I'm sure that you've heard about the infamous PS3 firmware hack such as the PS Jailbreak, and that Sony had many troubles with it. It looks like that is set to continue and Sony will face more trouble with custom firmwares because there's now a new technique that would let users crack the PS3's loader.

Hacking team, Fail0verflow, has developed a new technique that cracks the PS3's loader and gives the user complete control over the system. The team has managed to calculate private keys to the system, due to poor security, and thanks to these keys, the hacking community can now sign their own code with ease. Of course, with Sony's already vulnerable current v3.55 PS3 firmware, it will be difficult for Sony to fix this.

As for this tool, we should see it out next month, we'll keep you posted.

[via Geeky Gadgets,�Ubergizmo]

Portable consoles have always been popular, but they cannot compare to standard consoles that we have at our homes, but what if we could combine power of home consoles and the mobility of portable consoles?

We've seen all sorts of mods by�enthusiasts�and today we have another Wii mod that will allow us to enjoy in Wii games even if we're not at home. The one behind this mod is ShockSlayer, this Wii Laptop comes with a built-in seven-inch display and rechargeable batteries, so you can enjoy play with it wherever you are. It also comes with three integrated speakers, SD card slot and a SATA hard drive so you won't have to carry your Wii games with you in order to enjoy in them.

This is an amazing mod, I don't know about you, but I don't think I would enjoy playing Wii games with that tiny display � probably the main disadvantage of this console laptop's design.

[via Joystiq]

Kinect is here, and despite its success, we're more interested in Kinect's technology underneath, its hacks and modifications than the games it plays. Today you'll see how you can you use your Kinect with your PC and play games with Kinect as your controller.

USC Institute for Creative Technologies has developed a special toolkit known as Flexible Action and Articulated Toolkit (FAAST). With this technology, you can map 20 different motions to keyboard buttons, and by performing certain movements, you'll be triggering the keyboard keys and certain actions in the game. Folks from USC Institute have demonstrated this in World of Warcraft and we can say that results are impressive.

We have to noticed that FAAST is currently in version .03, and it won't replace standard gaming equipment, but it's a project that is definitely worth checking out.

[via Engadget]

Facetime on the iPhone / iPod Touch finally has a new friend � Video Calling through Skype. Today Skype has released version 3.0 of it's iPhone app which brings the much expected video calling functionality to the iPhone 4 Apart from doing video calls between compatible devices ( iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4th Gen ) , you can also call desktop Skype users provided they have a webcam.� The app works over both WiFi and 3G but we recommend the former. We just tested the app between 2 iPhone 4's and it was certainly cool.

Skype v3.0 Features / changelog

• Make Skype to Skype video calls on WiFi and 3G
• Call Skype desktop users (Mac OS X or Windows) and other iPhone users.
• Two-way video calls supported on iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 4th gen.
• Receive only video supported on iPad and iPod touch 3rd gen, with no camera.
• Make video calls in portrait and landscape.
• Skype video calling requires iOS 4.0 or above.

Have you tried the new Skype Video calling app ? Try it soon before the Skype servers crash again !

Download [iTunes]

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Here's today LogicBuy gadget deal for the latest Apple TV for $89.99 after 9% discount. Apple TV is a digital media receiver and a network device that allow you to play multimedia content from your PC or Mac on your HDTV. The new Apple TV is that it's 80% smaller than the previous generation model and it comes with a built-in power saving battery, and bundled remote.

Since Apple TV is extremely quiet, you won't even know that it's turned on. This device remains cool at all times even without the built-in cooling system. As for the setup, all that you have to do is to plug in your Apple TV into a power outlet and connect it to the HDTV.

Apple TV has built-in HDMI, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, built-in IR receiver, Optical Audio and Micro-USB. As the new Apple TV doesn't have offer any built-in storage, it relies entirely upon streaming like HD rentals from iTunes. Apple TV also streams content from Netflix, YouTube, Flickr and MobileMe, as well as music, photos and videos from PCs and Macs to your HDTV.

[via LogicBuy]

We checked out the soon to be launched Airtel Mobile TV app powered by Airtel 3G. The live tv app we checked is for Symbian. It runs on all symbian platforms except s60V2. This app comes with preloaded channels and we believe its free of charge to use. But you may be charged for data usage. The app streams the good number of channels without buffering. We are quite impressed with the streaming quality. We hope that the app will support streaming of videos as we found a video menu inside the app.

In our preview the app was running so smooth in Nokia N8, Nokia C7 , Nokia E71 and Nokia 5233.

Here are some news channels available inside the app.

Check out the video below to check out the quality

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