p0WnZ.com » Xbox http://p0wnz.com Technology and Video Game Network Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:55:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 iXtreme LT+ Firmware for Hitachi Drives now Available. http://p0wnz.com/ixtreme-lt-firmware-for-hitachi-drives-now-available/ http://p0wnz.com/ixtreme-lt-firmware-for-hitachi-drives-now-available/#comments Sat, 25 Dec 2010 03:36:07 +0000 encript http://p0wnz.com/?p=763 Finally iXtreme LT+ for Hitachi drives are available for download. A year in the making now Hitachi drive owners can enjoy the benefits of LT firmware.

Download Confirmed it does work.

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Official release of the iXtreme LT+ for Hitachi (FAT Models)

- Supports AP25 backups for Hitachi 78,79
- Other Hitachis (32,36,40,46,47,58,59) updated to conform to LT spec
- Optimised PFI code to accomodate AP25 SS data
- Defeats current AP25 protection
- Protects console from logging AP25 violation for a period of 3 minutes, turn off/on console on black screen bootup before your 3 minutes is up
- Full disc stealth used by default
- Waveless booting , disc images are assumed to be correct!
- Split-Vid used as default

If booting an AP25 title without AP25 SS on 78 or 79 game will not boot but will still be protected from logging AP25 violation on current dash 12611 for approx 3 minutes
If LT+ encounters an unknown AP25 challenge, game will not boot but console will still be protected from logging AP25 violation on current dash 12611 for approx 3 minutes

AP25 SS are region specific for region locked games

LT+ for slim 9504 and 0225 is progressing, soon.

Thanks go to Team Jungle for their hard work and efforts in the development process.
Thanks also go to Team Xecuter for their generous support to this project.

]]> http://p0wnz.com/ixtreme-lt-firmware-for-hitachi-drives-now-available/feed/ 0 What if other things could get banned response to Microsoft http://p0wnz.com/what-if-other-things-could-get-banned-response-to-microsoft/ http://p0wnz.com/what-if-other-things-could-get-banned-response-to-microsoft/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:37:33 +0000 encript http://p0wnz.com/?p=566 Continue reading →]]> Imagine for a moment if we lived in a world where other things could get banned. Where at any moment at the discretion of a corporation your device will no longer be as functional as it was when you purchased it. What level of monitoring is necessary to achieve this and is it too intrusive. Should everyone be informed that they are being monitored. Windows genuine advantage checks for guarantees that the user is definitively using a genuine copy of windows. It can be determined whether that copy of windows is genuine. If it fails such a test that person will no longer receive updates from Microsoft. In addition to not receiving updates they will get a notification at start up that warns you that this may be a pirated copy. But what if Microsoft decided instead to disable your hard drive or prevent you from playing movies or music. Perhaps they will corrupt your files. You agreed to the Terms of Agreement when you first installed it. So any subsequent changes thereafter will be the responsibility of the user. They can pretty much do what ever because you the user still want to use it.

Does this sound familiar to you? Yes I am referring to Microsoft’s banning practices for its Xbox360 game console. Fair is fair and playing pirated games on their service is prohibited and subject to violations as per the TOS. However other functionality asides from xbox live services should not be affected. For example many banned users are complaining that the HDD and all save states are corrupted and are no longer retrievable. This includes games that were installed on the hard drive whether they were legitimate or not. Playing games from the HDD was crippled. So the HDD can only be used by formatting it on another console which is not banned.

It can only be assumed that this tactic sounds as though Microsoft is taking this more personally and is angered. Thus taking more extreme measures then the usual force to counter piracy. Hence ensuring that banned customers repurchase the console to get 100% functionality again. Purchases of new consoles will boost hardware sales during this 2009 4th quarter holiday season. Which makes the timing of this all the more planned. With this said in this day and age it is eerie to know that consumers are being monitored so closely and it should be emphasized that anyone who plans on modifying anything and then using that device online should expect to be watched.

Imagine banning Other Things

  • Perhaps Zune users who have pirated MP3′s can no longer use the Zune Marketplace. Limited playback functionality.
  • Blu-ray or DVD players with network connections cannot receive updated movie content for using pirated movies.
  • Windows Users with out genuine copies will have their files corrupted and functionality removed.
  • Cellphone providers who find unlocked phones on their network that they do not sell themselves will be banned from using their service.
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