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PS3 Modchip now allows “pirated” games?

Sean John — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:26:37 +0000

Move over “geohot“, it seems like somebody beat you to the punch. The Sony PlayStation 3, in the haXX0r (hacker to you uninitiated to l33t language) point of view, is the closest thing to “impregnable” that the world has seen so far. Not anymore, it seems. Looky here:

Who needs George Hotz anyway? A USB modchip

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Sony phasing out the 120 and 250GB PS3?

Sean John — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:34:05 +0000

Console gaming — heck, technology in general — is anything but stagnant. It is an industry in a constant state of flux. And so we are not surprised that with the new models of Sony‘s flagship game console the PlayStation 3 (PS3) ready to ship very soon, that they seem ready to phase out these

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TELUS uses Xbox 360′s for IPTV

Sean John — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:05:05 +0000

It had to happen sooner or later, but Canadian company TELUS seems to have gotten the jump on everybody. We’ve said that game consoles were taking over living rooms all over America, and it seems TELUS is taking it one step further – Microsoft Xbox 360 game consoles as replacements for IPTV set top boxes.

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It’s a PlayStation 3… no, it’s a building.

Sean John — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:02:11 +0000

This is how Japanese get famous — by being absolutely crazy to the point that it becomes some kind of amazing. Take a look at this photo — it’s a building, and yes, it’s designed like the Sony PlayStation 3:

Playstation 3... err, building -- the Namba Parks Building shows off some Sony

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Do you remember SEGA?

Sean John — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:35:39 +0000

If you are a professing hardcore gamer, your reputation will take a major hit if you do not remember the ubiquitous gaming company called SEGA. We at MacPCWiz now take time to remember this gaming group who with their contributions pushed console and arcade gaming to where it is right now.

Sega Corporation, more formally known

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