• Firefox gets another security release - The Mozzarella Foundation will release another new version of its Firefox Web browser to cover a hole found last week. Firefox 1.0.7 should be ready for download soon after a private security researcher posted a proof-of-concept demonstration of a buffer
• Anti-Skype software kills IM, P2P too - Last week, Verso Technologies announced the rollout of a "carrier-grade applications filter" that can block so-called bandwidth drains such as Skype, P2P messaging, streaming media, and instant messaging. Skype is singled out in the headline of the press release. It's not a P2P blocker, it's a "Skype Filtering Technology."
• Worm spoofs Google on infected PCs - Virus writers have developed a worm that spoofs the behaviour of internet search engine Google, varying the results displayed to suit the requirements of hackers.
• Xbox 360 Pictures - The chaps over at TeamXbox had the chance to play Xbox 360 games running on final XeDKs for the first time and they also got to see the console up close and play with the new controller.
• Sony PSP Talkman Accessory - The Sony PSP Talkman is a microphone bundled with speech recognition software. Japanese Game Exporter Play-Asia already has the Sony PSP Talkman for pre-order. It will ship November 17th. The Sony PSP Talkman costs $69.90 for international Sony PSP fans.
• Playmate PC Wireless Controlled Tennis Ball Machine - The remote lets you save and recall all your drills and positions. It handles 8 shot combinations. The remote controller is waterproof, has 8 programmable shots, 8 shot delays, saved drills, random shot sequence. The ball machine itself holds 300 balls - Bum Bum Becker
• Hollywood studios unite in piracy battle - The new nonprofit consortium is to be called Motion Picture Laboratories--MovieLabs for short--and will begin operation later this year

• Black & White 2 Goes Gold - Lionhead proudly announces that their god/creature sim Black & White 2 has gone gold and will be in European stores around October 7th.
• Quake 4 to include PunkBuster - Activision has contracted with Even Balance, Inc. to integrate PunkBuster Anti-Cheat software into the highly anticipated multiplayer component of QUAKE 4, currently being developed by Raven Software and executive produced by id Software PunkBuster Anti-Cheat features will be available "out-of-the-box" with the retail release of the game.
• CryEngine 2 debuts - A shakey cam video of CryEngine 2 (DivX), the next version of the technology behind Far Cry, has surfaced. Recorded at PDC, it is rumoured to be running under DirectX 10. CryEngine 2 interview translation can be found on crymod.com.
• Journey to the Moon ships (EU) - Journey to the Moon English version (homepage will be up on Sep22) is now SHIPPING to retailers across Europe. The game will be available on shelves on 22-Sep in Italy, 26-Sep in Germany, 30-Sep in France, 30-Sep in Spain, and 4-Nov in the UK.
• Russian Vivisector Goes Gold - The Action Forms website has the brief news that the Russian edition of Vivisector: Beast Inside us gold, saying the first-person shooter should be in Russian stores by September
• Dr. Germ Now Available - There are four game modes in Dr. Germ, each with a unique set of rules using the same cute germs. In ‘Research’ you must take a full Petri dish and remove sets of 2 or more like germs.
• Lugaru demo v1.05 - Wolfire Software quietly released an updated playable demo for Lugaru last month, bringing their third-person melee-combat game, where you control an "anthropomorphic rebel bunny rabbit" called Turner, to version 1.05.
• TGS 2005: Playstation 3 show-floor game trailers - TGS Video - Gran Turismo 5 / TGS Video - Warhawk / TGS Video - Armored Core 4

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