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Hopfully we’ll see XBMC ported over soon. =) I plan on doing this mod for test purposes, will keep you posted.

In the mean time here’s some information and a video regarding the release of XeXLoader.

Source: xbox-scene.com

>> FreeXeX released the first public version of XeXLoader:
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Introducing the first public and fully functional XEX loader for homebrew-capable Xbox 360 platforms!

Feature list:
* Launch media-patched XEXs from any storage device
* Manage the filesystems of all storage devices
* Rip any inserted game to any storage device (ISO Extraction) (Still requires patching with XexTool(info) to remove media check)

Although it should work on all patched kernels, our releases are only tested with freeBOOT using Cygnos, not with XBRebooter. Sorry for the inconvenience.

A special “fuck you” to CarolinaGamer aka Relapse aka Hawk

Installing the LIVE package:
1) Burned CD/DVD using XeXLoader.iso
Use the file browser to copy (using the “X” button) the directory “C0DE9999″ to the 360 HDD at: Hdd1://Content/0000000000000000/

2) Transfer Cable
Use appropriate software to copy the directory “C0DE9999″ to 360 HDD at: Partition3\Content\0000000000000000
Start your patched kernel, and run the game demo listed as “XeXLoader”
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Official Site: n/a, by FreeXeX (#freexex or #freeboot on EFNet)
Download: Here
Discuss this news item on our forums: forums.xbox-scene.com

NFO:
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Presents: XeXLoader

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General Information

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Type……………..: Application

Platform………….: Xbox 360

Part Size…………: 1,421,603 bytes (XEX)

Number of Parts……: 3 (XEX, LIVE, ISO)

Compression Format…: RAR

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Post Information

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Posted by…………: FreeXeX

Posted to…………: XBINS

Posted on…………: 12/5/2009

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Release Notes

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Introducing the first public and fully functional XEX loader for homebrew-

capable Xbox 360 platforms!

Feature list:

Launch media-patched XEXs from any storage device

Manage the filesystems of all storage devices

Rip any inserted game to any storage device (ISO Extraction) *

* Still requires patching with XexTool to remove media check

Although it should work on all patched kernels, our releases are only tested

with freeBOOT using Cygnos, not with XBRebooter. Sorry for the inconvenience.

A special “fuck you” to CarolinaGamer aka Relapse aka Hawk

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Install Notes

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Installing the LIVE package:

1) Burned CD/DVD using XeXLoader.iso

Use the file browser to copy (using the “X” button) the directory

“C0DE9999″ to the 360 HDD at:

Hdd1://Content/0000000000000000/

2) Transfer Cable

Use appropriate software to copy the directory “C0DE9999″ to 360 HDD at:

Partition3\Content\0000000000000000

Start your patched kernel, and run the game demo listed as “XeXLoader”

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Official IRC: #freexex or #freeboot on EFNet

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Site: http://www.redcl0ud.com/xbcd.html

ControlMK – Allows using a game controller for Mouse/Keyboard emulation.

Site: http://redcl0ud.com/controlmk/index.html

>> As you know TheSpecialist and his team were working on a modified firmware for the Xbox 360. He already managed to make one for the original Xbox a while ago, and he announced this method was highly likely possible with the Xbox 360 too. From TheSpecialist on xboxhacker.net:
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Months of hard work have come to an end. The 360 FW security details were posted a few days ago already, so why not make it official It’s been done.

Respect to all the people on this board who made it possible with their brilliant contributions:
Anita999, Geremia, Nayr, Bluecop, Interestedhacker, MacDennis, Phantasm, Marvin, Tiros, SpenzerX, Team Modfreakz, Fuzzylogic, Takires, loser, jasper, SMO, Groepaz, Zobyone, Jumba, Amadeus, Tser, DjHuevo, oz_paulb, DaveX, darkfly, evestu, Robinsod, Dark_Neo, Gael360, Seventhson, probutus.

Just for fun, here’s a little video:

And no, the team decided not to release a hacked FW. The security details are proof itself. The team advocates hacking, not piracy.
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What is this? A bit more info…
The hack is a modified firmware of the Xbox 360 Hitachi-LG GDR-3120L DVD-ROM drive (the security in the Toshiba/Samsung TS-H943 is said to be similar, so it’s probably also possible with this drive … but it does require it’s own hacked firmware of course).
As you (should) know, all Xbox 360 executables (XEX files) are signed by Microsoft (with a private key only MS has). This means that if you try to change anything to the XEX file, the signature will be wrong and the file will not boot.
Now … to protect from booting an exact copy of a game from a DVD-R or other recordable media, microsoft gave each XEX file a ‘mediaflag’. This mediaflag tells the Xbox 360 from which media (cd-r, dvd-r, dvd+r, dvd-rw, hdd, dvdxbox, dvdxbox360, …) the XEX is allowed to boot. Changing this mediaflag in the XEX header is not an option as it’ll break the signature of the file (see above), so … what’s done in this firmware hack is ‘break’ the detection of the disc.
Retail games usually get a mediaflag where they only allow ‘dvdxbox360′ (Xbox 360 discs – different than a normal DVD because it has some specific bad sectors and special info in lead-in/out that can’t be written with a standard dvd burner). The modified firmware will trick the DVD drive into reporting a DVD-R (or other) as a DVDXBOX360 to the Xbox 360.

How can you do this?
Well, right now you can’t. The firmware has not been released to the public because it would mostly be used for piracy and that’s not what this team wants (unlike the original Xbox hack this can’t be used (atleast not directly) for homebrew and linux fun). But the research done by these guys is public as you can read their discussions of the last few months on the xboxhacker.net forums, so people with good assembly experience should be able to duplicate this hack.

If the firmware was released, what would it mean?
Right now the Xbox 360 DVD firmware can’t be flashed via PC (and for us, end-users, even less directly by the Xbox 360 itself (Microsoft could probably flash the drive from Xbox360 tho)), because there’s no software to do this. Of course, drivers and flashing software for Xbox360 DVD drives could probably be written (and some people have been working on this), but so far this has not been done (atleast not publicly).
So, that means you’d have to open your Xbox 360, open your DVD drive and desolder the chip where the firmware is stored on.
Each Xbox 360 DVD drive has a unique key, if that key doesn’t match what your console is expecting your DVD drive will not work.
So next you will need to read your current firmware chip with special hardware (flash programmer), to find your unique DVD 16 byte key (stored at 0×4F00). Then you’ll have to insert this key in the modified firmware (or patch your original firmware) and program this modified firmware back on the firmware chip. Then put the firmware chip back in the drive, close DVD drive and Xbox 360 and I guess you’re done.
As said above the hack would allow you to run MS-signed and unmodified XEX files only, so that also means the game must be of right region (as changing the regionflag in the XEX header would break the signature). Unsigned, homebrew executables would of course not work, again because signature check would fail.

LIVE and Updates …
Can you go on LIVE with this hack? Well the firmware isn’t released, so noone can try, but I’d guess it would work yes. The Xbox 360 itself is fully in ‘normal state’, nothing is modified to the Xbox 360 itself, it just gets ‘wrong’ info from the DVD drive. Of course if you start modifying non-signed files (like textures, ini files, …) in order to cheat on LIVE or so MS could easily check for that.
Can Microsoft stop this firmware hack with forced LIVE updates? They could probably try detect a basic modified DVD firmware, but anything the Xbox 360 asks to the DVD drive goes via the DVD firmware, and if the firmware is ‘open’ in the hands of the hackers the firmware can probably each time be modified again to give the reply to the console expects. Microsoft could maybe do more with a HW security update … but I’ll let them analyse that.

(Note that all info above is based on all stuff I read … if I made any mistakes, let me know)

News-Source: xboxhacker.net
Download Firmware: illegal and not released (see above)

Source: PSPupdates.qj.net
Fanjita Releases 2.0 eLoader for v2.00, v2.01 and v2.50 PSP’s

PSP Updates forum moderator and hacker guru Fanjita has completed his first release of a new loader for 2.01+ PSP’s called eLoader. While 2.60 is not currently supported, this is a major accomplishment in unleashing homebrew on all systems. This amazing feat shows how frightfully resourceful developers can be when put against certain system restraints. This leap has indisputably opened the door to homebrew for PSP gamers who play on newer firmware.

Alright, starting off earlier this week, we told you that Fanjita and Ditlew had achieved working SNES emulation on a 2.50 version PSP. Stating that “if we do decide to release, it will take a few days to knock the code into a releasable format.” This great turn in events had many gamers rising their PSPs in excitement.

Working emulation and an Eboot Loader on 2.50 had been a hope of many gamers for a long while, with many potholes in the road to victory, and now it seemed that homebrew on 2.01+ PSP’s was a not to distant reality. From Super Nintendo emulators to the amazing games we see developed in our forums, homebrew for 2.01+ gamers was about to be a realization. Well today we are here to tell you of something great that has been released that is sure to have the faces of version 2.01 and 2.50 PSP’s gamers glowing with excitement.

Loading homebrew games can now be done through the same GTA exploit that you have already been using. To install and configure the new eLoader, which loads homebrew games and applications on newer version PSP’s, read on.

Read more…

Site: http://www.brains-n-brawn.com/default.aspx?vDir=mcedivx360

Very cool. Casey at Brains-N-Brawn has figured out a way to stream DivX video to the Xbox 360 using Windows Media Endcoder (via HD Beat). This is great news for all us lazy people who would otherwise need a program like Videora Xbox360 Converter to manually transcode each video into Xbox compatible WMV. But there’s is one catch, though, you have to be somewhat computer savvy to get this hack up and running. Nonetheless, it’s nice to see progress in this area since Microsoft doesn’t feel compelled to offer support for competing formats that users want and are currently petitioning for.

Note: mceDivX360 actually tricks Windows Media Encoder to transcode DivX files into Xbox supported WMV on the fly.

Things you need in order to play backup ds games on your nintendo ds.

1: Passkey2 (pick the version you have an actual game of)
PassMe is a device designed by Rafael Vuijk and me to run homebrew programs on the DS gaming console. PassMe2 is a modification of the design by Loopy to support newer DS firmware.
http://natrium42.com/

2: M3 CF or SD Card Reader
You can purchase it at diveno.com Here is a direct link for the m3 adapter link. This is where where you can either put a CF or SD card in for storage of games. The price is $89.99.

The reason why you have to purchase a passkey 2 is because Nintendo has updated the firmware on all new Nintendo so the passkey that comes wtih the m3 adapter doesnt work unless you flash it. I made an attempt to flash mine with a home built Jtag but found it easier to just buy one in the end. =( Just a quick note the passkey 1 that comes wtih the m3 adapter is identical as the passkey2 but just has the old firmware on it.

If you want to save some money and attempt to flash your passme key that comes with you m3 adapter here is some info on how you can: http://natrium42.com/projects/serial.html

Here is Darkfaders site you will need this site for the sav files: http://darkfader.net/ds/games/

Hope that helps. If you have any question please feel free to email deeznuts.

Hey guys,

For those who missed out on getting a 360 you can check out this website to see what stores have them in stock in real time.

http://xbox360tracker.com/

Source:PSPUpdates

Before you buy a PSP for that special gamer this Holiday season, you have to ask yourself one thing: do they homebrew? If the answer is yes, you better take care not to get a unit with a firmware over 2.0 — otherwise, no hackie. You can determine the firmware version by checking for a letter code above the UPC on the bottom of the box.

A-1.50
B-1.51
C-1.52
D-2.00 Unconfirmed
E-2.00 Unconfirmed (likely 1.52)
F-2.00
G-2.01

Using the above list, photograph, and a kindergarten skillset, we can determine that my PSP was version B, meaning it shipped with version 1.51; yet now I control firmware versions as a god would, manipulating them hither and thither! Muahaha!

Game is called Halo Zero.

Here is the offical website: http://www.halozero.new.fr/

Halo Zero(Notes from halozer.new.fr):

And here the greatly awaited day, the release of Halo Zero in its final version!
You can right now benefit of this very new free game.
Download Here

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