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• Nintendo teams up with customs to crack down on Wii modders

  Published: August 2, 2007, 11:53 am

  Tags: Dmca, Hackers, Homebrew, Mod Chip, Modchip, Nintendo, Wii

  Filed under: GamingHide away that soldering iron, Nintendo is on to you crazy kids. The company has issued a press release "in support of" recent raids by US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents, which executed 32 search warrants in 16 states to weed out those responsible for the distribution of "illegal modification chips." Apparently this

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• Mod chip raid victim details the experience

  Published: August 4, 2007, 2:42 am

  Tags: Casualty, Crime, Criminal, Customs, Dcma, Hacker, Ice, Investigation, Legal, Massachusetts, Modchip, Modder, Police, Raided, Wii, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox360

  Filed under: GamingWhile US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement are remaining tight-lipped about what exactly they have seized thus far, a certain modder has come forward to depict his story and explain the experience of getting raided by the fuzz. After agents woke up his grandmother and perused her domicile with a warrant in hand, they

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• Wii update provides minor menu changes, could brick modded consoles

  Published: August 7, 2007, 11:18 am

  Tags: Brick, Bricked, Firmware, Forecast Channel, Forecastchannel, Hacked, Hacker, Mod, Mod Chip, Modchip, Modded Wii, Moddedwii, Update, Wii, Wii Shop, Wiishop

  Filed under: Gaming It's that time again folks -- the moment when you're rushing out of the house, but you make the oh-so-wise decision to head in even later rather than leaving that glowing Wii unattended. Today, Wii owners in Europe, Japan, and the US can download a shiny new firmware update, which institutes a new digital clock on the main

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• Video of the Vast memory card PS2 modchip working

  Published: August 24, 2007, 8:47 pm

  Tags: Mod, Mod Chip, Modchip, Playstation 2, Playstation Two, Playstation2, Playstationtwo, Ps2, Pstwo, Vast

  to have developed a PS2 modchip that works simply by plugging in a memory card when we first heard about it earlier this week, but the company sent MaxConsole a video of the chip in action and it looks pretty convincing. The demo PS2 first fails to boot a backup disc, but then the demonstrator inserts the Vast card and the disc starts right

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• PlayStation 2 modchip on a memory card now on sale

  Published: November 7, 2007, 6:47 am

  Tags: Hack, Memor 32, Memor32, Memory Card, Memorycard, Modchip, Playstation 2, Playstation2, Ps2, Vast

  willing to take a chance, MrModChips will gladly take your £33.49 ($70).[Via PS2News] Read Permalink Email this CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

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• UK court rules that modchips do not circumvent copyright protection

  Published: June 13, 2008, 11:58 am

  Tags: Console, Court, Hack, Hacking, Illegal, Legal, Mod Chip, Modchip, Mrmodchips, Ruling

  experiences about selling modchips, but it seems as if higher-ups in the UK are being a bit more reasonable about the whole thing. Reportedly, UK-based MrModchips was cleared of all 26 counts against him for his role in importing and selling console modchips, as the Court of Appeal Criminal Division (Judge Justice Jacobs, in particular) ruled

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• First region free Blu-ray players available

  Published: June 26, 2008, 11:51 am

  Tags: Blu Ray, Bluraymods Com, Dmp Bd30, Mod Chip, Mod Kit, Modchip, Modkit, Multi Region, Region, Region Free, Regionfree

  Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Look no further for the follow-up to last year's multi-region Blu-ray players, with Bluraymods.com advertising a completely region free Panasonic DMP-BD30, available in either pre-modified or DIY kit formats. That's all 6 DVD regions and three Blu-ray regions for those keeping count, and it claims to still

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