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PS3 Hacked? 296

Posted by Soulskill on Monday January 25, 2010 @07:35AM from the another-one-bites-the-dust dept.

Several readers have sent word that George Hotz (a.k.a. geohot), the hacker best known for unlocking Apple's iPhone, says he has now hacked the PlayStation 3. From his blog post: "I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and HV level access to the processor. In other words, I have hacked the PS3. The rest is just software. And reversing. I have a lot of reversing ahead of me, as I now have dumps of LV0 and LV1. I've also dumped the NAND without removing it or a modchip. 3 years, 2 months, 11 days...that's a pretty secure system. ... As far as the exploit goes, I'm not revealing it yet. The theory isn't really patchable, but they can make implementations much harder. Also, for obvious reasons I can't post dumps. I'm hoping to find the decryption keys and post them, but they may be embedded in hardware. Hopefully keys are setup like the iPhone's KBAG."

Mozilla Rolls Out Firefox 3.6 RC, Nears Final 145

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 12, 2010 @11:34AM from the onwards-and-upwards dept.

CWmike writes "Mozilla has shipped a release candidate build of Firefox 3.6 that, barring problems, will become the final, finished version of the upgrade. Firefox 3.6 RC1, which followed a run of betas that started in early November, features nearly 100 bug fixes from the fifth beta that Mozilla issued Dec. 17. The fixes resolved numerous crash bugs, including one that brought down the browser when it was steered to Yahoo's front page. Another fix removed a small amount of code owned by Microsoft from Firefox. The code was pointed out by a Mozilla contributor, and after digging, another developer found the original Microsoft license agreement. 'Amusingly enough, it's actually really permissive. Really the only part that's problematic is the agreement to "include the copyright notice ... on your product label and as a part of the sign-on message for your software product,"' wrote Kyle Huey on Mozilla's Bugzilla. Even so, others working on the bug said the code needed to be replaced with Mozilla's own."

Comment Not to be insulting (Score 1) 922

by Botched on Monday January 11, 2010 @04:26PM (#30727998) Attached to: What SciFi Should Get the Reboot Treatment Next?

But to say every story is a rehash of another story is just silly. Here are some examples of original stories:

Blood Music - Greg Bear
A Fire Upon the Deep - Verner Vinge
Singularity - Charles Stross
Dragon's Egg - Robert Forward
Candle - John Barnes
Spin - Robert Wilson

And many more. To compare them to cowboys and smurfs in space is insulting.

Comment Re:Lords of Light (Score 1) 922

by Botched on Monday January 11, 2010 @04:19PM (#30727886) Attached to: What SciFi Should Get the Reboot Treatment Next?

It also makes sense if you have intrest in and knowledge of religions. A better mash-up of hinduism, buddhism, and christianity has not been done, and it's facinating from that standpoint.

Though I'm biased, I want to see the amber series released as a five part movie (I can pass on the second 5 novels, I liked them but they drifted).

Comment A similar writing style- Harry Harrison (Score 2, Insightful) 922

by Botched on Monday January 11, 2010 @04:13PM (#30727776) Attached to: What SciFi Should Get the Reboot Treatment Next?

The Stainless Steel Rat could be a lot of fun.

Comment Looks like a job for Sarcastro! (Score 1) 922

by Botched on Monday January 11, 2010 @04:10PM (#30727712) Attached to: What SciFi Should Get the Reboot Treatment Next?

Yeah, sure, like I'm gonna act in your low-budget TV show.

Comment Re:Blakes 7 (Score 3, Informative) 922

by Botched on Monday January 11, 2010 @04:02PM (#30727568) Attached to: What SciFi Should Get the Reboot Treatment Next?

umm, it is on DVD (I'm seeing non-US format, but that's easy to get around)

Comment Mike Resnick has the most ready-for-tv (Score 1) 922

by Botched on Monday January 11, 2010 @03:55PM (#30727416) Attached to: What SciFi Should Get the Reboot Treatment Next?

Fiction out there. It's space opera, damned good space opera. The humor and flavor is in the characters, not the special effects budget. If you pick up Santiago, the Widowmaker series, hell, just about any of his books you could make a good episode from each chapter.

Comment Nice try Charles (Score 1) 922

by Botched on Monday January 11, 2010 @03:29PM (#30726896) Attached to: What SciFi Should Get the Reboot Treatment Next?

We all know you post here!

Comment Re:against a dark background (Score 1) 922

by Botched on Monday January 11, 2010 @03:27PM (#30726862) Attached to: What SciFi Should Get the Reboot Treatment Next?

Alastair Reynolds would get better ratings for far-future stuff. I'm not sure the TV community is ready for 'humans are pretty useless, but we keep them around for fun'.

Comment Re:Blakes 7 (Score 5, Funny) 922

by Botched on Monday January 11, 2010 @03:25PM (#30726818) Attached to: What SciFi Should Get the Reboot Treatment Next?

Vila: "Where are all the good guys?" Blake: "You may be looking at them." Avon: "What a depressing thought." And the best ending a show could ask for!

Comment Where is the game in FPS? (Score 1) 113

by Botched on Friday December 11, 2009 @12:49PM (#30403354) Attached to: Open Source FPS Blood Frontier Releases Beta 2

Ok, I hope not to be modded troll for this, but probably will be.

I have played a lot of FP shooters. The innovation from one generation to the next in terms of graphics and stability has been wonderful, brilliant, and lacking in magic.

What is missing, and what could make the next big FPS is gameplay. Anyone who wants to do it right needs to sit down, play with 3-5 friends some Renier Knizia board games
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/2/reiner-knizia
as an education is what gameplay could be, compared to what it is. Don't call me a crank if you have not played Modern Art, Tigris and Euphrates, and Through the Desert.

Comment Who thinks manned space flight is a good idea? (Score 1) 260

by Botched on Monday December 07, 2009 @04:42PM (#30357470) Attached to: Virgin Galactic Unveils SpaceShipTwo

I mean seriously, dragging a person into orbit, life support systems, food, etc. Thats a major waste of time and effort. Want to invest, invest in the people who call BS and put unmanned, fairly smart computer-controlled ships in orbit for profit. The rest is just for tourists.

Comment Re:First the Dune desaster, now this? (Score 1) 426

by Botched on Monday November 02, 2009 @12:59PM (#29951770) Attached to: Asimov Estate Authorizes New I, Robot Books

ooo, ooo, have you seen the dune TV series? Sooo good, I think they are on netflix. Many many hours, but very pleasing.

Comment Re:Sigh (Score 1) 426

by Botched on Monday November 02, 2009 @12:56PM (#29951730) Attached to: Asimov Estate Authorizes New I, Robot Books

Clark? Arthur C Clark? The guy who was afraid of cars and traveled on a bicycle? And is most famous for being so stupid he could not define the difference between magic and technology? Not disagreeing with you about Asimov here, he was no Robert Forward.

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