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Feeling left out in the cold by your buddies who have all flashed/jtag’ed their 360 consoles and you’re stuck with a stock box cause you upgraded to the new slim 360? Your wait is over, may we introduce to you the X360USB Pro:

Xecuter’s X360USB PRO is the world’s first SATA to USB Mass-Storage controller that not only enables WINAPI over USB, but also PORTIO. This powerful all-in-one converter can be used with any software or hardware that uses these signals to work. Designed by Team Xecuter in conjunction with the experts at Team Jungle, the X360USB PRO adapter is the most advanced WINAPI/PORTIO to USB adapter ever created. The Jungle Team jungleflasher.net have even embedded full support!

As an official Team-Xecuter reseller, you can rest assured that you will be getting the official retail pack X360USB Pro WITH CASE at the best price and all backed by lightning fast UPS shipping and the support and reliability of the ConsoleSource.com and Team-Xecuter teams. Buy the Xecuter X360USB PRO now.

I bet your kids have been begging you to upgrade to the new 3DS to take advantage of all its features. The 3DS makes use of new slider controls for volume and 3D depth adjustments, as well as enabling or disabling Wi-Fi and the engineers did preserve their fantastic d-pad design and action buttons, which feel poppy and responsive. They’ve improved upon the mushy shoulder buttons of the previous generation.

If you loved the practicality and functionality of the R4 for your NDS and DSLite, you’re gonna love the R4 3DS on your 3DS. Yes, it’s true, the classic R4 brand is now fully operational and compatible with the 3DS console. May we introduce to you the all new R4i 3DS SDHC! The R4i 3DS SDHC is fully compatible with NDS, NDS Lite, DSi, DSiXL and 3DS. Additionally, this all new version of the R4i 3DS SDHC is fully compatible with Micro SDHC (high capacity) cards including 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and even the new 64GB!

All right, so you either accidentally or purposely (boneheaded move!) went ahead and updated your DSi or 3DS to the newest 1.4.2 firmware and you got the dreaded card not recognized error! Well, your worries are over. No, you cannot roll back the DS firmware to a compatible firmware version (unless you know something the rest of the video gaming world does not) but you can update many of the newest DSi and 3DS carts to work flawlessly on this firmware.

The following Backup Units have been updated and have downloadable updates to support the 1.4.2 firmware:

• AceKard 2i – AK2i
• M3i Zero Sakura
• SuperCard DSTWO SCDS2
• R4i SDHC
• R4i 3DS

So we’ve got you covered for this update, but in the future, do not update your firmware! Unless of course you don’t mind losing the functionality of your precious flash cart. And if you’ve got one of those old clunker cards (oh the shame!) now is the perfect time to get one of the newest and best cards.

You’ve worked so hard on your gaming achievements and have saved your game progress accordingly. Now imagine if you turned on your DS one day to discover all your game saves were either corrupted or vanished. Yes, that would suck, but we have the solution for you. May we present to you the NDS Backup Adapter Plus:

This nifty device allows you to backup the save files from legitimately purchased NDS games, which is perfect for gamers who are concerned about losing precious save data. It is really simple, you plug your cart into the adapter then plug the adapter into your PC via USB. You can then either upload or download your save file. This keeps your save files safe from being accidently ereased or lets you try different things on games that only have 1 save like Pokemon. By being able to download your save you can then edit it with PokeSAV giving you accesss to any Pokemon you want, you can also max them out with the best moves and stats, or give yourself infinite money or masterballs.

The NDS Backup Adapter Plus works flawlessly with flashcarts like the R4, AceKard2i and CycloDS iEvolution, allowing you to place your actual real saves to that and play on the flash cart or viceversa.

The PS3 IntensaFire from BGRMods brings rapid fire to the PlayStation 3 in a plug & play package. The PS3 IntensaFire modifies newer PS3 Dual Shock 3 controllers to enable blistering rates of fire and lightning fast reloads. The 8-mode sleeper settings, include rapid fire to the R1, R2 and “X” buttons. There are 8 total modes with 5 preset modes and 3 user customizable programmable modes. It uses the D-Pad to toggle modes, and on and off.

Compatible with all PS3 games, including gamer favorites: KillZone 2, The Call of Duty series, BattleField Bad Company 2, and other current and future first person shooter and fighting games. The IntensaFire promises to bring your gaming to the next level.

The PS3 IntensaFire is available now from ConsoleSource.com.

Team Xecuter have done it again! Based on the proven and excellent NAND PRO USB Programmer designed by illustrious scene member Tiros, Xecuter have developed a very tight package that gives you everything you need without having to use any other parts or self-made cables and kits – and certainly without breaking the bank! The Team Xecuter NAND-X & JTAG Connection Kit is available now from ConsoleSource.com for as low as $39.95.

• Fast USB 360 NAND Programming
• Rock Solid 60Mhz ARM Controller
• Easy Install System for both NAND and JTAG
• Includes Quick Solder Connection Kit For NAND
• Includes Quick Solder Connection Kit For JTAG Hack (All Version Motherboards)
• Includes Optional Pin Header Connection Kit For NAND
• Includes Optional Pin Header Connection Kit For JTAG Hack (All Version Motherboards)
• Built-in Programmer For Future NAND-X Firmware Upgrades (Windows App Available)
• Designed For Additional Add-ons
• Proven Technology – Based On NAND Pro Design
• 100% Compatible with NAND Pro v2.0e
• Rock Solid Design – Tested by many JTAGER’S
• High Quality & Trusted Xecuter Design
• Complete with ALL cables required including USB
• Multiple NAND & JTAG Connection Kits Sold Separately for Bulk Installers

The all new SuperCard DSTWO is a mash up between the original DSONE and the hardware that was found in the iPlayer multimedia player. This all new device is compatible with DS, NDS and DSi. That means you’re going to have a cart on your hands that can play both Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance games without any additional hardware. The SuperCard DSTWO is available for order now at ConsoleSource.com for as low as $39.95.

The Supercard DSTWO Card for Nintendo DS, DS Lite, DSi & DSi XL is a high-end slot-1 flash cart solution that allows you to launch games, run applications and play media directly from the device. Simply place your files onto either a micro SD or SDHC memory card (sold separately), insert the micro SD into your Supercard DSTWO, your cart into your DS, and turn the system on. Playing games and media has never been easier!

The Supercard DSTWO, with its beautiful Evolution (EOS) operating system and a powerful on-board processor offers unique and exciting features that you won’t find anywhere else. Features such as full GBA emulation, a powerful new GUI, a real-time guide, an integrated auto-patch database, as well as being one of the few flash carts that allows users to upgrade the core firmware. If you’re in the market for a sleek and feature-rich flash cart for the Nintendo DS, DS Lite, DSi or DSi XL, the Supercard DSTWO is the one for you.

• RealTime Functions: RealTime Save, RealTime Game Guide(txt,bmp,jpg) & RealTime Cheat. (More stable, more easy to use, cheat code compatible with R4 and DSTT now)
• Multi Saves (Up to 4 slot), Easy to backup and restore saves. 
• Unlimited MicroSD storage space support. SDHC support. FAT or FAT32.
• Multiple languages (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Spanish)
• Built-in GBA & SNES Emulator.
• Action Slow Motion (4 levels,).
• File Management System (Copy, Paste, Cut and Delete, long file name support).9. eBook (BMP, JPEG, JPG, PNG, TIF, GIF, TXT, PDF).
• Perfect support for long file names;
• Real-time save slot increase to 4 slots. (Exclusive built-in automatic detection of 3D game engine technology, stability, greatly enhanced);
• Give up cheat-code slow motion game play method, improved use of CPU to do operations, “precise control of CPU speed” Achieving the action slowed down, stability / compatibility and better.
• Real-Time Game Guide will support txt formats without conversion, beautify the font is more beautiful;
• New UI interface design. Easier-to-use.
• Advanced multimedia playback: native DivX/XviD playback as well as other major formats, similar to the iPlayer.

Is your stock Xbox 360 looking played out? With the all new Ghost Case Black kit you can easily add that custom look to your Xbox 360 complete with blue LED lighting. This is the most complete 360 case on the market. The Black Ghost Case Ultra v2 w/ Smart LED Kit is available now from ConsoleSource.com for $59.95.

The Wiikey fusion is a brand new mod chip for Nintendo Wii by the Wiikey Team. This revolutionary mod chip will allow you to play your backup ISOs from any SD card or DVD.

The Wiikey Fusion, like all cable based modchips used a security flaw in the DVD Drive to get backups to run. The flaw was an audio debug line, that Nintendo left open. In the latest d3-2 drives that started appearing in Wiis in Europe and North America at the start of August 2009. If your DVD drive is a D3 version 2 it will not be able to play backups in disc format, but will be able to run ISOs from SD cards!

The reason we have added a tick for “any future DVD drives” is because the Wiikey Fusion is a total DVD drive emulator. In fact, you can actually take your DVD drive out if you want, and just load games from the SD card?

Order the WiiKey Fusion Mod Chip for as low as $44.95.

Wii Region Compatibility
The Wiikey Fusion works on every single region (PAL, NTSC-u, NTSC-j and KOREAN). There is a little region selector (dipswitch) on the modchip. Before installing the product you flick a switch for your region and plug in the modchip!

Wii Game Compatibility
Like all modchips from the Wiikey team, the Wiikey fusion will work with every single games from your region. There are no patches needed, no fixes to ISO, the modchip can boot any game without errors. You plug it in, and forget about it :)

Cross region compatibility is a little bit different. The Wiikey Fusion will allow 50~80% of games to work from other regions (backup or original). The % changes from 1 region to another, and is the same as any other modchip from the team.

The product will also allow Gamecube backups, and Gamecube games from other regions to work.

SD Card Slot ISO Loading, how does it work?
To be sure the Wiikey Fusion is 100% solderless, it comes with a SD card slot that you can use (you can route it to be an external slot hanging out the back of your wii). If you have a soldering Iron handy you will need to solder just 2 wires from the Wiikey Fusion to the SD Card slot on the wii if you would like to use the Wii’s own Sd card slot.

As we mentioned, its option to solder the wires, if you want to have it 100% solderless, you can still enjoy all of the features.

Anything that works through DVD, will load through the SD card slot in ISO format, including gamecube ISOs!

Wiikey Fusion Installation
Its very easy, just like the Drivekey! Open wii, disconnect the ribbon cable, plug in modchip, connect ribbon cable to modchip, close wii! The product is a fusion of the Drivekey product, and a SD card ISO loader (which is a worlds first)

The all new iEDGE offers support for NDS, NDS Lite, and the new DSi. More importantly the iEDGE supports firmware flashing to protect your investment against any future DSi system updates

Order the iEDGE for as low as $24.95.

• Supports DSi/DSL/DS
• Fully upgrade-able bootstrap to combat future DSi firmware updates
• Supports DSi firmware v1.4+
• Plays commercial NDS ROM
• Plays homebrew NDS ROMS
• Frequently updated OS for best compatibility In game reset
• Automatic ROM protection patcher
• SlowMotion mode
• Save game saves directly to Micro SD
• Automatic save game type detection
• Supports clean ROMs
• Supports MicroSDHC cards up to 32GB
• Multimedia playback such as movies and MP3′s
• Action Replay compatible cheat system
• Multi language user interface
• Micro SDHC card reader included
• Full download play support

The Xecuter 360 Blaster CK3 is the latest revision from Team Xecuter and replaced the previous model the Blaster 360 NE, they have now added Lite-On v1 & v2 support and the kit has a probe to use on Lite-On v1 drives to obtain the key without any soldering. The Blaster CK3 comes with a Hitachi PCB Fix is an external switching device when, once fitted, allows you to flash your DVD Firmware without ever having to open up your Xbox 360 case ever again. In the era of constant firmware updates with over 40+ so far, the Xecuter 360 Blaster CK3 is an absolutely essential tool saving both time and effort, by making the firmware update process a walk in the park.

Another incredibly cool function is being able to dump your game backups to your PC using Xecuter 360 Blaster CK3, this is now a fast and simple process, as most of you know a Kreon drive can cost nearly as much as the Blaster CK3 alone, so buying a blaster is a great way to keep your drives firmware up to date, and if you want to make backups of your original games this can be done with the drive in your console rather than having to get a Kreon drive as well. A perfect ergonomic design for the 360 Blaster CK3 means there is no soldering and no cutting of the external case – just plug her in and off you go. You only ever have to open up your case once! No longer will you have to have your console in pieces all the time, and no longer will you have to take the console apart every time you need to update new features and functions or essential bug fixes, no longer do you have to have your Console in bits every time you want to dump a game backup to your PC. The 360 Blaster CK3 is an essential tool for those who wish to go down the firmware path rather than chipping.

Order the Xecuter Blaster CK3 from ConsoleSource.com for as low as $59.95.

• Once installed never open up the case again to update firmware
• Extensively tested on ALL Hitachi and Samsung (inc Hitachi 46 and 47)
• High Quality Digital Sata Exchange Switching
• No soldering, nor any cutting of the Xbox 360 case or shell is required
• 5 minute install
• Modeb switch for Hitachi
• Eject Button
• High quality Sata Port (to connect to SATA or X360USB externally)
• Samsung MS28 / Power On-Off Switch
• Superior quality design – no cheap China manufacturing
• Ergonomically matched to the 360 case
• Colour co-ordinated cables making installation a snap
• LED Glow feature
• LED Glow Off / Led Perm On / LED Off switch
• Streamlined internal design
• No need for a separate PSU – saving you more money and time
• Includes free T10 screwdriver & 360 Case Unlocking Tool

Available now from ConsoleSource.com the IntensaFIRE brings programable rapid fire carnage to Xbox 360. All this in an easy to install package that requires no soldering and no wires. Order today for only $29.95.

The IntensaFIRE modifies XBOX 360 controllers (CG, Matrix and wireless), allowing them to control 5-mode sleeper settings, and use customizable user programmable modes. It uses the existing Sync button to toggle and also offers and included button that advanced modifiers can use. It also enables dual rapid-fire- usable in all XBOX 360 games, including gamer favorites: Left 4 Dead, the Call of Duty series, the Halo series, 
the Gears of War series, and Street Fighter.

5-mode sleeper mod kits exist. Dual rapid-fire mod kits exist. The IntensaFIRE mod kit has both. There are controllers on the market, prefabricated, that do what the IntensaFIRE offers, each controller going for well over $100. We offer a mod kit that is extremely simple to install, taking no more than 3 minutes with minimal tools for less than 1/4th the cost of the prefabricated units. Other mod kits require drilling, wiring, gluing, and deconstruction of your controllers. The IntensaFIRE only needs a few existing points to solder to connect the IntensaFIRE flex board to the controller and you’re ready to go!

Looking to add a completely custom look to your Xbox 360? Then the new Xbox 360 XCM Black Light Case w/HDMI is exactly what you are looking for. This high quality case includes a pre-cut window, smooth black finish and integrated, selectable blue, green, orange, purple, red, yelow and green LED lights.

The Xbox 360 XCM Black Light Case w/HDMI is available from ConsoleSource.com for $79.95.

Now you can fully customize the appearance of your Xbox 360 BenQ / Philips DVD-ROM drive with the new XCM B.Q. Cover. Using this DVD cover with an Xbox 360 crystal case, you can see through the DVD rom and actually what the game discs, how does it spin, loading etc. The XCM B.Q. Cover For BenQ / Philips DVD-ROM is available from ConsoleSource.com for only $16.95.

As a consumer of digital media and electronics you stand to be greatly impacted by changes to Canada’s copyright regime. Fortunately, the Government wants to hear from consumers and creators alike so that the interests of all Canadians can be taken into account. Until September 13, 2009 you can participate in the recently launched government consultations on copyright by visiting www.copyrightconsultation.ca and registering for an upcoming townhall meeting, webcast or by making a submission via email.

If we do not voice our concerns en masse we run the risk of having a draconian system of copyright rules imposed upon us. Imagine living in a country where corporations dictate how you consume information and media and utilize technology. Canadians need to speak out against such proposals and push for greater flexibility in the law to provide a balanced, fair approach on digital reforms. To that end, Michael Geist has just launched www.speakoutoncopyright.ca. The site is designed to inform and help foster greater participation by bringing together online discussion (ie. the Twitter #copycon stream), postings, videos, news reports, etc.

The Canadian Coalition for Electronic Rights has also updated its letter wizard allowing you to easily submit your concerns in both official languages directly to the government copyright consultations as well as those minsters responsible for modernizing Canada’s Copyright Act.