Update: As expected, Microsoft has defended their stance on banning modified XBox 360 consoles.

Reports now indicate that the fresh wave of Microsoft bans on modified consoles has resulted in systems not only being banned from XBox Live, but also removing the ability to install games to the HDD, forbidding the use of Windows Media Centre extender, and not allowing the retrieval of...

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Today PlayStation Home Online Community Specialist Locust_Star has unveiled that PlayStation Home v1.3 will be coming Thursday, which includes a new Central Plaza, Neptune Suite and more as follows:

We know that all of our Home-peoples have been waiting with bated breath for the newest version of PlayStation Home to launch. You’ve been messaging us on the official PlayStation...

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It appears the Nintendo Wii is hard to put down, even for law enforcement officials during a drug raid.

As a result, a drug-dealing case may collapse after the video catches police exercising "bad judgment."

To quote: "As investigators searched the home for drugs, some drug task force members found other ways to occupy their time. Within 20 minutes of entering...

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Update: The BBC has aired the show (videos below), during which it admitted that a number of the consoles it repaired for consumers have once again broken.

Tonight, the BBC Watchdog program will feature the PS3 and claim that Sony refuses to fix systems which suffer from the Yellow Light of Death (YLOD).

In response, Sony has issued a lengthy letter right back to...

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PlayStation Store Senior Manager Grace Chen is back with this week's PSN update, as follows:

Hi Everyone – It’s time for the weekly PlayStation Store Update.

Updates
Lemmings Update
Lemmings has been updated with a patch and a refreshed version for the PlayStation Store. Both the patch and store version contains the same new features to Lemmings which...

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There are four PSP models right now- the 1000, 2000, 3000 and the soon-to-be-released PSPGo.

Rumor has it that Sony may be planning to release at least eight different PSP model revisions according to PSPGen (linked above).

While investigating PSP Firmware 6.00, apparently an index_0xg.dat file in it can load from _01g to _08g... which may mean support for eight versions.

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A US federal court has ordered Microsoft to pay over $290m (£175m) for wilfully infringing on a patent by Canadian firm i4i, and has filed an injunction to prevent the sale of Word.

The patent relates to the use of XML, a mark-up language that allows formatting of text and makes files readable across different programs.

To quote: XML is integral to Microsoft's...

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I believe this will lead us to a very happy moment or very sad one. It all depends whether you are living in Germany or not.

Rumor said that German Amazon got this item so-called PlayStation 3 Konsole Slim (PS3 Slim) uploaded to their site.

I wish this will be updated soon with a box art and more information.

Anyway, I'm glad Kotaku mentioned this news. We'll...

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Similar to Sony's PlayStationCloud.com domain that was uncovered a few weeks back, today PlayStationLifestyle (linked above) have discovered yet another hint of what's to come for PlayStation Network.

SCEA has apparently registered PSN-Connect.com this past April, to quote:

There is more evidence that PSN-Connect is some sort of website/service that Sony is prepping for PSN...

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Update: UltimatePlayStation.com appears to be back online, and Vespene Gas/Editor & Graphics of GameTrailers stated: “Sony can't keep leaks. Spoiler: It’s Real”

The Web site this originated from (UltimatePlayStation.com) has been shut down by Sony to kill any evidence of it's existence. However, they have not taken down the YouTube video (below) yet. Enjoy!

To quote: "I'm sorry the video is...

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