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Sony has issued a warning to Playstation Network users on the official Playstation website alerting them of a possible security breach. It has warned that the personal information of users on the Playstation Store might be vulnerable to unauthorized access through PCs.

However, the threat level is low if Sony is to be believed:

“Although unlikely, it is possible that the passwords of a small percentage of Playstation Network users may have been changed through unauthorized access, making it possible to view users’ personal information and/or use the Wallet for the Playstation Store. Playstation Network accounts do not display entire credit card numbers, so any unauthorized access to your Playstation Network account is very unlikely to compromise your credit card number.”

If you can’t sign-in to your PSN account using your pre-set password, your account might have been compromised. In that case you should contact customer service immediately and apprise them of a potential hack.

Read [Playstation] Via [Next-Gen]

Product: Toshiba Satellite X205-S9349
Price: $1,899.99
Rating: 8.5/10
Pros: Surprisingly impressive sound system, a great screen and it plays games well despite Vista. Comes with internal hardware extras - extra USB ports, HD DVD drive, DVD burner and 1.3 megapixel webcam - you’d eventually add to your home PC anyway.
Cons: Some front ports hard to see, the system runs pretty warm and the cover easily smudges. Keys are a bit too low and pop out too easily.
Overall: A good purchase for a hard-core gamer in need of a portable system. Plan to spend time wiping off promotion apps. The sound system will certainly impress your friends.

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This past Sunday, in Essex England, twenty-four year old Adam Mapleson was on his way to work via the railway station when he witnessed two armed and masked men robbing a female security guard. Racing to the aid of the woman, (witness’ accounts state that Adam had attempted to block the thugs’ escape) he was shot at close range in the chest. He is now reported to have regained consciousness and is in stable condition at a Southend Hospital.

According to The Sun Online, “The woman guard escaped shaken but unhurt — as did a male colleague who was driving the security van in Rayleigh, Essex. The robbers - wearing scarves around their faces - fled with a security box belching red dye. Their haul is likely to be worthless.”

What likely won’t hit the airwaves (or net-waves?) as hard is the fact that Adam Mapleson was a gamer, who listens to black metal and in every picture on his Myspace Page is dressed in black. Now, far be it for me to pontificate the jurisprudence of social mores and how backwards they may be, but it just goes to show that looks or interests does not a man define. With that said, I’d like to invite Jack Thompson take a peek at a slice of this hero’s interest in gaming: Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike Source, FEAR, GTA: San Andreas, UT2004, Dawn of War and Mark of Chaos.

For all the negative media around gaming and gamers, I can’t help but notice that when the facts don’t appease the agenda, no matter how insignificant, those facts are lost. Where’s Jack Thompson now?

Read [Kotaku] Read Also [The Sun Online]