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History lesson, folks. If you dig far enough into iOS's code, you'll eventually come across iPhone3,1, which is the AT&T iPhone 4, and the analogous iPhone3,2 (i.e. Verizon iPhone). It's nothing we haven't seen before, but then along comes iOS 4.3 with a handful of new mystery identifiers to spurn speculation -- namely, two new-generation iPhones (4,1 and 4,2) and three iPads (2,1; 2,2; and 2,3). Speculate all you want, but there isn't much else at all we can say definitively here, but if we had to take a guess, it's the GSM and CDMA variants of the next-gen models (plus a WiFi-only iPad). It is interesting to note the lack of an "iPhone4,3" given the yet-to-be-revealed iPhone3,3 is still there -- will the last member ever see the light of day? Outside of iOS 4.3 but still very much related, BGR is claiming it's heard from sources that the next iPhone / iPad models will eschew the physical home button altogether in lieu of the new multi-finger gestures and that employees at Cupertino are already testing such devices. That seems a little more out there to us; five-finger pinch to home feels extremely clunky. The real takeaway here? We can finally have an iPhone rumor that doesn't involve wondering if it'll head to a new US carrier.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/12/i...mor-mill-sugg/ ...

History lesson, folks. If you dig far enough into iOS's code, you'll eventually come across iPhone3,1, which is the AT&T iPhone 4, and the analogous iPhone3,2 (i.e. Verizon iPhone). It's nothing we haven't seen before, but then along comes iOS 4.3 with a handful of new mystery identifiers to spurn speculation -- namely, two new-generation iPhones (4,1 and 4,2) and three iPads (2,1; 2,2; and 2,3). Speculate all you want, but there isn't much else at all we can say definitively here, but if we had to take a guess, it's the GSM and CDMA variants of the next-gen models (plus a WiFi-only iPad). It is interesting to note the lack of an "iPhone4,3" given the yet-to-be-revealed iPhone3,3 is still there -- will the last member ever see the light of day? Outside of iOS 4.3 but still very much related, BGR is claiming it's heard from sources that the next iPhone / iPad models will eschew the physical home button altogether in lieu of the new multi-finger gestures and that employees at Cupertino are already testing such devices. That seems a little more out there to us; five-finger pinch to home feels extremely clunky. The real takeaway here? We can finally have an iPhone rumor that doesn't involve wondering if it'll head to a new US carrier.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/12/i...mor-mill-sugg/ ...

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Boomerang Media says it reaches almost 900,000 individuals in over 250 health clubs
Publishers and other games firms can now target fitness fans directly with advertisements in gyms across the UK.
Boomerang Media says it reaches almost 900,000 individuals in over 250 health clubs – including Fitness First and Virgin Active – which can be targeted by location or chain.
Adverts can be placed in changing rooms and receptions in the form of mirror vinyls, edge-lit 6-sheets, standees, game pods, postcard racks, sampling units and more. Running machines, stretch mats and dance studio banners can even be branded.
“By delivering the message within a relevant environment it is delivered in context, which makes for a very effective campaign,” says Boomerang Media’s head of client sales Ben Cheesman.
“There is also real weight to a campaign which is delivered within a health club like Fitness First – it gives publishers’ products a boost to be displayed in an environment associated with health and wellbeing. Plus, advertising within a health club provides distance from the competition.

“We have nearly 15 years’ experience of delivering effective media campaigns within the health club environment.”

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/42536/Gami...trates-UK-gyms ...

Sony is preparing to release the true successor to the PlayStation Portable before the end of this year, possibly as early as October.

That's according to a report by retail paper MCV, which suggests Sony is seeking high-end gaming experiences to help distinguish the hardware from current games offerings on mobile and tablet devices.

Reports that Sony was wooing publishers emerged last year during GamesCom, again with chatter of a 2011 release.

The PSP 2 is expected to be similar to the original PSP rather than the PSPgo, supporting physical as well as digital media and Flash storage.

Prototype hardware is said to feature a touch-sensitive panel at the back of the console, along with more traditional handheld controls.

An official reveal of the PSP 2 is expected on January 27, just ahead of the release of Nintendo's 3DS in Japan the following month.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ease-for-psp-2 ...

PrimeSense, the Israeli company responsible for the key technology in Microsoft's Kinect sensor, has raised $50 million funding.

According to Globes, the new cash from Silver Lake and existing investors Gemini, Genesis and Caanan Partners, brings total investment in the company to $79 million.

Although the firm has seen a number of acquisition offers, president Aviad Maziels said that the company wants to remain part of the local industry.

"We constantly get acquisition offers, but we want to be part of an industry in Israel and we don't intend to be easily sold," he said.

PrimeSense technology allows interaction with consumer technology without the need for traditional controllers, instead using voice and physical gestures.

While Microsoft is the company's only videogame console partner, it is working with other companies in the entertainment and PC markets.

Microsoft's Kinect sensor has been a considerable success, selling over 8 million units since launch in November.

PrimeSense hopes to grow from 50 employees to 80 this year.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...irm-primesense ...

Microsoft claims it sold out of Xbox 360 consoles during December and predicts shortages for January and February.

Ahead of tonight's NPD sales data for the US in December, Microsoft's Larry Hryb said that the shortages meant he didn't expect the company to "win" against Sony and Nintendo during the Christmas month.

"NPD tomorrow. I found out we ran out of consoles at end of the month so don't expect to win Dec," he said via Twitter.

"Jan/Feb supply is tight as well. Likely amazing YOY growth numbers for Xbox."

Analyst firm Wedbush Morgan has predicted Microsoft sold 2.5 million Xbox 360 units during December, up 92 per cent year-on-year, with rivals Nintendo shifting 2.6 million Wii's and Sony 1.2 million PlayStation 3 units.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...over-christmas ...

Piracy on the newly-hacked PlayStation 3 could be worse than on the notoriously compromised PSP, according to the co-founder of Ubisoft subsidiary Massive Entertainment.

Martin Walfisz told GamesIndustry.biz that due to the nature of the security breach, Sony will struggle to detect which consoles are running illegally procured software, meaning the situation could quickly go from bad to worse for the platform holder.

"If that hack works as reported, I don't believe that Sony can regain any control," he explained.

"They could try to employ a similar system to Xbox Live, so that people running hacked systems won't have access to PSN. But Sony won't be able to stop people from running pirated game copies as long as the machines are not hooked up online.

"And given that it seems that users won't even need a hardware mod-chip to play pirated games, I don't believe that Sony can even detect which users to lock out from PSN."

"They way the PS3 seems to have been hacked, it is now completely open," Walfisz continued, pouring further salt in Sony's wounds. "The hackers can create pirated copies that completely mimic the official Sony digital signature, making it extremely easy to use pirated copies of games, without the need for any hardware chip modifications.

"I would assume that pirated copies can be stored on the HDD as well, making it so easy to use that PS3 piracy, given time, might even surpass the handhelds."

Walfisz went on to explain that the only way Sony could properly combat the situation would be by releasing new hardware – an unrealistic proposition given the huge cost involved.

"I don't think that they can do much. Once a console is hacked this completely, the hardware manufacturer can't really do anything," he said.

"They could maybe update their hardware for new console sales, which would be a long and expensive process, but that won't stop users from running pirated copies on the current hardware. And updating the hardware needs to be done in a way that doesn't prevent users from running already-released games. I doubt that can be done."

Sony recently announced it planned to tackle the hack "through network updates".

Earlier this week it began legal action against modder George Hotz and his Fail0verflow team, claiming they infringed areas of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in obtaining the encryption and decryption keys of the console without authorisation, making them directly responsible for enabling piracy.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...se-than-on-psp ...

Piracy on the newly-hacked PlayStation 3 could be worse than on the notoriously compromised PSP, according to the co-founder of Ubisoft subsidiary Massive Entertainment.

Martin Walfisz told GamesIndustry.biz that due to the nature of the security breach, Sony will struggle to detect which consoles are running illegally procured software, meaning the situation could quickly go from bad to worse for the platform holder.

"If that hack works as reported, I don't believe that Sony can regain any control," he explained.

"They could try to employ a similar system to Xbox Live, so that people running hacked systems won't have access to PSN. But Sony won't be able to stop people from running pirated game copies as long as the machines are not hooked up online.

"And given that it seems that users won't even need a hardware mod-chip to play pirated games, I don't believe that Sony can even detect which users to lock out from PSN."

"They way the PS3 seems to have been hacked, it is now completely open," Walfisz continued, pouring further salt in Sony's wounds. "The hackers can create pirated copies that completely mimic the official Sony digital signature, making it extremely easy to use pirated copies of games, without the need for any hardware chip modifications.

"I would assume that pirated copies can be stored on the HDD as well, making it so easy to use that PS3 piracy, given time, might even surpass the handhelds."

Walfisz went on to explain that the only way Sony could properly combat the situation would be by releasing new hardware – an unrealistic proposition given the huge cost involved.

"I don't think that they can do much. Once a console is hacked this completely, the hardware manufacturer can't really do anything," he said.

"They could maybe update their hardware for new console sales, which would be a long and expensive process, but that won't stop users from running pirated copies on the current hardware. And updating the hardware needs to be done in a way that doesn't prevent users from running already-released games. I doubt that can be done."

Sony recently announced it planned to tackle the hack "through network updates".

Earlier this week it began legal action against modder George Hotz and his Fail0verflow team, claiming they infringed areas of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in obtaining the encryption and decryption keys of the console without authorisation, making them directly responsible for enabling piracy.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...se-than-on-psp ...