My C: Drive

The FPS which is touted to be the definite answer to IW’s yester year debacle got leaked through torrents well before 3 days from the original released date,just like any other highly anticipated PC game.and it is NOT a good thing and you know why!!.after COD6 a lot is expected from the BF:BC2 and just because of this  it will be pirated to hell by users all around the world and thus giving EA and other publishers all the more reason to not release their games on the PC.those who are reading this post please don't pirate this game i mean DICE has been nice to us so its our turn to be nice to them so buy this game and have a great fun online but please for god sake don't give the publishers a reason to shun us.

I had been waiting for the release of AC2  on pc for quite a while now and i came across a preview of the game on pc by the  pcgamer magazine  and when i read it all my hopes for the game had  been shattered into itsy bitsy pieces apparently uplay ubisoft’s version of games for windows live and steam is going to get released along with AC2 and it will keep the game protected and safely tucked away from the pirates.

How you ask? well for starters the game needs 100% all the time rock steady 24/7 internet connection so if your modem resets or disconnects while your playing AC2 you are screwed because you will be kicked out of the game so fast that it will make your head spin and of course the best part is yet to come as  you will be thrown into shock and awe when you find out that all the progress that you had made till that point in the  game would have been long gone after you had restarted AC2.sometimes even ubi’s master servers would be down and when that happens no matter how fast a internet connection you have you will still be booted out of the game.

i was thinking about getting the legit version of AC2 but now you know what i am going to do,implementing this drm will give pirates all the more reason to crack the protection instead of deterring them. no game is worth buying if its going to shit on its  legitimate users.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=235290&site=pcg

The radio staggers against the backspace!

In my earlier post i had said that geohotz was only able to get through one of the many layers of ps3’s security  but in his latest blog post,he has claimed that the console has been hacked 100% and home brews can be run on the  ps3. this maybe a good sign but still we don't have a working proof to substantiate  his claims, but rest assured that day is nearing much faster than i thought .so now xbox360 is comprised and the  ps3 is almost compromised and homebrews for the platform isn't that far away but will this change the perspective of the publishers that PC=Piracy remains to be seen.

from his blog

On the Isolated SPUs

Today I verified my theories about running the isolated SPUs as crypto engines. I believe that defeats the last technical argument against the PS3 being hacked.
In OtherOS, all 7 SPUs are idle. You can command an SPU(which I'll leave as an exercise to the reader) to load metldr, from that load the loader of your choice, and from that decrypt what you choose, everything from pkgs to selfs. Including those from future versions.
The PPU is higher on the control chain then the SPUs. Even if checks were to be added to, for example, verify the hypervisor before decrypting the kernel, with clever memory mappings you can hide your modified hypervisor.
Ah, but you still didn't get the Cell root key. And I/we never will. But it doesn't matter. For example, we don't have either the iPhone or PSP "root key". But I don't think anyone doubts the hackedness of those systems.
I wonder if any systems out there are actually secure?

 

http://geohotps3.blogspot.com/

Its true,the studio that gave us Max Payne isn't going to give Alan wake, what a bummer!!.well i had  anticipated this  as no news or advertisement  for the pc version of the game showed up.

the developers said that “Some games are more suited for the intimacy of the PC, and others are best played from the couch in front of a larger TV screen. We ultimately realized that the most compelling way to experience "Alan Wake" was on the Xbox 360 platform, so we focused on making it an Xbox 360 exclusive. Both Microsoft and Remedy have long histories in PC game development. This decision was about matching this specific game to the right platform”

With the cancellation of dead space sequel hanging and EA openly declaring that they will not be concentrating on pc games anymore the future seems a little bleak for the platform,i don't know weather they should be blamed for this because  its only common sense to place a bet where the money is but then again, is it alright to abandon a platform which was responsible for their fame and fortune when they first started?, as my compadre  said in the below post time only knows.

Sandy bridge code name for the next generation of  processor’s from Intel is going to get released during the 1st quarter of 2011,i know its a bit late but hey we have the new delicious AMD processor’s to sink our teeth into till then.unlike its competitor the sandy bridge wont be having six core’s  so its the usual dual,quad .the only thing that  will make  people take the sandy bridge is the fact that its going to be a fusion processor,that is it will contain both CPU and GPU core on a single 32nm die and thus Intel’s edge over AMD.

Sandy Bridge is going to be the  first ever processor to boast Intel’s new 32nm architecture,and will have a GPU and a CPU core on a single die Intel claims that the processor can run call of duty World at war at 1024X764 resolution at playable frame rates and the performance of the graphics core is going to be two times faster than that of Intel's current graphics solutions.

The chip was supposed to start shipping this year but shock and awe its only going to be manufactured somewhere around the 2nd or 3rd quarter and will get a grand release in 2011.one may wonder what kind of a chance  AMD has over this behemoth well the newly announced hexacore processors are supposed to be backward compatible with the older am2 and am3 socket mother board whilst to get a sandy bridge processor you have to buy an Intel series 6 motherboard which at launch will cost you a lot of money but if you get an AMD  Phenom II x6 processor and provided that you already own an am2 system than rest assured that your wallet will be saved from further infection of upgraditi’s.

But this may not be good enough reason for people to switch over to AMD because the new 6 series motherboard from Intel is  said to have  SATA 6gbps and if usb3.0 is going to be included then it will be a upgrade worth the dough.even though AMD’s six cores seems delicious it will be placed on a  45nm die which will be considered passé when the processor gets released but no doubt this will be one hell of a performance beast from AMD.

Intel is known for making its customers to upgrade their motherboard time and again just so that they will be able to use their new processor’s this is exactly where AMD will have the advantage .there will be a savage war between the two giants and casualties are going to be none other than our poor wallets.

Hotspot shield is a free proxy software that allows you to set up a Virtual Private Network between you and a proxy server thus encrypting your internet connection.this software mainly allows users to have a safe,secure and private browsing session by providing access to internet through a encrypted channel and also you can protect yourself from malicious attacks by hackers,dialers and tracking cookies.the best part about using this software is, you can actually view  TV shows on hulu.com,but sometimes they do detect the proxy and block your access but this can be overcome  if you have dynamic IP ,just  switch off and switch on your modem and you will be able to have access to the website once again.

i have been using hotspot for quite a while now ,the browsing speed is much more faster,and it feels good to know that my browsing session cant be viewed or monitored by anyone.the only thing i hate about the software is the nagging ask.com search frame which comes on top of ever webpage but it  can be closed.hotspot has made an provision which allows user to turn the proxy on and off  whenever they want so if a website doesn't function properly with hotspot you can simply turn it off using the hotspot toolbar.

Installation of HOTSPOT Shield is a cake walk unlike other proxy software's you don't need to make any complicated configurations to your network adapter you can start using the software straight away after installing it.with hotspot the need  to use any advertisement riddled proxy websites to access blocked content will disappear,so if you are the kind of person who values privacy i suggest you to get the software immediately.click here to get it.

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After many trails and tribulations geo hot has finally released the exploit which allows user to have full control over the ps3,but lo behold this doesn't mean pirated ps3 games can be played on the ps3 any sooner,geohot has just managed to get through a layer of security found in the system whereas  Sony has placed many layers of security protocols so that the system can never be hacked so what geo hot claims to have done here is indeed an hack but this will only get you past the hypervisor.

For people who don't know about the hyper visor it is just a low level code found in the ps3 and xbox 360 which is used to  constantly monitor several access to the hardware and also keeps a tight check on the operating system.it is a crucial component ,when hypervisor encounters a code that shouldn't be there in the memory  it calls a function to zap the code out so that  it could never be run,if you can control the hypervisor you can stop it from calling any other functions that will total your code and hence you can make it run in the memory.

People who are waiting for the ps3 game  rips to be released on torrents will have to wait for quite a long time since the ps3 hasn't been totally hacked it has only been done so partially.what happened now is just a ripple effect if some one much more technically inclined and interested in hacking the ps3 will now have a beacon which will guide them to crack the entire system.

to get an in-depth understanding behind the exploit click here

the files can be obtained from here

AMD who is lately on a roll has Launched Five New Desktop CPU’s for the mainstream market,with really sweet  price  to performance ratio.mainstream users who are raving about the new Core i series Processors from intel should give these babies a glance first.AMD Phenom II X2 555  touted as the fastest dual core processor in the market comes at an acceptable price of 99$,for people finding  it costly can opt for the  Athlon II X2 255  which at the cost of  TDP and performance provides a better alternative at a price tag of 75$.the Phenom II X4 910e which comes at a TDP of 65W  offers less power consumption but sadly at the cost of speed and prize.with a really good fourth quarter in 2009 we can safely say that AMD has scored an homerun in the ever competitive CPU and the GPU market smashing the monopoly to smithereens.