Group releases open-sourced PSGroove PS3 jailbreak |
- Group releases open-sourced PSGroove PS3 jailbreak
- Sony shows off unlimited Qriocity streaming music service
- Amazon begins selling TV episodes for 99 cents
- T-Mobile G2 pricing leaked
- Apple unveils iTunes 10, 'Ping' music discovery social network
- Apple reveals new Apple TV set-top box
- Apple unveils new, redesigned iPod Touch, Nano, Shuffle
- Sony wins the first Other OS case
| Group releases open-sourced PSGroove PS3 jailbreak Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:53 PM PDT  Last month PSJailbreak showed the world that the PS3's security model was open to be exploited, and Sony was quick to shut down the project. This week, PSGroove, the "open source PSJailbreak," has been released for the masses, giving owners a chance to jailbreak their PS3 for a lot cheaper than the $170 PSJailbreak. The code can be run on a hacked PSP, a TI-84 calculator, a $25 Teensy++ USB development board or a $30 AT90USBkey. Currently, the Teensy is on backorder and buyers will likely receive it a week or so after they order it. While the software initially had any piracy features disabled, a second build has been released with all features of PSJailbreak enabled. The software will allow for the execution of unsigned 3rd-party apps and games as well as ISOs of PS3 games. You can view more info here: PSGroove
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| Sony shows off unlimited Qriocity streaming music service Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:20 PM PDT  Sony has launched their own challenge to Apple's iTunes this week, dubbed Qriocity, which will be an unlimited, cloud-based music service available via the PlayStation 3 and other Internet-connected devices such as HDTVs and Blu-ray players. The service will go live by the end of the year, giving users a chance to stream millions of songs in the cloud. Besides the PS3, the service will be available on Sony portable media devices, Sony Blu-ray players, Sony home-theater systems, 2010 Web-enabled Bravia HDTVs and Windows PCs. "We are excited to offer our customers high quality, cloud-based entertainment experiences across many of Sony's network-enabled devices," says Kazuo Hirai, president of Sony's networked products and services group. "Services 'powered by Qriocity' will revolutionize the way that users play, listen, watch, share, communicate, learn, discover and create their digital entertainment content." Sony has said it will expand the Qriocity "Video on Demand" service which launched in April in the U.S. to France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K. in the fall. The video service has content from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Lionsgate, MGM, NBC Universal, Paramount, Sony, The Walt Disney Company, and Warner Bros.
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| Amazon begins selling TV episodes for 99 cents Posted: 01 Sep 2010 03:54 PM PDT  Amazon has begun selling TV episodes for 99 cents a piece, just hours after Apple announced that they would begin offering 99 cent rentals on recently aired shows. Disney and Fox shows, such as "Glee," "Lost" and "Bones" are now available via Amazon Video On Demand for 99 cents. When you purchase the episodes, they are yours to keep. You can download them and they never expire. You can also stream them indefinitely. Shows from other broadcasters, such as AMC, still cost $1.99, however. The ability to download is only available on Windows PCs and TiVO HD boxes, but you can stream the shows on Macs, HDTVs, Roku boxes and more.
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| Posted: 01 Sep 2010 03:17 PM PDT  Yesterday, pictures of the T-Mobile G2 were leaked alongside with its specs, which should easily make it the carrier's latest Android flagship. Today, the pricing for the device has been leaked as well, says TMONews, with the smartphone costing $199 with contract or $499 without. The G2 is T-Mobile's first HSPA+ phone, offering users 4G-speeds of up to 14.4Mbps. T-Mobile's next device, which is expected to launch at the end of September, will run Android 2.2. The smartphone will have a 3.7-inch OLED display, run on a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, include a full slide-out QWERTY keypad and a 5MP camera.   
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| Apple unveils iTunes 10, 'Ping' music discovery social network Posted: 01 Sep 2010 03:01 PM PDT  During their September media event this afternoon, Apple unveiled iTunes 10 and Ping, a new social network used to discover music. Ping is being described as "Twitter and Facebook meet iTunes." The social network is opt-in and will let iTunes users follow their favorite artists as well as be followed by friends. Musicians can interact with their followers on iTunes through the iTunes Store page. Your "circle of friends" allows you to view what your friends are buying, listening to or watching. It will also allow you to keep track of over 15,000 concert listings. Ping will be a new button in the iTunes Store App on the desktop versions as well as on the iPhone and Touch. Besides Ping, iTunes 10 also adds (via TC) a "new hybrid view that reorganizes the way the application displays album art in music columns. For albums with more than five songs, iTunes can display an album icon and take up no extra space or require the window to be expanded."
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| Apple reveals new Apple TV set-top box Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:26 PM PDT Apple was busy today during their highly-anticipated September 1st media event, revealing a new Apple TV, new iPods, iTunes 10 and a music discovery system dubbed Ping. Available for just $99, the updated Apple TV drops the hard drive of its predecessor and is now small enough to fit in your hand. The device streams movies from the Web or from smartphones/tablets directly to your HDTV. Additionally, the second-generation device will stream movies from Netflix's ever expanding "Watch Instantly" catalog and HD movies purchased through iTunes. The Apple TV has built-in Wi-Fi and an HDMI output. Jobs has signed content deals with Disney and FOX so far that will give TV fans a chance to rent recently aired TV episodes for 99 cents a piece. You can order the Apple TV now with an expected four-week wait.
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| Apple unveils new, redesigned iPod Touch, Nano, Shuffle Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:53 PM PDT Apple was busy today during their highly-anticipated September 1st media event, revealing a new Apple TV, new iPods, iTunes 10 and a music discovery system dubbed Ping. Following months of speculation, CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the latest generation iPod Touch, which is slimmed down and includes "Retina Display," the high resolution display found on the iPhone 4. Additionally, the Touch finally has cameras, including a front-facing one for use with Apple's FaceTime video calling software. "We've put our most advanced technology inside the new iPod touch," said Jobs. "Whether you're listening to music, playing games, making FaceTime video calls, browsing the Web, capturing HD video or watching TV shows and movies, the new iPod touch with its Retina display, A4 chip, and 3-axis gyro is more fun than ever," says Jobs. The updated Touch will hit stores next week with the 8GB model priced at $229, the 32GB at $299 and the large 64GB model selling for $399. Furthermore, Apple unveiled revamped iPod Shuffles and Nanos. The new Shuffle adds clickable buttons for play/pause and fast forward as well as VoiceOver, which, when pressed, will let owners hear the name of the current song. "We're making the iPod shuffle even better by combining clickable buttons and VoiceOver technology, so users can find and enjoy their music without ever looking at their iPod shuffle," added Jobs. The new Shuffle goes on sale next week for $49 for the 2GB model. Finally, Apple completely overhauled the iPod Nano, making it half the size of its third-gen predecessor while also adding full touchscreen controls. "This is the biggest reinvention of the iPod nano since its debut in 2005, and we think users are going to love it," concluded Jobs. Like its brothers, the Nano goes on sale next week with the 8GB model selling for $149 and the 16GB model selling for $179. (Pics via Crunch) 
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| Sony wins the first Other OS case Posted: 01 Sep 2010 06:21 AM PDT  Sony calmly informed last March that it'll be removing the Other OS feature from PlayStation 3. The feature that allows users to install additional operating systems to their PS3 was removed by a firmware update in April. Users who use their game console as a Linux computer were not amused, to say the least. Actually, after the removal of the feature consumers filed lawsuits against Sony in the US and Australia. Now according to News.com.au, the first Other OS class action suit has come to a conclusion. Mr. Michael Trebilcock from Adelaide, Australia wanted 800 AUD in compensation for the removal of an important feature. He said it was one of the reasons he bought the PS3 and won't be able to use it as a computer anymore. The Holden Hill Magistrates Court dismissed Trebilcock's claim. The court was told by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that Sony did nothing wrong when they released the firmware update. Sony will continue fighting in court over their game console. On upcoming Friday, there will be a court hearing in a case concerning the thumbdrive mod called PSJailBreak where modchip sellers OzModChips, Mod Supplier and Quantronics take on Sony.
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