September, 2010

The penultimate Red Dead Redemption DLC, Liars and Cheats, is available on Xbox Live and PSN from today. Red Dead Redemption Liars and Cheats adds a new weapon, the explosive shotgun, plus Stronghold, a new competitive multiplayer mode, and it also expands your free roaming.

Have you got Red Dead Redemption Liars and Cheats yet? Let us know what you think!

Out now | £7.99/800 pts | PSN/Xbox Live

Google Chrome OS could pose a threat to Android upon its release, depending on the decisions of tablet manufacturers. Yesterday we asked if you had the choice between a device running Android and the same device running Google Chrome OS, which one you would pick?

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Behold the Etch A Sketch iPad case! For $40 you can now make your state-of-the-art tablet look like the plastic drawing tool which promised you’d produce masterpieces but really only delivered frustrating scribbles. While it’s made from the same red plastic as the original, the Etch A Sketch iPad case does include some concessions to modernity: there’s slots for the switches, ports and buttons and a kickstand to prop your retro-clad iPad up. The knobs do nothing but you can grab one of the many Etch A Sketch apps from the iTune App Store to complete the effect. Want something a little less child like? Try our pick of the best iPad cases.

Out now | $40 | HeadCase

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UPDATE: The Orange San Francisco has a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen with 800×480 resolution, Orange has confirmed to us. That’s pretty jawdropping for a £99 phone, we’re sure you’ll agree – stay tuned for a full Orange San Francisco review as soon as we can.

Presenting the Orange San Francisco, the network’s take on an own brand Android phone priced under £100 on Pay As You Go, just like the T-Mobile Pulse Mini. This little fella runs Android 2.1 and squeezes in a 3MP camera, plus your usual connectivity bobbins.

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The PSP phone is back on the radar! After all that talk about an Android Gingerbread-powered PlayStation blower a couple of months back, a rather intriguing job ad has popped up. Sony’s after Android engineers to work in London. Is it gearing up to make sure its apps for the PSP phone are up to scratch?

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Update 2: The Twitter emergency is over! Del Harvey, lead at Twitter’s Trust and Safety team has given the homepage the all clear: “The XSS attack should now be fully patched and no longer exploitable. Thanks, those reporting it.”

Update: Twitter has released a statement (via its @safety Twitter account). It says: “We’ve identified and are patching a XSS attack; as always, please message @safety if you have info regarding such an exploit.” Original story follows…

The Twitter homepage has been taken over by gigantic letters, blacked out tweets and malevolent rainbow messages. An exploit that allows tweets to use the ‘onMouseOver” JavaScript command is behind the problem. If you visit Twitter.com and haven’t got new Twitter yet, moving your mouse over those tweets automatically reposts messages or redirects you to other websites. Read on for details on how to keep safe during this minor Twitter apocalypse…

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Sky box freezing? Sky speaks!

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Electricpig has confirmed with Sky that the freezing problem that customers were reporting was a problem that affected a number of users, but is fixed for the moment. Sky says that only Sky+ HD boxes were affected by the glitch, and Sky+ boxes should not be affected.

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The HTC Desire HD Froyo superphone isn’t on sale yet, but that hasn’t stopped the software for it leaking out online already. Some crafty coders have got it up and running on the similarly sized HTC HD2, giving us a very good idea of what to expect come launch. It’s not just Sense as seen on HTC Desire Froyo phones though: there are plenty of other new features HTC’s baked in. Come see what to expect here in our guide.

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