Monthly Archives: November 2005

PSP Firmware 2.6

Sony has quietly released a new firmware upgrade (version 2.60, available on the PSP’s Network Update or via the web) that adds new functionality to the PSP. New features include WMA support, improvements to the web browser, a new RSS Channel menu item along with support for streaming audio and video.

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Linux on Xbox 360

Joystiq.com has some information on the security measures employed in Microsoft’s Xbox 360. If you’re planning on hacking this console, it’s going to be quite the chore: * The flash is encrypted with a per-box key * The key is stored inside the CPU * The boot ROM is stored inside the CPU * Also [...]

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World Of Warcraft 1.9 Patch Notes

They have leaked onto the web, head over to WhatAboutPP to read all the new changes before anyone else!

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Chevy Camaro Concept

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TiVo to Bring TV Programing to IPod, PSP

TiVo Inc. on Monday said it will begin testing a feature in the coming weeks to let some subscribers transfer recorded television programing to Apple iPod digital music players or Sony’s PlayStation portable devices, sending the company’s shares up 4.5 percent. The new feature will only be available to “stand-alone” TiVo subscribers that are not [...]

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American Edit

Dean Grey has done a mashup of Green Day’s American Idiot album, weaving the vocals into such background music such as the theme from Dr. Who. Its worth a listen if your into the whole mashup scene!

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Silkroad Online Update

Silkroad Online has announced a new server called Aege, which should hopefully lighten the load. Silkroad Online seems to be somewhat successful, during normal hours, the servers are extremely difficult to login, hopefully the addition of the new server will solve this. Some other changes are the US servers now block IPs from China, Japan [...]

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Patch 1.8.3 Released – WoW

New Patch 1.8.3 for World of Warcraft New Blizzard Launcher A new launch utility has been created to enhance your entry into World of Warcraft! The Blizzard Launcher will provide up-to-date news and important event- and support-related updates. In some regions, the Blizzard Launcher also scans for Trojan viruses and third-party cheat programs and notifies [...]

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Two 360s taken in armed robbery

Wow, some people are just downright pathetic. GameSpot reports that a EB store was the victim of an armed thug determined to get an Xbox 360: A Stafford, Virginia, Electronics Boutique store was the scene of an armed robbery this morning. According to sources, the perpetrator made off with two Xbox 360 systems, forcing the [...]

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World’s first working $100 laptop

Tech evangelist Nicholas Negroponte wants to outfit the world’s children to improve education. That’s why he is at the World Summit on the Information Society, the giant UN-sponsored gathering that starts Wednesday in Tunis. Negroponte plans to show for the first time a working prototype of his new device, intended for hundreds of millions of [...]

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