Two weeks ago Microsoft started mass bans on modified XBox 360 consoles to prevent them from using XBox Live.

With up to 1 million accounts disabled, hackers including C4Eva have been working on a solutions including iXtreme LT.

Until iXtreme Lite Touch is available, k0mpresd has shared a guide for unbanning your 8955 XBox 360 console from XBox Live, as follows:

What you...

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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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Update: Microsoft's MajorNelson has now officially confirmed the bans.

This Halloween it appears Microsoft has pulled a TRICK with no TREAT on modified XBox 360 console owners... specifically, mass bans have been initiated against them.

IGN (linked above) have confirmed this news, to quote: "We have taken action against a small percentage of consoles that have been...

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Approximately a month ago the Japanese CodecSys CE-10 H.264 Software Encoder for PS3 was released.

Today, bogaromi dropped by our PS3 Forums to let us know the English version is also now available!

Those interested can sign up for the free 14-Day Trial and the full press release is available below.

Additionally, an F.A.Q. is available along with a list of Required Hardware and License Key Registration details.

Finally, an Installation Guide is...

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Raven Software's Project Lead Dan Vondrak has shared some X-Men Origins: Wolverine tips and tricks for upcoming DLC.

To quote: We are so amped that we can finally bring everyone the Weapon X Arena as DLC. It’ll be available for download on Thursday, June 4th for $9.99.

This level is insane! The guys here at Raven actually built it as a test level to see how far we...

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Does the InFamous PS3 demo leave a good impression, or make you want to leave the game?

Last night I had the opportunity to play through Sony’s upcoming super-powered exclusive InFamous.

After spending several hours—yes, there are literally hours worth of things to see and do in the demo alone—romping through Empire City I have several thoughts I would like to...

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The Bilkent University Nanotechnology Research Center (NANOTAM) has developed a new technology that enables DVDs to store more than a thousand times as much data as those currently on the market.

Developed by Dr. Ekmel Özbay, the head of NANOTAM, and students Özgür Attila Çakmak and Koray Aydın, the new nano-materials will pave the way for production of the next era of DVDs, which...

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Update: The PS3 Leaderboards have been reset.

As some people have noticed, Saints Row 2 for PlayStation 3 updated to version 1.20 last night. Below are the details of what is included in the patch.

General:

• Implemented protection against disc read errors. May reduce or eliminate crashes experienced by some users.
• Players will no longer...

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A Microsoft published title selling 1.6 million units in its first few weeks is a big deal. And when the title was Mass Effect, Bioware’s massively anticipated space epic, the hype was only amplified.

It helped that the game warranted universal critical acclaim and along with Bioshock, Forza 2 and Halo 3 elevated the Xbox 360 to fame in 2007. Now, as Mass Effect 2...

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What does Yellow Dog Linux 6.1 offer the PlayStation 3 exactly?

· Linux Kernel 2.6.27
· X.Org server 1.4.999 with xrandr 1.2.2
· Enlightenment E17 desktop environment
· Mozilla Firefox 3.0
· GNOME 2.16.2 components
· OpenOffice.org 2.3 (version 3.0 available for YDL.net users)
· Improved Wireless network
· YDL.net GUI...

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