IT News Head Lines (Elite Bastards) 28/04/2011

Sony admits personal data has been stolen during PSN hack
Got a PlayStation Network account?  Time to start resetting password, cancelling any credit cards you used with the system, and then fleeing the country.  Okay, so I made that last part up...

Here is the data that Sony is sure has been compromised if you have a PlayStation Network Account:

• Your name
• Your address (city, state, and zip)
• Country
• E-mail address
• Birthday
• PSN password and login name

"It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained," Sony announced. While the company claims that there is "no evidence" that credit card information has been compromised, it won't rule out the possibility.

ArsTechnica has more on the story.


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DiRT 3 preview
After impressing and hooking so many with the joys of DiRT 2, Codemasters are already primed with a sequel to the game, due out around a month from now.  How does DiRT 3 shape up against its predecessor?

For sequel Dirt 3, which understandably drops McRae’s name, Codemasters is looking to keep the core rally fans happy. The game has been refocused away from the gimmicky stages of Dirt 2, with more than 60 per cent of Dirt 3 comprising rally events in various guises. While Dirt 3 still lacks the official WRC licence, which is effectively squandered on Milestone, it’s still been able to officially licence many of the WRC’s competitors. Most of the WRC’s cars are present and correct, including newcomer Mini. Notable rally drivers show up too, including three-time WRC world champion Sebastien Ogier.

As well as the current crop of rally machines, there are also a host of motors from rallying’s past. Yes, the group B monsters of the 1980s are back, but so are a clutch of cars from the 70s and 60s. As much as we’re looking forward to thrashing a group B Escort, taking a Monte Carlo Rally Mini through a series of hairpins sounds just as much fun.

bit-tech have the brief preview.


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Intel's Ivy Bridge graphics to feature DX11, triple-display support
Although Sandy Bridge is still well and truly in the spotlight, Intel are already talking about their next-generation Ivy Bridge architecture - namely, the graphics component within it.

We have more graphics and multi-core samples coming, until they are a bit further along I don’t want to say too much, but you could expect post processing, texturing, terrain, that sort of thing

Ivy Bridge is going to be an exciting product. Not only does it continue with the improvements AVX processor SIMD vector capabilities D3D11 and DX Compute Shader, 30 percent more EUs ( execution units ) and supports up to 3 displays and HDMI 1.4a, and an overall bandwidth boost from PCIe 3.

The Tech Report has the story.


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