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Over the weekend, Microsoft released version 4.3 of the Zune HD firmware; you can get the update via the Zune desktop software (Settings => Device => Player Update). The update is being rolled out gradually to Zune HD users, so if you haven't gotten it yet and want to force an update, you'll have to press the Power and Media side buttons together for 15 seconds (or until you see the screen that tells you that you will need to connect to use the device), start the Zune software, reconnect your Zune, and the update should start right away.

Every time there's a major data breach in retail or government, there's a chorus of frustrated customers trying to find out whether their information was exposed to would-be identity thieves. The problem is that it's near impossible to find out this information unless the organization in question takes the initiative to notify customers with exposed data. This, quite frankly, happens very slowly.

In response to this annoying trend, members of Congress have introduced legislation that would require organizations to notify customers when their information is no longer secure. None have passed as of yet—interest in such bills peaks when data breaches happen and wanes with the next news cycle—but there are currently two bills making their way through the system that show some promise.

The first known malware worm for the iPhone is targeting jailbreakers running SSH and default root passwords, "rickrolling" vulnerable iPhones by replacing the wallpaper image with an image of '90s pop star Rick Astley. The image also includes a boast that hacker "ikee" is "never gonna give you up." While the hack is apparently harmless, it serves as another reminder of the potential security vulnerability that jailbreaking can cause.

Unlike the hack we reported last week, this malware can spread itself to other vulnerable devices that are accessible to an infected phone. The worm scans the network, looking for jailbroken phones with an open SSH port and attempts to use the default passwords. At least four variants exist in the wild, the latter of which makes an attempt to hide itself by burying the code in a filepath that looks like the path for Cydia, a jailbreak app installer.

Manhunt 2 wasn't exactly a masterpiece when it was released in 2007; the backstory of its Adults Only rating and subsequent toning-down to earn the Mature designation was more interesting than the game itself. Of course, it didn't take long to find out just what had been edited from the game, as a hack was released on the Web that restored the adult version of the game to its before-market glory. Up until now, though, the only way to experience the Adults Only version of the game was to perform an illegal modification. The recent release of an official AO-rated Manhunt 2 via Direct2Drive has brought the title back into the public eye.

This release (2 years after its initial release) has highlighted the plight that developers and publishers face when they try to put out a game with content too extreme for the Mature label. Though Rockstar is keeping mum about why it finally decided to let the original game out of its cage, it's hard to deny that there is a market out there for AO games; it's just a harder one to reach because of the limitations that go hand-in-hand with the rating.

We all know the old stereotypes—men don't ask for directions, women talk a lot, no one reads the manual. Well, some of those stereotypes seem to ring true in the latest data provided by Gadget Helpline, a tech support service based in the UK. The company's report reveals the shocking news that men and women exhibit different behaviors when it comes to dealing with technology and getting help.

Gadget Helpline analyzed 75,000 calls received between September and October of 2009 and discovered that it's not just geeks that aren't reading the manual. A full 64 percent of men and 24 percent of women calling into the line had not checked out the booklet that came with their computers or gadgets before picking up the phone. If the numbers are that dire (especially for the men), we can't help but wonder how many more kept quiet about their inability to RTFM.

Does the world need video games that make rock music family-friendly? Should this content be delivered via Lego bricks? In one of the most bizarre examples of cross-promotion in the industry, MTV Games and Traveler's Tales have come together to create Lego Rock Band, a more kid-ready version of the Rock Band series. If alarms are going off in your head, don't worry. It didn't seem like a great idea to us at first, either.

In fact, after playing the game we're still not entirely convinced this is a product that needed to be created. But we will also point out that it could have been much worse.