I agree, there are too many game developers nowadays who just want to make an easy buck and casual gaming is where the money is because the audience is so large. Games companies have finally worked out how to reach the non-hardcore audience, so they aren’t so reliant on the ‘hardcore’ group of gamers. If you think about it though, they are businesses wanting to maximise profits for shareholders so you can’t complain too much.
What I’m really concerned about is that the next Zelda...
Well, not really. In the UK at least we don't have any HD Freeview broadcasts yet, so it isn't really an issue.
It won't be until sometime in 2009 that we start getting HD broadcasts, and perhaps support for them might be added via a firmware update.
It's all working fine for me here in the UK. The avatars of my friends show up, and the icons in the store load. Perhaps it's just the Australian servers.
I think it really depends on what paper you read. You're always going to have the tabloids such as the Daily Mail/Sun bending the truth or just printing out-right lies, but there are still reputable papers which you can trust. I've never heard of this Press and Journal, it seems to be a Scottish paper.
As for the deaths, the two of them had over 250 stab wounds between them, and then they were set on fire. That doesn't seem like a robbery gone wrong to me.
A bit late in the day, but just thought I'd explain.
What you've said is correct, but it is common practice to also at least 'salt' passwords before they are hashed. If Sony was hashing passwords (this is different to encryption, but can be just as effective if done correctly), it is highly likely that they were also 'salting' the passwords. Salting can be as simple as adding a character or random string to the password, resulting in this type of dicti...