I read this article on the wired today about a blind teenage cracker who is specializes in phone phreaking and did a lot of damage.. I think the kid should have remained hacker and stayed away from the dark side. It's acceptable to speak to the pope but wasting government money is something else.

Anyways, in case you hackers happen to read this, you got my respect.. and feel free to inform me about any vulnerabilities in my site.. thank.

Jake from 8bitjoystick has broken the news on 360's latest revision codenamed 'Opus' and 'Valhalla'. In short, Xenon age cases are going green with Opus internals and Valhalla will unify the CPU and GPU into a single chip thus further reducing cost and hence lower prices! hurray!
The 360 is currently on Falcon, Jasper is expected in Fall 2008 [price drop this holiday season??]; Opus is not expected hit retail shelves, and will most likely serve as replacements to the RROD's we send in. Valhalla is expected to be last of 360's iterations before the 360 becomes last generation and a new XBOX takes over.

And now on to Major Nelson; new updates to xbox.com - you can now modify profile information from within the site :)

In rather unrelated and disheartening news, January 2008 NPD numbers show the 360 at third position (which is usually reserved for the PS3). This drop in sales could be attributed to supply chain issues Microsoft is facing and well Blu-Ray gains in the format wars. But the overall numbers (cumulative) still point to a strong second for the 360 and a rather laid back bottom-of-the-pile for the PS3.

Thats all the 360 news for now folks.

Walt Mossberg's got an early preview of Lenovo's latest , the X300! It's also slim, not super-slim; but fits in a manila envelope. The X300 has a higher price point and starts at a full 1000$ over the MBA. No options on Hard drive configuration here- only a 64gb SSD ; comes with 3USB ports, WiFi, built in optical drive and options for GPS all packed in a 3.12 pound package that runs on removable batteries. Apple could take a few cues from this development and so can Lenovo (on the design aspects).

Update: More details have emerged about the X300 , and it has been spotted in the wild!

Update Again: Watch the X-300 taken apart. You'll notice the level of user serviceable components. Thats a big plus!