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  1. Microsoft has acknowledged that government snooping - moreover, the monitoring of internet data - is an "advanced persistent threat" in a blog post written by the company's General Counsel and Executive VP of Legal and Corporate Affairs, Brad Smith.

     

    “Many of our customers have serious concerns about government surveillance of the internet,” Smith writes. “We share their concerns. That’s why we are taking steps to ensure governments use legal process rather than technological brute force to access customer data. Like many others, we are especially alarmed by recent allegations in the press of a broader and concerted effort by some governments to circumvent online security measures in order to surreptitiously collect private customer data.

     

    “If true, these efforts threaten to seriously undermine confidence in the security and privacy of online communications. Indeed, government snooping potentially now constitutes an ‘advanced persistent threat’ alongside sophisticated malware and cyber attacks.”

     

    As a response, Microsoft has declared that it will be offering safeguards, boosting its encryption services and bolstering the legal protection for customer data. The company also promises to be more transparent about its own coding in an effort to ensure consumers are better able to understand how Microsoft handles their data.

     

    “Ultimately, we’re sensitive to the balances that must be struck when it comes to technology, security and the law,” Smith continued. “We all want to live in a world that is safe and secure, but we also want to live in a country that is protected by the Constitution.

     

    “We want to ensure that important questions about government access are decided by courts rather than dictated by technological might. And we’re focused on applying new safeguards worldwide, recognising the global nature of these issues and challenges. We believe these new steps strike the right balance, advancing for all of us both the security we need and the privacy we deserve.”

     

    <via MCV>


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  2. Since handing over the reins on the Need for Speed franchise to Ghost Games, UK-based studio Criterion is now apparently working on a military shooter, according to Wedbush Morgan analyst, Michael Pachter. Moreover, the game could be a Battlefield spin-off.
     
    Pachter offered up the nugget of info in response to speculation that EA could be delaying Battlefield 5 into EA's fiscal year 2015 (ending 31st March 2015), following DICE's troublesome launch of Battlefield 4. "We believe this speculation is unfounded," Pachter claims.
     
    "Although EA has as yet to announce a Battlefield extension for FY15, we believe Criterion Games is working on a military shooter that may become a brand extension for the Battlefield franchise in FY15."
     
    Normally, we wouldn't lend much credibility to the predictions of analysts, but there could be some legitimacy to this particular claim. "We spoke with management on Thursday afternoon, and although they have not yet announced a version of Battlefield for FY15, they confirmed that our understanding is spot on and that if a version of Battlefield were to be released in FY15, it would be developed by a studio other than DICE," he said.
     
    A new Battlefield title not in development at DICE? If this turns out to be true, it would certainly be an unusual turn up for the books. Criterion downsized to 15 people back in April, moving away from the racing genre with the studio's Creative Director declaring that it's time to make "something new".
     
    We'll have to wait for confirmation on what exactly that "something new" might be. Thoughts?
     
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  3. No to Arbiter returning, and playing as Arbiter / Chief in Halo 2 is why I love the campaign in H2 so much.

     

    Reason I say No, is simply this, Halo needs to move forwards not backwards!!!!!

     

    If people want Arbiter back then play H3 or H2.

     

    Halo needs to move forward with new ideas, plus and most importantly of all, Microsoft need to give 343 time to perfect the game, not release a game that is only at 75% like H4......

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    Look into those eyes. They're the eyes of a man who has been deceived. They're the eyes of a man who has been conned out of £450 ($734 USD).
     
    They're the eyes of a man who read the word "photo" and decided that meant "not a photo".
     
    It's a tale of heartbreak, as reported in the Nottingham Post. 19-year-old Peter Clatworthy thought he was buying an Xbox One but instead he was buying a photo of one.
     
    "It said 'photo' and I was in two minds," Peter told the paper, "but I looked at the description and the fact it was in the right category made me think it was genuine."
     
    We think we can see where he went wrong.
     
    As if the con wasn't bad enough, the crooked eBay seller even trolled their victim: "They'd written on the back of it 'thank you for your purchase'," Peter said. "I was fuming."
     
    Joking aside, we hope the evil man responsible for this is given the karmic equivalent of a swift kick in the plums, because nobody should be pulling this stunt so close to Christmas.
     
    As for Peter, it's good news (otherwise we wouldn't have been quite so sarcastic earlier) - eBay is going to insist the seller gives Peter a full refund by Monday.
     
    "I've had to make a joke out of it because I was that angry," he concluded. "At least we've now got something to laugh about in the years to come."
     
    That's probably a mature way of looking at it. Had it been us, we'd have sent the crook a badly-printed photo of a prison cell.

     

     

    <via CVG & Nottingham Post>

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  5. As you may all know Paul Walker lost his life last week in a car accident, the makers of Fast & Furious have released a tribute video, which was shown on Sky News yesterday.

     

    To all F&F fans I ask you, give 2 minutes of your forum time to watching this video and share a thought for Paul, his daughter and family.

     

    I couldn't watch this video and keep a dry eye.

     

    R.I.P. Paul Walker - Gone but never Forgotten

     

     

     

     

     

    Although your a man I've never met, I feel as though your an old mate and a good friend, you've given me some much loved and cherished memories, you have no idea the impact you've made on my and many peoples life's thank you Paul Walker, my prayers are with your family and loved ones, Rest in Peace.


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  6. Now that the Xbox One has released, I'd like to get your thoughts on what has been your best ever DLC on the Xbox 360, this could be anything, best ever maps, best ever add-on campaign DLC, so come on forum, whats been the best DLC you've downloaded and why?

     

     

    heres a few of mine and why

     

    1) Gears of War 3 - RAAM's Shadow, not only did it tell a bit of back story, but it also let you play as the great General RAAM himself, I always love campaign DLC, especially when it fills in the gaps

     

    2) Red Dead Redemeption - Undead Nightmares - its not often a DLC is sold as a standalone game, this is what Rockstar did when they released Undead Nightmare, it took the game of RDR and turned it on its head to bring a game which is a LOT of fun.

     

    3) Halo Reach Noble Map Pack - for me the best of the map packs for Reach, not only were the maps aesthetically pleasing, they also played well, Breakpoint still being my favourite map to play on....

     

    4) Batman Arkham City - Harleys Revenge - Batman DLC has historically been challenge map after challenge map, which lets face it blows, Harleys Revenge, took the campaign and expanded on it, harder gameplay, played as Robin, and filled in a few more gaps, plus some interesting achievements to boot.

     

    5) Halo 4 - Champions Bundle - buying the whole lot for 800MSP, was definetly value for money, maps, armor, stances, emblems, and a new gametype, who doesnt love Ricochet??? 

     

    I'll add more at a later date after giving it some more thought

     

    so whats yours?

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  7. Microsoft has acknowledged that government snooping - moreover, the monitoring of internet data - is an "advanced persistent threat" in a blog post written by the company's General Counsel and Executive VP of Legal and Corporate Affairs, Brad Smith.

     
    “Many of our customers have serious concerns about government surveillance of the internet,” Smith writes. “We share their concerns. That’s why we are taking steps to ensure governments use legal process rather than technological brute force to access customer data. Like many others, we are especially alarmed by recent allegations in the press of a broader and concerted effort by some governments to circumvent online security measures in order to surreptitiously collect private customer data.
     
    “If true, these efforts threaten to seriously undermine confidence in the security and privacy of online communications. Indeed, government snooping potentially now constitutes an ‘advanced persistent threat’ alongside sophisticated malware and cyber attacks.”
     
    As a response, Microsoft has declared that it will be offering safeguards, boosting its encryption services and bolstering the legal protection for customer data. The company also promises to be more transparent about its own coding in an effort to ensure consumers are better able to understand how Microsoft handles their data.
     
    “Ultimately, we’re sensitive to the balances that must be struck when it comes to technology, security and the law,” Smith continued. “We all want to live in a world that is safe and secure, but we also want to live in a country that is protected by the Constitution.
     
    “We want to ensure that important questions about government access are decided by courts rather than dictated by technological might. And we’re focused on applying new safeguards worldwide, recognising the global nature of these issues and challenges. We believe these new steps strike the right balance, advancing for all of us both the security we need and the privacy we deserve.”
     
    <via MCV>

     

     



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  8. As you may all know Paul Walker lost his life last week in a car accident, the makers of Fast & Furious have released a tribute video, which was shown on Sky News yesterday.

     

    To all F&F fans I ask you, give 2 minutes of your forum time to watching this video and share a thought for Paul, his daughter and family.

     

    I couldn't watch this video and keep a dry eye.

     

    R.I.P. Paul Walker - Gone but never Forgotten

     

     

     



    Although your a man I've never met, I feel as though your an old mate and a good friend, you've given me some much loved and cherished memories, you have no idea the impact you've made on my and many peoples life's thank you Paul Walker, my prayers are with your family and loved ones, Rest in Peace.



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  9. if your an average player at MP then firefight firefight firefight firefight

     

    you can also work on commendations.

     

    youtube search boosting commendations, theres the target locater boosting on swordbase, theres a campaign boost on winter contingency where you save as the screen goes black after pressing the button, and just continue and it boosts the campaigns.

     

    score attack is also good for boosting commendations as you get all the kills on your own.

     

    there is no fast track for rank, whatever you do is time.

  10. in my halo reach fileshare, there is a gametype called hunters firefight, 

    play it on Corvette,use rocket launcher, you will only get hunters, and you can get loads of points, it will take you 30/40 minutes to get the 1 million points in firefight.

     

    search my fileshare gamertag: spectral jester

    gametype: hunters firefight

     

    i used to play around with it, so just check the waves are still set to hunters only.

  11. this has been there since Reach started, the reason you revert to Sergeant Grade 1, is its a lot easier to rank up when playing with an account that has not had xbox live, you can earn a bomb load more credits, heck if you have an offline account that sits in forge for a week or 2, you can become inheritor.



    its there to stop people ranking up quickly and then going online with haunted helmet, if they didnt do this everybody would be inheritor.

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