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New Ico and Shadow of the Colossus HD Videos now online

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Sony are looking to put the nightmare past few months of hacking behind them by putting up two new Japanese trailers for their two critically acclaimed games overnight.

These two critically acclaimed games are none other than the new ICO and Shadow of the Coloussus HD updates and it is clear as day to see that these new videos are there to tantalize, arouse and excite fans new and old.
Personally I have to admit that I never got round to playing ICO but I did play the mighty, mighty Shadow of the Colossus and that game was nothing short of incredible.

From the footage it seems that both HD updates are looking totally gorgeous with all those humongous bosses a release date looking like it will be the end of September. Even better is the announcement that these games will come with full 3D support and a cheaper than chips asking price of £30 for both titles.

Check out the trailer and give us your thoughts.

News Of The World Closes, Andy Coulson Arrested

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The News of The World is to close amid more scandal.

The newspaper, which has allegedly hacked phones belonging to Milly Dowler, servicemen killed in action and victims of the 7/7 atrocities, is 168 years old.

Some MPs believe the closure is to protect News International’s Chief Exceutive, Rebekah Wade, who appears to be something of a teflon don. But Andy Coulson, former Communications Chief for David Cameron, was not so lucky. Coulson was arrested at at a south London police station at 10.30 am today for alleged phone hacking and making illegal payments to police during his tenure as New of the World editor. He remains in custody.

His arrest was conducted by officers from Operation Weeting, the inquiry into phone hacking at the tabloid, and Operation Elveden, the investigation into allegations that police officers were illegally paid £100,000 by the newspaper during Coulson’s editorship.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “The Metropolitan Police Service has this morning arrested a member of the public in connection with allegations of corruption and phone hacking.

“At 10:30, officers arrested a man on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications, contrary to Section1(1) Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of corruption allegations contrary to Section 1 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906.

The decision to axe the News of the World was made by James Murdoch. He said: “Actions that were taken by certain individuals in what had been a good newsroom breached the trust of the News of the World’s readers.

“We will cooperate fully with investigations into alleged activities, and will put processes in place to make sure that they won’t happen again.”

He went on to say that certain people “did not live up to the standards that the company believes in.”

IMF Becomes Latest Hacking Victim

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The IMF has become the latest major organisation to be targeted by a sophisticated cyber-attack.  The attack which started earlier this year was designed to install software creating a, ‘digital insider presence’. An internal IMF email revealed that, ‘suspicious file transfers had been detected’. According to the New York Times emails and other sensitive documents were hacked into.

The attack is believed to have taken place over several months. The IMF was reluctant to give details about the attack but they did confirm an incident was being investigated. They also said the fund remained fully active. However, according to the Metro, one unnamed IT official at the organisation described the attack as a ‘very major breach’. Cyber security experts have speculated that a foreign government is behind the attack.

The attack follows similar incidents at Sony, Google and Citigroup during the last few months. The FBI has said it is planning a major step up in efforts to combat cyber-attacks. CIA director Leon Panetta told the US congress earlier this week that he fears a major cyber-attack which cuts off power, security and government systems.

 

Kate Middleton Hacked

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The Duchess of Cambridge has been named as one of the celebrities who have had their bank account and phone hacked by a tabloid.

Kate Middleton’s phone and bank account was hacked in 2005 by a private detective, Jonathan Rees. Rees was hired by the Mirror Group and the New of the World.

According to the Telegraph, the Duchess of Cambridge’s phone was tapped between 2005 and 2006 when she was Prince William’s girlfriend. Police sources told the Daily Mail “Kate Middleton appears to have been in a league of her own in terms of the amount of hacking attempts made on her mobile phone. She was routinely targeted dozens of times a day and on some occasions this figure would reach three figures.”

Tom Watson MP named Mr Rees’ yesterday in the House Of Commons and called for the Metropolitan police to delve deeper with their investigation into Mr Rees’ work as a private investigator.