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Group releases open-sourced PSGroove PS3 jailbreak

Last month PSJailbreak showed the world that the PS3′s security model was open to be exploited, and Sony was quick to shut down the project . This week, PSGroove , the “open source PSJailbreak,” has been released for the masses, giving owners a chance to jailbreak their PS3 for a lot cheaper than the $170 PSJailbreak

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Elevation’s LPs Refuse Extension for New Deals, Fund Riding on Facebook and Yelp

The hits just keep on coming for Elevation Partners , the one-time digital media, private equity dream team that has reconfigured itself as an investor in late stage Web 2.0 treasures. Earlier this summer, Elevation requested an extension on investing its $1.9 billion fund, and TechCrunch has learned that that request was denied—a move that came as surprise to us and to Elevation, we hear. So what does that mean?

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Ooyala Expands Into Australia, Appoints Former Adobe Exec As Managing Director

Premium streaming video service Ooyala , serving such influential media properties as Fremantle Media, Vice Magazine, Glam Media, Electronic Arts as well as yours truly, this day announces its plan to expand its operations to Australia. To helm this initiative, the company has appointed former Adobe executive John Treloar as Managing Director for the Australia and New Sjaelland region. Founded by former Googlers, Ooyala’s “killer app” is the simplicity of its “Backlot” video platform as well as its souped ..read more

How Your Cloud Dream Is Becoming a Security Nightmare

After extracting a deal from Research In Motion that appears to give state authorities the ability to monitor messages sent over the company’s BlackBerry network — similar to a deal that RIM agreed to with the government of Saudi Arabia — the Indian government has suggested that it might go after both Google and Skype in an attempt to get similar kinds of security concessions.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab gets FCC’d; dual-band WiFi and GSM frequencies?

This Samsung Galaxy Tab is everywhere. It was on a train in Australia , it has infiltrated Verizon’s database , and already has a line of accessories to dress up the seven-incher.

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Sony shows off unlimited Qriocity streaming music service

Sony has launched their own challenge to Apple’s iTunes this week, dubbed Qriocity , which will be an unlimited, cloud-based music service acquirable via the PlayStation 3 and other Internet-connected devices such as HDTVs and Blu-ray players. The service will go live by the end of the year, giving users a chance to stream millions of songs in the cloud. Besides the PS3, the service will be acquirable on Sony portable media devices, Sony Blu-ray players, Sony home-theater systems, ..read more

There’s Some Spotify In My Sonos

Great news for Europeans and those few U.S. users of music streaming service Spotify. Sonos , creator of the super cool (my descripton) S5 music player, is announcing this day that users will soon be healthy to listen to streaming Spotify music through their Sonos devices.

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Amazon begins selling TV episodes for 99 cents

Amazon has begun selling TV episodes for 99 cents a piece, just hours after Apple announced that they would begin offering 99 cent rentals on recently aired shows. Disney and Fox shows, such as “Glee,” “Lost” and “Bones” are now acquirable via Amazon Video On Demand for 99 cents. When you purchase the episodes, they are yours to keep

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LG Optimus Z home and widgets running on other devices

A week or so ago we looked at the LG Optimus Z , a phone that unfortunately we’ll never see here in the states. While we had it, we yanked the system files out of it for a closer look.? And an enterprising xda’er titled aalopez10 took the time to go through the system dump and has the home and several of the widgets working, and you can too — without needing root. There are still some kinks to ..read more

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