjoy:

Source: www.destructoid.com

More great news for psp owners

The psp hacking scene is just amazing, it's been just over a week after firmware 2.80 on the TA-082 boards was hacked and now Dark_AleX's 3.03 OE-A custom firmware has been released which makes it possible to load compressed PSX games on our beloved PSPs.

You can download it here and start playing Crash , Ff7 , Omega boost and others on your PSP.
Source: www.qj.net

New skin for XBMC

It's called "Clearity" and it looks just beautiful, Smokehead is working on it and just released these screenshots.It will require recent builds of XBMC.Can't wait.






Source: www.xbox-scene.com

Xbox 360 hacked?

It's been a couple of days (happened new years eve), so it's not fresh news but if true this would be awesome!!!!!
I am already drooling for XBMC-HD

First post.

Just lost all my data after "testing" windows vista and trying to reinstall XP.
Not a happy day .
Luckily I backed up my pictures and Firefox extensions/settings and everything else is replaceable.
I guess 2007 is gonna be a fresh start in more than one way.