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  Halo: Reach hacked, leaked weeks before anticipated release date

  Publié: août 23, 2010, 11:11pm CEST par Tim Conneally

  By Tim Conneally, Betanews

  

  Halo: Reach, a prequel to Microsoft's billion-dollar Halo first person shooter series was scheduled to launch on September 14 worldwide, but a pre-release version of the game leaked early and has found its way across the Web.

  The title, however, wasn't kept under tight lock and key.

  Microsoft put the full version of Halo: Reach on Xbox Live Marketplace for media and reviewers to download with a pricetag of 99,999 Microsoft points to prevent the public from accessing it. A group of users on a game modding site called Game-Tuts.com took credit last week for cracking Halo: Reach.

  A user going by the name Joakim posted: "So after alot of .xex cracking etc. Me and my team finally did it, we got Halo: Reach! This is not released for public, and we are not really planning on releasing either."

  The file, however, found its way out within 24 hours of that post. The precise source of the leak has not yet been determined.

  To play the game, an Xbox 360 hardware modification called JTAG is required. With this, users can install any size hard drive or launch unsigned games through a parallel PC connection.

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  Microsoft - Xbox - Xbox Live Marketplace - haloreach - Games
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  PocketGear secures $15M to advance 'largest open app store'

  Publié: août 23, 2010, 7:17pm CEST par Tim Conneally

  By Tim Conneally, Betanews

  PocketGear, the cross-platform mobile application retailer which acquired mobile app store Handango earlier this year, has closed a round of series B funding, which earned the company fifteen million dollars.

  The round of funding was led by Trident Capital, and included investments from BlackBerry Partners Fund, and Google CEO Eric Schmidt's TomorrowVentures LLC.

  Currently, PocketGear sells downloadable apps for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Android, Symbian, PalmOS, and Java-based devices in both the North American and European markets. The company says the money will be put toward growing its sales and marketing teams, expanding its global presence, and to fund continuing development in its technology and platforms.

  "As we power more app stores for our partners, PocketGear provides an even more powerful distribution channel for our network of developers. Trident and BlackBerry Partners Fund both have deep experience and success in mobile and Internet services and, like us, believe that an open marketplace will deliver more value for all of the key stakeholders across the mobile value chain," Jud Bowman, President and CEO of PocketGear said in a prepared statement today. Market research firm Gartner estimated that 99% of mobile app sales for 2009 came from the iTunes app store, but as users gradually abandon their old flip phones for smartphones of various types that support third-party application installation, this statistic will balance itself out.

  PocketGear's app store network includes Handango, Smartphone.net, PocketGear, Mobile2Day, AndroidGear, SymbianGear, and RimGear.

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  HP counters Dell's 3PAR acquisition bid with 33% higher offer

  Publié: août 23, 2010, 5:01pm CEST par Tim Conneally

  By Tim Conneally, Betanews

  One week after Dell announced its intention to acquire virtualized storage company 3PAR for $1.15 billion, HP announced it has submitted a counter offer of $1.6 billion to acquire the company.

  HP had actually made a private offer to acquire 3PAR previously, but the company passed on it, accepting instead Dell's $1.15 billion share buyout bid. Monday's counteroffer from HP was public.

  "We understand that you will first need to communicate this proposal and your Board's determinations to Dell, but we are prepared to execute the merger agreement immediately following your termination of the Dell merger agreement," said a letter to 3PAR from Shane Robiso, HP's Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Technology Officer. "We also are prepared to commence a cash tender offer reflecting our higher price. Our tender offer would, of course, be conditioned upon your Board of Directors' approval of a transaction with HP."

  Dell's acquisition offer broke down to $18 per share; HP's breaks down to $24 per share, or approximately 33% higher.

  The offer would have to be approved by 3PAR's board of directors if it is to go forward. 3PAR has not made an official statement today, but we've contacted the company with questions, and we will follow up with updates.

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