K-On! Fans Stole From Sakuragaoka High School

Two teens were arrested after stealing Yui's, Mio's and Azusa's guitars and K-On! figures from a real life model of Sakuragaoka High School.

PS3 - Finally, It's Truly Hacked With its First Custom Firmware

PS3 jailbreaking is all the rage since last year, but it seems hackers has finally see the light as fail0verflow has finally cracked the uncrackable PS3, simply by extracting the system's master key. The master key is used to signed all games and software running in the console to confirm it's all legit and therefore, once the key is known, any kinds of software and games can be signed, which calls for another concern where it enables piracy.

As soon as the PS3 is cracked, KaKaRoTo has managed to create a CFW (Custom Firmware) though due to copyright issues, he didn't release the firmware. No worries though, some tools are available to convert your official firmware to custom firmware. He also mentioned that

"The advantage here is that you can do it for any firmware, if you want to keep version 3.41, then give it the 3.41 update, if you are on 3.55 already and can’t downgrade, then run the script on the official 3.55 firmware and it will create a modified 3.55 firmware. 

You can put the file in a USB drive under the filename “PS3/UPDATE/PS3UPDAT.PUP” and then go to system update in the XMB, and it will allow you to install the update (even if you’re already on 3.55)."

For now, the CFW can't do much. The only change is that you will be able to add 'install package files' to the game section of the Cross Media Bar. But I'm pretty sure more things will be added on in later stages.

Via: BBC News and KaKaRoTo's Blog

100 copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops looted

I say either these robbers wasn't able to pre-order their Black Ops, extreme die hard fans or simply had a brilliant idea in selling them at a black market for a higher price. These robbers, armed with guns, raided a Maryland GameStop, 100 Black Ops game software, consoles and cash during their raid while the shop was closing. I can imagine the reaction of the cops when the shopkeeper reported it: -

Police operator: 911 emergency, how can I help you?

Shopkeeper: H...help! Th..the place has been robbed!! They were carrying guns and pointing it at my face!

Police operator: Calm down sir, may I know what has been stolen?

Shopkeeper: You wouldn't believe me but they stole 100 copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops...and tomorrow's the release date!!

Police operator: What in the...!? Is my copy safe!?

Well, jokes aside, hopefully those who pre-ordered the game are still able to get their Black Ops fix.

Via: PSU

Night time internet surfing can save lives

Consider this scenario; You woke up in the middle of the night, tossing and turning and unable to sleep. You decided to log on the internet to check new tweets and play some mini games until twenty minutes later, you heard a loud crash and found a car sleeping in your bed. This is exactly what happened to one lucky Melbourne man. Check out the video right after the break!

Mom killed baby for interrupting her FarmVille 'me time'

A Floridan mom killed her own baby for disturbing her while she's busy tending to her farm on FarmVille.

Politician's Mio-fied Tweet

While Meg Whitman is running for California, Sarah Pompei, her spokesperson forgot to copy over a single letter from the generated bit.ly address and when that link was tweeted over to her followers, strange things happens...the video from the truncated bit.ly link...after the break!

Teen throws puppies into river - 4chan investigates and identified girl (Video)

A teenage girl has now know the wrath of 4chan, and their ability to investigate one's identity within a couple of days.

Hayate no Gotoku! Live-Action Announced!

Gaia TV, a Taiwanese production and broadcasting company has announced it's making a live-action adaptation of the debt-ridden butler manga, Hayate no Gotoku! It feels weird having a 20-year-old Korean, Shin-Hye Park, playing as Nagi and 28-year-old George Hu as Hayate, as the characters in the manga itself are much more younger, with Nagi being 13 and Hayate 16. Age difference aside, it's a wonder if the Taiwanese live-action will resemble the manga, especially the exaggerated scenes and a talking white tiger.

Via: SGCafe
Source: ANN

Kon Satoshi has passed away

 Kon Satoshi, 12th Oct 1963 - 24th Aug 2010

Kon Satoshi, 47, who directed famous works like Paranoia Agent, Paprika, Millennium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers has passed away. It was written by Maruyama Masao on his twitter account someone has passed away, though he did not name who at that time. Takeda Yasuhiro read Satoshi's obituary on mixi and tweeted about it later at about 2:30am (Japan time) today. It really is a great loss of a great director. He will be missed.

Dead girl found on Google Street View

On the pavement, lying lifeless is a body of a girl that was caught on Google Street View. It's a murder scene of a young girl...

Reporter Destroys Ice Sculpture

Well, guess accidents do happen...

 

Just a little updates to the site

Decided to do a little updated on the layout. As anyone can see, the list of categories by the side is gone and was moved to the second bar. I have no idea what came over me when I put the list by the side in the first place when there's obviously lots of space to put them on top! Also, the blog archive, originally by the left, is removed and replaced it with a list of Recent Post of up to 20, after which was shifted to the left after a couple of days, and my *ahem* shameless ads *coughs* is then placed at the right. The list for recent posts might change new posts from different categories but I'm still thinking about it. There's a few other changes and simple updates planned but it'll be postponed to a different day.

Evangelion:World Grand Opening - Watch it LIVE!

Those who wanted to go but can't go due to various reason can watch it LIVE from USTREAM! Live video after the break!

Optimus Prime sighted in China

Now here's a unique way to reuse junk and get attention from tourist. With Japan having life sized Gundam and Evangelion around, China would not want to lose with it's newly erected Optimus Prime made entirely out of junk. The Autobot leader can be found at Green Dream Park in China standing at around 12m and 6 tons. Still, it's shorter than the

Star Wars in the Subway (Video)

No matter how many times I've seen it, Improv Everywhere's random quirks never fail to leave an impression. This time around, they went about with Stormtroopers storming their way a  New York City subway car. Now what's next? Neat video after the break!

Cardfight!! Vanguard Announced!

Bushiroad had announced it's new TCG Cardfight!! Vanguard which will be debuting next year. Cardfight!! Vanguard will also be getting an anime and manga although release dates has not been revealed yet. Anyone up for a card game?

Via: ANN

Whoopi Goldberg - I just murdered my new iPhone

An interesting clip where Whoopi Goldberg explained how she destroyed her iPhone. Apparently, she was supposed to have an interview over the phone and after attempting to call her for 45 minutes, she didn't pick up. Her phone didn't even rang despite the other side was hearing the ringing! When they finally got her, the call was dropped. Pissed off, Whoopi got out of her car and smashed it to the floor. That really tickled my funny bone. Video after the break!

4k Resolution on YouTube...is it practical?

4k resolution YouTube video, pixelated no?

YouTube has added in 4k resolution support, that's neat! How big is it? It's 4096×2304 pixels...wait what? My monitor is at most 1280 x 920 pixels!

One Piece Seiyuu Arrested for Indecent Pictures

Norio Imamura, best known for voicing One Piece's Ivankov has been arrested on Monday for posting pictures of his lower body in his blog, to show off his tattoos. The images from the blog has been removed.

iPod Touch Cluster Video (Video)

What do you get if you put12 iPod Touch together side by side? Well, a large display! The guys at Mongoose Studio developed the SynchroMoviePlayer which allowed parts of the movies movies to be displayed at different iPods using a 13th iPod Touch as the master control.