Driver: San Francisco Reported As First XGD3 Game

As the summer winds down, a surge of games are being released - Madden NFL 12, Deus Ex and Dead Island, there is one bringing all of the attention. That game is Driver: San Francisco. The wheelman is back but he's coming with that new anti-piracy feature called the XGD3 disc format. The conclusion has been made after the game failed to verify in ABGX. What does this mean? Take a read:
At this stage in firmware development, Driver: San Francisco is playable if you have an Xbox flashed with LT+ V1.9 or higher as it has support for XGD3 originals. However, it will be unplayable as a backup until LT+ v2.0 is released. In Addition, it is not known if Driver: San Francisco has any other protections such as AP2.5 (which would in turn require LT+ V1.91).
Driver: San Francisco is scheduled to drop next week Tuesday. (At least in North America)
Source: Original Source | Translated | ABGX Log

Reset Glitch Hack on Slim By GliGli

Yes you read right. You can run unsigned code on any console (Phat or Slim) with any dashboard with a "reset glitch". (And some hardware soldering) Best of all, it cannot be patched through a future dashboard update. Take a look at it in action:

As you can see in that video, GliGli has managed to load Xell Reloaded onto his Slim and launch a N64 emulator. Of course, you aren't limited to just this as you can always prep your console for homebrew and games once the necessary rebooters and such become available.
If you want to try this for yourself, here's a list of the hardware material that you'll need:

• USB SPI Programmer to dump/flash the Xbox360's NAND (like Team-Xecuter NAND-X)
• XC2C64A CoolRunner-II CPLD (aka Digilent C-mod)
• Socket for the CPLD
• Xilinx JTAG Programmer cable
• 1x 220pF capacitor
• Soldering material

AND
Downloads: (You'll need them all)
Reset Glitch Hack With Diagrams & Instructions
Xilinx Lab Tools & Impact
Python v2.7 & Python Crypto
NandPRO v2.0e or newer
NAND-X Install For Slims
Source: LibXenon

Madctaz Gears Of War 3 Throat Mic

Transmit clear-clear voice commands to your squadron with the Gears Of War 3 Throat Communicator for Xbox 360.

Utilizing a military-inspired behind-the-neck design, skirmishes become immersive as you go head-to-head with hostiles on Xbox LIVE.



Lightweight, comfortable, and complete with an adjustable neckband boasting foam-rubber inserts for a custom fit, the Throat Communicator provides hands-free messaging for warriors of all sizes.

£17.99 FROM PLAY.COM
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Calibur11 Xbox 360 Vault - Gears Of War 3

Calibur11 has teamed up with EPIC Games to create a Gears of War 3 Vault players can be proud of. The Gears Of War 3 Vault consists of all the great innovative features the base Vaults have as well as a Gears Of War 3 nameplate, a custom painted "Bleed Out" chassis and body with the LED Illuminating Infected Omen. If you are truly a Gears Of War player then this Vault shows your alliance- ""Brothers to the End".

The Gears of War 3 Vault consists of one chassis, body panels and locking mechanisms. Unique features include: controller cradle, Infected omen, and an exclusive hi-def Bleed Out finish.

The Infected Omen lights up in 4 different modes to give a unique Gears Of War custom illumination. The LED features different color modes and a completely interactive Gears Of War 3 experience! The Vault dynamically glows crimson red every time you are downed by an enemy, telling you to recover and get back into the action.

The All new Calibur11 branded armor featured in Gears Of War 3 (exclusively for the Xbox 360 Slim). In each box is the opportunity to win an official life sized Gears of War - Cog Armored suit sporting the C11 logo as seen in the Gears Of War 3 game.

FROM PLAY.COM £69.99
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[Released] PS3 Media Server 1.40.0 Beta 2

The creators of the awesome PS3 Media Server have once again updated their application, here is a quote from the changelog:

General:
Built from SVN r813 (OSX version from r812).
Released as beta because many code changes haven’t been widely tested yet.
People have been testing the SubJunk Build, but I have so many things in there right now that aren’t in the official trunk so the testing doesn’t apply to the trunk as much as it usually does.
This will hopefully give us a more trustworthy idea.

Changelog:

• Updated OS X MPlayer to enable external VOBsub, ASS/SSA and Fribidi support

• Allow update checks to be performed manually (Windows only)

• Allow automatic update checks to be enabled (Windows only)

• Simplify PMS customization for packagers of custom builds

• Logging fix for headless configurations

• Added experimental support for iPad / iPhone

• Fixed DVD ISO playback on OS X (thanks, jjmojojjmojo!)

• Added support for the AirPlayer app

• Added support for Samsung TV model SEC_HHP_TV (thanks, coax-!)

• Added Aperture support on OS X (thanks, coax-!)

• Added thumbnail support for images (some code from http://www.rayinblu.com/ps3mediaserver)

• The cache is now reset after each up- or downgrade (for versions higher than 1.40.0)

• Files with the extension *.vdr are now being recognized as MPG videos

Source And Official Forum
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UPDATE: multiMAN v2.04.00 - Now More User Friendly

We told you DeanK was back from vacation and working on developing his multiMAN project. We also reported him updating v2.04.00 to include support for Wallpapers and Dev_Flash. Well, besides making his latest update include expanded XMMB support including switching display modes via the "SIDE menu", DeanK has made the mutlifunction tool easier to use by not allowing game updates of a higher firmware thanks to multiMAN's built-in detection.

Originally Posted by deank

Two useful options added for the next update:

Functions to Pause/Stop music playback in SIDE menu:



Option to switch between [Advanced] and [Standard] settings for XMMB Settings column, to avoid confusion for new users. When set to [Standard Settings], a lot of the not-so-used or dangerous settings are hidden:




Another change:

* All switchable changes for the options in the XMMB Settings column are now selectable via the SIDE menu (much like in the regular XMB mode)





Dean

Full list of changes from 02.04.00:

* Added: SIDE menu in XMMB mode to access various functions (access the menu with [TRIANGLE])
* Added: SIDE menu option for XMMB Settings column to switch between ADVANCED and STANDARD settings
* Added: Option in XMMB Settings column: [Write access to /dev_flash via /dev_blind]
* Added: Permissions check upon loading a title
* Added: VP6 file extension to recognizable video formats
* Changed: UPDATE function in GAME SETTINGS menu will not download updates for higher than your current PS3 firmware version
* Changed: All options in the XMMB Settings column are now selectable via the SIDE menu (much like in the regular XMB mode)

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Download: multiMAN ver 02.04.00 UPDATE (20110826-113500).pkg (1.77 MB)

More information and support here: PSX-SCENE