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[Tech News] RIM Apologizes for BlackBerry Network Crash

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Yesterday (12/24/09) I was having unexplainable issues with my BlackBerry’s network. I couldn’t receive or send emails, couldn’t use Snaptu or Uber Twitter. Couldn’t access Pandora Radio. Couldn’t use Facebook or MySpace. Most importantly, I couldn’t access the internet. It turns out that I wasn’t the only one. No, not by a long shot. Apparently anyone and everyone with a BlackBerry, at least in the US, experienced the same frustrating issues with their network.

The cause? Well according the RIM, the company behind the popular Smart Phone, has just posted a public apology for the inconvenience as well as an explanation for why everything crashed over on BlackBerry.com. It turns out that the two new versions of BlackBerry messenger (5.0.0.55 and 5.0.0.56) had some sort of fault that caused a huge network outage.

The newest version, 5.0.0.57, is ready for download and fixes the issues with the two previous versions. RIM highly recommends all Berry users download it immediately to prevent future network crashes from occurring.

For more information, head on over to the official BlackBerry website.

[Tech News] I Guess Nintendo Isn’t Really Making a Phone Anytime Soon

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A long while back some of you readers who are, like myself, hardcore Nintendo geeks, might remember a leaked patent that pointed to a possibility of a Nintendo-made cell phone. When that was released, fans went insane thinking about the possibilities that could become reality with introduction of a “Nintendphone” to the market. Since that day Nintendo has hinted at the possibility of a phone being in the works, saying that they’d be all over it if they could find a way to provide service without complicated monthly fees.

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Tech News: DSi = HACKED!

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With Nintendo’s newest handheld, I feel they thought they were finally going to beat game pirates once and for all. They ripped support for FlashCarts, a popular device that was used to pirate legitimate games as well as allow players to enjoy homebrew titles, and added a new firmware updating system that should have, in theory, allowed Nintendo to beat the efforts of hackers and pirates by forcing a firmware install whenever you wanted to get online.

supercartdsihackingdeviceWell that worked up until now, anyway. Enter the Supercard DS(onei). This device allows for all of the illegal gaming fun that past devices on the DS and DSi did, but it fights fire with fire by allowing for firmware updates of its own!

Whenever Nintendo releases an update to thwart the efforts of the Supercard, all you have to do is wait for their team of hackers to work out a way around that update, and install an update of your own. It’s that simple.

I personally hate game pirates with a passion, as it’s always the honest consumers that end up walking the plank for their “valiant” efforts. Playing homebrew titles is fine by me, but game piracy just hurts the industry as a whole.

Thanks to Kotaku for pointing this out!