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PSN Hack Attack - Sony's Email Statement

PSN users were finally sent information via email regarding the ridiculous security breach that has laid open millions of customers' data to hackers.

It should be a grovelling apology, but it isn't, it's rather matter of fact.

Read the whole thing after the break. Oh and then go cancel your credit cards and change all your passwords. Actually maybe do that first, then read the statement.

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MIT Grads Hack Kinect

Adafruit Industries offered a prize of US$2000 for the first open-source driver for Microsoft's Kinect motion control camera system.

Just days after the wager from the MIT graduate company two other MIT grads have won the prize.

"It's amazing hardware that shouldn't just be locked up for Xbox 360," Adafruit member Phillip told CNET. "Its 'radar camera' being able to get video and distance as a sensor input from commodity hardware is huge."

You can see video of the hack in operation on the NUI community forum.

Source: Next-Gen.biz