Piracy of gaming software is by no means a new phenomenon. Bootleg copies of popular titles have been sold overseas for over a decade now, and in more recent years the Internet has accommodated easy and free distribution of software through illegal downloading websites. As time passes, the process of obtaining pirated copies of games is becoming easier, less expensive, and more widespread. As a result, this practice is starting to cost the gaming industry millions of dollars each year in software sales.

 

As the Nintendo DS is enjoying widespread popularity and record-breaking sales, it has also attracted the interest of piracy companies looking to cash in on some of Nintendo’s profit. Recently, the Revolution for DS, or the R4 chip has experienced high sales numbers despite the fact that it accommodates the practice of software piracy. What makes the R4 chip unique among other more traditional methods of piracy is that much like re-writable CD’s and DVD’s, the R4 device itself is not guilty of breaking any copyright laws.

 

Essentially, the chip acts as a general storage device that allows users to play digital content off of their DS hardware. Although the device can be used for perfectly legal activities, such as playing legally obtained music or videos off of the DS, it can also store software for illegally downloaded DS games, and can run these titles almost flawlessly on the DS hardware. Needless to say, this is quite concerning for Nintendo, and the company has started to crack down on the sales and distribution of the device.

Credit: http://www.thetanooki.com/2007/11/26/r4-ch...software-sales/

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It appears that modified firmware is NOT being detected, and is instead once again due to 'bad' discs. Keep in mind that the only full proof way to make a 1:1 backup is to do it yourself. iXtreme is as fullproof as it can be, in that it validates everything it possibly can from a firmware point of view, but a game can have slight data change somewhere, most commonly in DMI. Or it can be due to early copies being watermarked so to speak.

 

This is why you run the risk of being banned on xbox live if you pirate games. Always remember that you run a risk doing such actions.

 

In regards to game data being properly validated, xdvdmulleter is a tool that has a constantly maintained database to validate backups against retail copies to ensure full stealth. If you have a samsung SH-D16x and would like to contribute to the project to prevent future Live bans, please join #stealth360 on Efnet, IRC.

http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EE...uFyZuyXdjmt.php

Fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.10

 

MFSA 2007-39 Referer-spoofing via window.location race condition

MFSA 2007-38 Memory corruption vulnerabilities (rv:1.8.1.10)

MFSA 2007-37 jar: URI scheme XSS hazard

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Thanks to Powtrix.

Atari 800/130/5200 Emulator for PSP

Hi All,

 

Here is a new version of PSPAtari the emulator of Atari 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 series.

 

For those who haven't seen previous versions, Atari800 is an emulator for the 800, 800XL, 130XE and 5200 models of the Atari personal computer. It can be used on console, FrameBuffer or X11.

See http://atari800.sourceforge.net/ for further informations.

 

PSPATARI is a port on PSP of the version 2.0.2 (April 08 2006) of Atari800 from Petr Stehlik.

 

What's new in version 1.1.0 :

 

- Major speed improvements in smooth rendering !

- Compatible with custom firmwares 3.x and PSP-slim

- Display and save thumbnail images for each save state

- Add a simple intro splash screen

- New speed limiter function

- Support iso8859-1 fonts in print text functions (might be useful to translate pspatari menus in german, french ...)

- IR keyboard support (mainly for menu)

- Add option to display fps rate

- Option to prevent the blue led to be displayed when L or R are pressed

- Bug fix in help menu and in file requester

 

It has been developed on linux for Firmware 1.5 and 3.71-m33, and for the IR keyboard part it has been tested using a Targus Universal IR Wireless keyboard.

>> Get it HERE.