that timeline is very wrong. Especially on the "Xbox 360 Hacked" point. People are really not understanding what this DVD Firmware hack is. First and foremost, it's a DVD firmware hack, not a hack of the 360s core firmware. HUGE difference. The most this hack can accomplish is allow burned copies of 360 games. Right now, the only ones who could use the hack - if the hacked firmware were to be released - are those with the technicalt know-how to open the 360, open the DVD drive, desolder the chip that holds the FW, re-flash it using a hardware flasher, then replace the chip in the 360.
In short, the 360 itself hasn't been hacked, the DVD drive has. This is a long, long, long way from allowing unsigned code to run.
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Reply to #36 -Les:
that timeline is very wrong. Especially on the "Xbox 360 Hacked" point. People are really not understanding what this DVD Firmware hack is. First and foremost, it's a DVD firmware hack, not a hack of the 360s core firmware. HUGE difference. The most this hack can accomplish is allow burned copies of 360 games. Right now, the only ones who could use the hack - if the hacked firmware were to be released - are those with the technicalt know-how to open the 360, open the DVD drive, desolder the chip that holds the FW, re-flash it using a hardware flasher, then replace the chip in the 360.
In short, the 360 itself hasn't been hacked, the DVD drive has. This is a long, long, long way from allowing unsigned code to run.