Sony PlayStation site victim of SQL-injection attack

Written by V on July 4, 2008 – 2:17 pm -

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Some visitors to the Sony PlayStation site may have been prompted to download an antivirus scanner.

Pages promoting the PlayStation games SingStar Pop and God of War contained SQL-injected code. Visitors to those specific game pages would see a fake antivirus scan , then a message that their computer was infected with different viruses and Trojan horses. Warned, the user would then be asked to purchase the scanner to remove the bogus malware.

The injected code linking to the scanner has since been removed. And the website is safe now.

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Sign up for the Wrath of the Lich King beta

Written by V on July 4, 2008 – 1:21 pm -

World of Warcraft players can now “opt-in” for the chance to participate in the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King beta, which Blizzard is getting ready to break the internet with.

To register your interest simply head over to your account management page on the official WoW website and then click the “Wrath of the Lich King Beta Opt-In” link. Easy.

Today we opened the Wrath of the Lich King Beta Opt-In program, which gives players a chance to win an invitation to the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King beta,” reads Blizzard’s official statement.

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Abit Of Mess

Written by V on July 1, 2008 – 3:14 pm -

X-bit labs reported “Abit May Stop Producing Motherboards. But later Abit Denies this.

Read along to understand what exactly happened.

X-bit Labs’s new stated “Due to decreasing sales of mainboards, well-known motherboard maker Abit may quit this market in order to focus on other components of personal computers. The actual decision has not been made yet, but the parent company of Abit, Universal Scientific Industrial, may proceed with the restructuring plan if the mainboard supplier fails to demo sales increase with Intel P45-based mainboards.”

I was totally shocked reading this cause as statistics read, Abit shipped from two to three million of mainboards last year. This was all reported but, this wasn’t the situation.

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Diablo III - Blizzard’s New Game

Written by V on June 29, 2008 – 4:53 pm -

Blizzard’s mysterious game is out. The secret teaser was for Diablo III.

Here are a few Videos to watch tbe amazing awaited game. The sucess of Diablo II made it clear the developing of Diablo III and now the game is coming soon to hit the market with buzz.

The Gameplay Videos looks promising.

Here are a few screenshots :

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