Media Center PC World have posted a reserved, but ultimately complementary review of the new AverMedia AverTV Hybrid+FM Cardbus digital TV tuner.
It seems that the hardware is great, but the AverTV software lets the side down. Still, the guys and galls at MCPW gave it a try with Showshifer, the PVR software, and it worked faultlessly.
We’re pretty excited about the prospect of all these hybrid (DVB-T and analogue) cards hitting the market and even more excited about mobile versions. There are a DVB-T only USB stick versions around, but so far the AverTV Hybrid+FM Cardbus seems to be the smallest hybrid.
Best of all the AverTV Hybrid+FM Cardbus isn’t power-hungry so your laptop battery won’t keel over midway through Lost.
October 7th, 2005
Symantec have revealed the existence of the first trojan known to target the PSP.
Known as Trojan.PSPBrick, the evil beasty disguises itself as a hack for rolling back your firmware to v1.5 so that you can run homebrew and, dare we say it, pirated games. In fact, once you’ve chosen to install it (and yes, you have to choose to install it, so you only have yourself to blame) the trojan deletes key system files and turns your PSP into a shiny brick, hence the name Trojan.PSPBrick.
Symantec haven’t yet come across any confirmed infections so at the moment Trojan.PSPBrick remains a Category One threat. It’s likely to stay that way as the vast majority of PSP owners have no interested in hacking their $250 beauty.
If are stupid…er unlucky enough to get infected then don’t go crying to Sony. They will argue that you shouldn’t have been dabbling with firmware hacks in the first place. Take a look at XboxRepairGuide who are selling replacement PSP motherboards.
Source: Sony PSP Review
October 7th, 2005