Paul McCartney’s let slip a few choice words on the topic of illegal downloads, telling a packed press conference that he doesn’t particularly mind music piracy.
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Paul McCartney on music piracy: “I don’t mind.”
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Hackers beat the PSP 3000 with Lite Blue Tool
Remember how we suggested that the latest PlayStation Portable version, PSP 300, might be unhackable? How wrong we were. The security’s been cracked and a UK company, Datel, is about to launch the Lite Blue Tool, a special kind of battery that puts the PSP into service mode.
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Gears of War 3 to make you pay for last boss battle as a download?!
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Epic Games (creators of the Gears Of War and Unreal series) President Dr Michael Capps has spoken about the burgeoning battle between the games industry and games rental and resale services. Capps suggests one possibility to make sure games companies got money from renters that is being mooted is: “If you want to fight the final boss you go online and pay $20, but if you bought the retail version you got it for free.”
Xbox 360 NXE dashboard update leaked online
A lot of things get pirated in this broadband era: music, games, movies, books, software… Now we can add a new item to that list. Xbox 360 Dashboard updates. Right now a download that will give your console the New Xbox Experience (NXE) overhaul is spreading across Torrent networks.
PSP 3000 is hacker proof, for now
According to early reports, the latest PlayStation Portable model may have finally fulfilled Sony’s dream of driving out piracy from the handheld. Hackers attempting to break through the new system’s tightened security are currently completely stumped; that means that running custom firmware, homebrew and, most importantly, copying games will only be possible on the older models.
Atari accuses Scottish pensioner of game p2p piracy
Gill and Ken Murdoch, aged 54 and 66 from Scotland: “did not even know what ‘peer to peer’ was”. That didn’t stop lawyers acting on behalf of Atari of accusing them of illegally sharing the game Race 07: Official WTTC Game and threatening the Murdochs with court unless they paid £500 in compensation.
Fable II and Gears Of War 2 stolen; Gears also on BitTorrent
A man has been arrested with nearly 100 copies of Microsoft’s key pre-Christmas Xbox 360 releases: Fable II and Gears Of War 2. Rodney Gray worked for Technicolor in Memphis, Tennessee – the company prints game packaging and provides warehousing and distribution.
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