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Australians make Xbox hack freely available

An Australian company that manufactures and sells a "mod chip" for Microsoft's Xbox video-game console has released the design... Read more

25 June, 2003 by David Becker

Xbox mod chip released

A company based in Melbourne claims to have released a mod-chip for Microsoft's Xbox games console that allows users to play... Read more

24 January, 2003 by Patrick Gray

Aussie mod-chip veto criticised

...a TPM, because it didn't stop copies from being made. A mod chip could not be a circumvention device, because it did not defeat... Read more

1 August, 2003 by James Pearce

Black-market tool for Xbox mod squad

Another "mod chip" that allows Microsoft's Xbox video game console to play copied... Read more

8 August, 2002 by David Becker

Xbox mod chip discontinued

...pressure from Microsoft. The information site for Enigmah-X, the second Xbox mod chip to go into commercial circulation, was replaced late on Tuesday with... Read more

27 June, 2002 by David Becker

'Mod' squad hacks away at Xbox

The hacks just keep on coming for Microsoft's Xbox. A second "mod chip", an add-on chip for the console that lets consumers play... Read more

19 June, 2002 by David Becker

Mod-chipped Xbox 'can't play Xbox Live' - Microsoft

Microsoft, which is launching its Xbox online gaming service in Asia, may be hurt by the large numbers of modified consoles in the region Read more

13 November, 2003 by John Lui

Xbox hackers demand Microsoft play Linux

...a way to run Linux on the Xbox games console without a mod chip and will go public with the technique if Microsoft won't... Read more

30 June, 2003 by Patrick Grey

Xbox hackers attempt to blackmail Microsoft

...a way to run Linux on the Xbox games console without a mod chip and will go public with the technique if Microsoft won't... Read more

27 June, 2003 by Patrick Gray

Xbox Linux team issues antitrust plea

...not have to alter the system's hardware -- other than using a mod chip. "Although Xbox Linux has nothing to do with unauthorised copying, thanks... Read more

7 March, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

Linux for Xbox released

...library. To run, the homebrew software requires an Xbox outfitted with a "mod chip," a gray-market add-on that typically has to be soldered... Read more

9 October, 2002 by David Becker

Hackers build movie player for Xbox

...email. But it can be run on an Xbox outfitted with a mod chip, a gray-market add-on that allows the consoles to run... Read more

12 June, 2002 by David Becker

Aussie court backtracks on mod chips

Chips that allow Australian PlayStation and Xbox owners to sidestep copy protection have been ruled illegal, reversing a decision made last year Read more

31 July, 2003 by Staff

Ballmer: Mod chips threaten Xbox

Microsoft says it may pull its console out of the Australian market if mod chips are allowed there Read more

22 October, 2002 by David Becker

Back in business - but without mod chips

Lik-Sang's Web site, which ran into trouble with Microsoft over Xbox mod chips, is now back online without the offending items Read more

16 October, 2002 by David Becker

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