PS3 Exploits

The developer of the various Tomb Raider games since 2006, Crystal Dynamics, has revealed that they will be unveiling a new IP this year.

Cystal Dynamics’ Community Manager, Meagan Marie, revealed this on the Square Enix EU Blog, saying that 2012 will be a huge year for the studio, with their Tomb Raider reboot leading the way. As far as the new IP goes, she merely said that they will “be hard at work preparing to reveal [an] exciting new intellectual property to the world.”

2012 is the 20-year anniversary of Crystal Dynamics (has it really been that long?) and apparently this is one way they’re celebrating that fact. It’s more likely just a great coincedence, but hey good for them!

Who knows what this new IP could be, as CD (a subsidiary of Square Enix) has worked on a wide variety of games in the past, but for now I’m looking forward to this Tomb Raider reboot!

[Via VG247]

The latest release of the homebrew app Solar has been released by Condorstrike. A few changes and additions have been made to this long awaited update.

Hi guys, Happy New Year 2012. Sorry for the delay on Solar updates, been very busy with work and the site, so here you go.

Solar v2.5 Changelog: 

• Improvements and additions to MP3 player.
• Added MP3′s names.
• Added Volume control.
• Added fast forward and reverse.
• Added continuous titles playback.
• Added Dynamic MP3 names effects for each of the 3 current scenes.
• Added Dynamic background Effects.
• Added Atmospheric lighting effect, gives dimension effect specially in scene#1.
• Increased particles effects and trajectories.
• added a spaceship
• Added controller vibration.
• Added other minor graphics changes, and many thing I can’t remember now…lol 

I’ll try to come up with faster updates in the future…Improve the MP3 player GUI, cleanup the code some more, will add a feature that is present but turned off, which is to be able to move the planets and ships manually and maybe add newsfeeds or something and also plug some memory leaks.

Source Download: tortuga-cove.com

It used to be that hackers were just considered nerds in their basements that had no life; they got their joliies by basically screwing with other people and just being annoying. Then, the public image shifted to hackers as criminals; those who would break into others’ accounts online and steal money and even peoples’ very identities. Today, with the rise of hacker group Anonymous, the public image has shifted again.

Anonymous is a group of hackers that have almost a Robin Hood-like appeal. Sure, a lot of what they’re doing is illegal, but in the end they’re defending the little guy in the eyes of many. Government networks come under cyberattack every single day and Anonymous is not doubt a part of that. Say what you will, however, some governments end up hiring those selfsame hackers as protectors for their networks. They “flip” them, in Mafia terms.

Of course, no one will endorse hacking as a way of getting a government network job.

What does this have to do with hacking your PS3, Xbox 360, PS Vita, etc.? It’s simply, really; you are being lumped into the group of “hackers” once you take that step.

I was recently at a Christmas party, and as soon as I mentioned writing for a hacking site the guy I was talking to (a government worker) started treating me differently. I explained that it was merely about hacking consoles for games and the like, but it was too late – the damage was done. I’ll probably never see that guy again, so I could not care less, but it demonstrates what I’m talking about in terms of being lumped in with criminals.

What do you think about the current public image of hackers?