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Three hacker teams unlock the PSP - BBC Interview

2007-02-28 14:25:00 by new0rder in PSP blog
 
...Hackers Dark Alex & Fanjita BBC News Link Computer hackers have scored a victory in their battle against Sony and the way the company controls its PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld games console Sony sells its PSP with built-in software, known as firmware, which controls how the console operates The firmware locks many of the PSP's...
 
Tags: psp, psp software, psp firmware history, psp firmware, hacker teams, psp owners, firmware, firmware locks, psp hacker
 
 
 
 
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Hacker Steals Halo 3 Armor

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2007-12-31 12:11:42 by Earnest Cavalli in Game | Life
...hacker broke into the account of a Halo 3 player and made off with his coveted "Recon Armor The in-game armor set is only available as a gift given out by Microsoft or Halo 3 creator Bungie Since the virtual break-in (and two similar incidents in the past), the victim claims he has attempted to contact Microsoft who transferred his call...
 
Tags: halo, hacker, xbox live, xbox live account, virtual, virtual theft exists, recon armor halo, recon armor, forum
 
 
 
 
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Valve hacker MaddoxX arrested in Holland

2008-06-30 20:14:06 by morriss in videogaming247
 
Shacknews reports that the hacker MaddoxX, who last year hacked into third-party Valve servers, was finally caught by Dutch police in Maastricht last Tuesday. According to the Dutch Ministry of the Interior, the 20 year-old hacker had managed to burn 13 million euros playing poker online and shopping for notebooks, flat screens and MP3 players...
 
Tags: hacker maddoxx, third-party valve servers, poker online, million euros, year-old hacker, mp3 players, dutch police, flat screens, shacknews reports
 
 
 
 
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Nintendo finally working with hacker to fix security issue

2008-07-21 22:14:53 by RawmeatCowboy in GoNintendo
 
...hackers and the Wii. One such hacker wanted to let Nintendo know of a security issue that he found, and emailed Nintendo about the topic. The topic went unnoticed for awhile, but just today a Nintendo rep finally got back to the hacker. It looks like they are going to work quickly to try and take care of the issue. Good news for Nintendo, bad...
 
Tags: nintendo, security issue, issue, nintendo rep, hacker, bad news, news, topic, hackers
 
 
 
 
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XBL hacker steals Halo 3 armor, Microsoft says 'what's a hackings?'

2007-12-29 14:27:43 by Destructoid.com in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
 
...hacker is believed to be part of the "o infamous o" clan, a group of the so-called "best" account thieves online If you check out the thread, you can see what a hassle it has been to get Microsoft to do anything about it. I've had to deal with Xbox Live's customer support before and I can lend my own testimony to how unhelpful, lazy and...
 
Tags: xbox live, xbox live account, microsoft, online, online retards, skyllus alledges, skyllus, customer support hang, customer support
 
 
 
 
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Interview with a Wii hacker

2008-01-29 03:36:11 by RawmeatCowboy in Go Nintendo
 
...hacker involved, which you can find here
 
Tags: homebrew scene, scene, wonderful homebrew scene, major breakthrough recently, wii, bad, interview, hacker, lot
 
 
 
 
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Aussie Mag Interviews Wii Hacker

2008-01-30 17:30:42 by Billy Kirk in Video Game Media Watch - The Video Game Journalism Review
 
...hacker by the name of Bushing , who is one of the first to hack the Wii. The article is a bit lengthy and we must warn that at many points it can be more than a bit technical, so those who dont have much programming background may want to stay away. All the same, its a fairly rare article due to its dubious nature - hackers dont always get...
 
Tags: wii, alex bradner, bit lengthy, magazine atomic, technical jargon, positive spotlight, hacker, bit technical, dubious nature
 
 
 
 
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Hacker makes mini-sized Rock Band drums

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2008-03-04 00:00:00 by Kyle Orland in Joystiq
...hacker David Yoon, you can create your own extremely cute miniaturized drum kit for quiet, pencil-stick, desktop drumming The hack, which includes a foot pedal made from two sandwiched CDs, has the added bonus of being playable in an extremely enclosed space and/or by an extremely agile mouse. So if you have either of those things (and a bit...
 
Tags: extremely cute, extremely, extremely loud clackety-clack, extremely agile mouse, sony playstation, hacker david yoon, drum kit, microsoft xbox, technical know-how
 
 
 
 
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Hacker gives PS3 a homebrew hello

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2008-04-01 06:43:37 by Asif in PS3 News | PS3 games reviews | PS3 Gaming Blog
 
It looks like the PS3 has just gotten its own Hello World greeting courtesy of Dragula96 , a well-known PSP hacker. According to Dragula96, he recently discovered an exploit in the official 2.20 firmware and was able to put up his own Hello World proof of concept. Currently, he's not sharing how he did it; he's still doing some tests and working...
 
Tags: world proof, world, well-known psp hacker, simple game, dragula96, ps3, recently, courtesy, pong
 
 
 
 
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Hacker gives PS3 a homebrew hello

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2008-04-02 07:04:23 by Asif in PS3 News | PS3 games reviews | PS3 Gaming Blog
 
It looks like the PS3 has just gotten its own Hello World greeting courtesy of Dragula96 , a well-known PSP hacker. According to Dragula96, he recently discovered an exploit in the official 2.20 firmware and was able to put up his own Hello World proof of concept. Currently, he's not sharing how he did it; he's still doing some tests and working...
 
Tags: world proof, world, well-known psp hacker, simple game, dragula96, ps3, recently, courtesy, pong