DICE has confirmed that it's putting the final touches on a playable demo for E3. Conference-goers will be able to play a multiplayer map called "Operation Metro," which appears to offer well-rounded glimpse of Battlefield 3's gameplay. Players will experience both large and small-scale combat along with the ability to disable vehicles, mount weapons and more, according to DICE GM Karl Magnus Troedsson.
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By my count this is unlucky hack number 13 for Sony. A Lebanese hacker known as Idahc dumped another user database at Sony Europe containing approximately 120 usernames, passwords (plain text), mobile phone numbers, work emails and website addresses.
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According to a report set to be adopted today by the UN’s Human Rights Council, anti-filesharing provisions such as those outlined in the UK’s Digital Economy Act are disproportionate and should be repealed. The provisions, which include disconnecting Internet users for violating the rights of the music and movie industries, breach human rights, the report concludes.
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A Russian 'freelance researcher' says he has reverse engineered much of Skype's code and intends to make the project open source.
Efim Bushmanov has posted binaries of his work so far, as well as the original source code, on his blog saying he is looking for 'friends' to complete the project.
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There are Apple fans, and then there are real Apple fans.

Count 17 year-old Chinese student “Zheng” as a member of the latter camp. ...

After a lengthy offline period, the PlayStation Store is now fully functional, with Sony confirming that all PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable owners can now access the digital marketplace.
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