Microsoft to retrofit Xbox racing wheel
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| The company said it was informed of about 50 incidents worldwide of a
| malfunction in the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel, in which a component in
| the wheel chassis may overheat and release smoke when the AC/DC power supply
| is used.
|
| More than 230,000 of the wheels are in the field, a Microsoft representative
| said.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6204063.html
They never learn. Their products overheat, just like Sweaty.
XBox360: Timing Attack Tested Succesfully: Downgrade from any Kernel without
CPU-Key
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| (it's an open source project :)) and things get optimized and developed
| further it might open homebrew and linux for the Xbox360 on a much larger
| scale soon.
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http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EElZluZypZpmixPJrS.php
Microsoft patched this (see below), but the changes can now be retracted. It
enables Linux to be installed on any XBox360.
Related:
Gentoo LiveCD Xenon Beta v2: TS-H943 Support - Free60 Asks to Open Platform
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| Like they announced last week, Stonersmurf of Team Free60 released a
| new version of the 'Full' Gentoo LiveCD for Xbox360 (kernel 4532/4548
| only) with support for the Toshiba-Samsung TS-H943 ODD and more...
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http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EEZlylFpkuQQGGDHKe.php
New KingKong Shader exploit for XeLL and Linux LiveCD
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| The LiveCD doesn't support the Toshiba-Samsung DVD drive for now
| (unless you can get it in 0800-mode, but afaik there's no way to do
| that if you're using the new method with the new shaders above), so
| you'll need an Xbox360 Hitachi-LG drive. Then just boot your
| modified King Kong, press start on the main menu and when the
| drive opens, insert the gentoo xenon LiveCD.
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http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EEZVkkupVEVlxmFhzE.php
Ubuntu Linux running on Xbox 360
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| It was just a matter of time of course. As reported about a month ago,
| Xbox 360 Dashboards version 4532 and 4548 contained a severe bug,
| allowing direct code modification in the system to execute arbitrary
| code in so-called hypervisor mode.
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http://www.xboxic.com/news/2641
Xbox 360 Running Linux
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| This video from Cpas at xbox-scene is a bit blurry but it shows an
| Xbox 360 being exploited using the hypervisor exploit and linux
| booting on it. Please do not say that it is fake. It is as real
| as it gets.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwTI9leSmlI
Xbox360 Linux-PPC Kernel 2.6.20 Diff-Patches - Linux Loader Coming Soon
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| He also talks about a 'linux loader' that will be released soon that
| will allow to (easily) exploit the Hypervisor Vulnerability (so I
| guess that means it'll only work on Xbox360 kernel 4532 or 4548) ...
| so we might soon be able to boot linux on a retail 360
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http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EEZFuEEVZFQIvqoMAC.php
Microsoft patches Xbox 360
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| The update corrects a problem with a tamper protection mechanism on the
| Xbox 360. Hackers had discovered a way to break through the shield
| and run their own software, including operating systems such as
| Linux, on the Microsoft game console.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6164515.html
Xbox 360 vulnerability found, homebrew could be just around the corner
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| Apparently a vulnerability has been discovered, and while the jargon
| is rather over our heads, it doesn't take a hax0r to understand the
| potential upshot: homebrew on the 360. The word is that there's a
| "critical vulnerability in Microsoft's Xbox 360 that allows
| privilege escalation into hypervisor mode."
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http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/27/xbox-360-vulnerability-found-homebrew-could-be-just-around-the/
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