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Submission + - Nintendo Wii Fully Hacked at 24C3, runs Homebrew (wiinintendo.net)

Submitted by

cHALiTO

on Friday December 28, 2007 @09:47PM

cHALiTO writes: "From the site:
The guys over at 24C3 just demoed a Wii hack that is set to provide native Wii homebrew in the near future (not running in GC mode, and with full access to all the Wii hardware!)
They were able to find encryption and decryption keys by doing full memory dumps at runtime over a custom serial interface. Using these keys, they were able to create a Wii 'game' that ran their own code (their demo happened to show live sensor/Wiimote information, amongst a few other things).
Read here and watch video here."

Submission + - New Jersey bans sex offenders from using internet

Submitted by the_humeister on Friday December 28, 2007 @08:57PM

the_humeister writes: According to the AP, New Jersey has just enacted a new law restricting internet access to sex offenders. Now this wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing save for the fact that "sex offender" now covers such a wide range of actions such that getting caught urinating in public can get you such a label.

Submission + - Jack Thompson:Games Industry Colluding With DOD (wired.com) 1

Submitted by

mytrip

on Friday December 28, 2007 @06:27PM

mytrip writes: "In a press release sent out yesterday, controversial attorney Jack Thompson claims he has found a correlation between the gaming industry and the US Department of Defense, who, he adds, are using videogames to teach "an entire generation of kids that war is glamorous, cool, desirable, and consequence-free."

The aim of the release is to notify the media of Thompson's new goal: proving the existence of collusion between the gaming industry and the Department of Defense in an effort to train more efficient killers."

Submission + - Microsoft Kills Santa Claus 1

Submitted by

theodp

on Tuesday December 04, 2007 @10:54PM

theodp writes: "What says Christmas better than a foul-mouthed Robo-Santa? Attempting to capitalize on the Xmas holiday again, Microsoft re-launched its gimmicky Windows Live Chat with Santa. Unfortunately, Santa-bot's AI failed him and he was easily tricked into talking dirty, prompting Microsoft to kill Father Christmas."

Submission + - Wis. Teacher Arrested for Blog Comment (breitbart.com)

Submitted by

stoolpigeon

on Tuesday December 04, 2007 @06:36PM

stoolpigeon writes: "James Buss, a Milwaukee high school chemistry teacher was arrested for allegedly posting an anonymous comment online praising the Columbine shooters. Some were disturbed by the post police say James Buss left on a conservative blog, but other observers said it was a sarcastic attempt to discredit critics of education spending."

Submission + - Unreal Tournament 3 Performance Revealed (pcper.com)

Submitted by

Vigile

on Friday October 12, 2007 @10:01AM

Vigile writes: "The Unreal Tournament 3 demo might just be dropping today, but with a launch on the PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and even an in-box Linux client it will definitely be one of the best titles out for the holiday. With an early take on the UT3 demo's performance, PC Perspective has posted an article that compares cards from NVIDIA and AMD in both single and dual-GPU configurations to see which are the best performers. It turns out that even mid-range cards are going to be more than capable of playing UT3 at impressive image quality levels."

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