Ahoy ye bilge-sucking landlubbers, and welcome to International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Yarrr, that be right: Monday September 19th is Talk Like a Pirate Day, a celebration of all things piratey - or at least, piracy as ...
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PS3 hacker George ‘Geohot’ Hotz just got himself a powerful ally in 'hacktivist' ensemble Anonymous. Hotz was the first hacker to crack security on the PlayStation 3, allowing (perfectly legal) homebrew software and (not-so-legal) pirated games ...
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George 'Geohot' Hotz is the hacker who very publicly breached the PlayStation 3's security, and is now lined up for a date with Sony's lawyers. Or, he would be ... if he wasn't currently gadding about South ...
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Sony has warned any PlayStation 3 owners running "unauthorised or pirated software" on their system that they'll be banned from using PlayStation Network or digital streaming service Qriocity. As in, banned for good.
The PS3 was hacked at ...
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Because hackers won't already be tempted enough to crack the Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo has gone on record as claiming the 'heyday of piracy' is over. The company has also said the 3DS is 'probably one of our ...
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For Sony, the recent hacking of the PlayStation 3 seems to go from terrible to disastrous.
While game piracy is an obvious concern for the platform holder, a new homebrew app has been released that allows users with ...
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It's been a tough couple of weeks for the poor old PS3, what with dastardly hackers cracking the system wide open and releasing secret codes that will likely see piracy run rampant.
Having already promised network updates in ...
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Sony has a problem. Its baby, the PlayStation 3, has been hacked, and the secret codes that open the doors to modified firmware (and hence mass piracy of PS3 games) have been released. Shit's getting real, in ...
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A bunch of hackers calling themselves 'fail0verflow' claim to have unearthed the so-called 'private key' that authorizes PlayStation 3 code to run on the popular console.
fail0verflow are not the first individuals to have broken into the system, ...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops is getting its fair share of end-of-year awards, but here's one gong it probably didn't want: 2010's Most Pirated Game. After 2009, that's two in a row for the series!
While Black Ops ...
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Michael Jackson: The Experience on the Nintendo DS has a novel way of preventing piracy: vuvuzelas.
These horrific sounding instruments gained worldwide fame during the 2010 World Cup, and now those who pirate Ubisoft's game can relive those ...
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F1 2010 maker Codemasters has had it up to here with people pirating its games. What can it do to combat it? Company CEO Rod Cousens has an idea! And it's terrible!: release only half a game, ...
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For some time now, Nintendo has been railing against the R4 mod cartridge for its Nintendo DS console. This cart allows users to download DS games to a mini-SD card, and then play them, via the R4, ...
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An Aussie gamer who illegally uploaded a copy of New Super Mario Bros. Wii has been ordered to pay maker Nintendo AU$1.5 million ($1.3 million) in what many are calling a landmark decision for game companies. James ...
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More than three years after it first launched, Sony's PlayStation 3 has been hacked for the first time. The hacker? George Hotz, the chap who first hacked the iPhone 2G.
What does Hotz's achievement mean, in real terms? ...
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 enjoyed critical and commercial success on a grand scale this year, but it also earned a more dubious honor: the most pirated game of 2009.
While the first-person shooter shifted a record-breaking ...
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Don't think you'll have to pull away from your monitor and Cheetos to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Blizzard has announced that World of Warcraft will have its very own celebration of the special day, ...
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Ahoy, me hearties, etc. In case you weren't aware, September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Celebrated since 1995, I've already lived through enough ITLaPDs to find the whole affair rather tedious and memesy.
On the ...
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Holy anti-piracy measures, Robin! Batman: Arkham Asylum is out on the PC later this month, and will include some interesting copy protection measures, if the experiences of an early pirate are anything to go by.
Eidos forum member ...
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