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Geohot VS Sony = OVER

The legal action between Sony and George Hotz has come to a close, with both sides seemingly happy with the results. Sony has Hotz agreeing not to do bad things to its hardware, and Hotz gets to be left alone and continue with his life. Neither side has admitted any liability in the matter, and things seemed to have worked out... for the best?

Quote from geohot's website:

As promised, all left over legal defense money, plus a little to bump it to a nice number, has been sent to the EFF. Thank you all so much for your support, without it, things could have been much worse.

This money goes to the EFF in hopes that America can one day again be a shining example of freedom, free of the DMCA and ACTA, and that private interest will never trump the ideas laid out in the constitution of privacy, ownership, and free speech.

At the end of the day, something I take comfort in. The PS3 got OWNED.
"Once the code works they'll never be able to take it away from us."

Will you be continuing your work on Sony products anonymously?
Nah. As much as I don't respect the goons at Sony, I do respect the court.

Will future research on Sony products be chilled?
Nah. If you piss them off enough for them to pull out the legal team and their million dollar checkbook, worst thing that happens is you have to super swear to never do it again.

Will Sony do a better job with security next time?
LOL, I think they'll do a lot worse. It wouldn't surprise me if the people who did PS3 security were fired. And I'm curious as to who Sony is hiring for NGP security. Lawyers? Get the code to sign a contract that it won't have exploits? You shouldn't piss off the community of people who are actually talented at this stuff. Hell, maybe you even pissed off your engineering employees enough to leave some nice backdoors?

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Halo Chess Now A Reality

Remember april fools last year? When bungie claimed they were making a chess game mode for reach?
Bungie does, which is why they released an official chess variant to the community.

You can play Chess on any map that contains the necessary Forge objects. That means Tempest is in, and oddly enough Anchor 9 also makes the grade, making Space Chess a certified Space Reality. That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for…well, you know the rest.

It appears that it utilizes bump possession, and does not have a checkmate thus forcing players to rely on the honor system for certain aspects of the game.
Get your fix here: http://www.bungie.ne...px?fid=15992988
Heres a video from rooster teeth explaining how to play:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2FrLwkgLZk&feature=player_embedded

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Halo Wars DLC Sale, TU6 and Leaderboard Reset

343 Industries is offering a bit of a treat to Halo Wars fans this week. Yesterday was the launch of Title Update 6. In addition to the new update, all the Halo Wars DLC is on sale until tomorrow, and a leaderboard reset will follow.
There has never been a better time for someone new to pick up the game, with a new copy selling for $20 in stores.
Title Update 6 Changes:
•Grunts now do more damage to air units
•The Scarab now has 25% more health and does 25% more damage
•Gremlins now requires 2 reactors to be built
•The Arbiter now takes 25% more damage while raging
•Hunters now focus their Assault Beam much faster
•Brute Chopper is more effective vs. air
Bug Fixes:
•The Cryo/Reactor Glitch has been fixed
•The Multiplayer Lobby should now work better for people with misaligned controllers
•Y-Abilities should no longer have their cooldowns reset erroneously
•Profiles that had problems accruing points in Multiplayer should now be able to gain points properly
•Theatre fixes
Get the DLC!: http://halo.xbox.com...ping-sale/41329

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