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About two weeks ago, Samsung started rolling out a fix to help Galaxy S III owners in the UK with that previously acknowledged Exynos issue. Fast forward to today, and the Korean electronics giant is now delivering an over-the-air update to T-Mobile’s Galaxy Note II, which, according to the changelog, “improves security and provides bug fixes” to the famed handset. Meanwhile, Sprint, too, has pushed out a software update, though this one in particular being for the carrier’s Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G — and it brings security updates that should take care of any existing Exynos vulnerabilities, plus there’s also the inclusion of “Sprint Connections Optimizer.” Surely, we can expect similar patches for more devices in the days to come, as we’re all well aware that Samsung’s working hard on solving the problem.

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It’s well past midnight, you’re home with your brand new Nintendo Wii U — now what? Well, you’ve got yourself a hefty firmware update to download should you wish to do anything other than play disc-based Wii U games. Say, for instance, you wanna check out Nintendo’s Mii-based social network, Miiverse? You’re gonna need that update. Or you want to check out the digital storefront, the eShop? Update. Browse the internet? Up … you get the picture. The file download clocks in at just over an hour (at least on our retail units ahead of launch), and the install takes another five minutes, so we’d suggest you grab it ASAP before the rest of the world is trying to hungrily snap it up as well. Remember: your brand new Wii U can do literally nothing outside of build Miis and play disc-based games before the update, so don’t go freaking out when your console seems to be missing a few key functions out of the box.

And no, this doesn’t include Nintendo TVii, which Nintendo says won’t arrive until some time in December. We’ll update this post with more specifics as we explore the update further, so keep an eye out!

Update: The update includes, from what we’ve seen thus far, the entire eShop, Miiverse, an internet browser, and access to Netflix. Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video, and YouTube remain conspicuously absent, but should be available “in the coming weeks” (per Nintendo’s update earlier this week). Backwards compatibility is also packed in the update, in form of the entire original Wii menu (which makes us feel like we just downloaded the entire Wii console to our Wii U — the future!). The Wii U actually fully resets to launch the Wii menu, and can only be navigated using a classic Wii remote control. Kinda bogus, but it sure is nice having a full Wii built in to the Wii U.

Update 2: Netflix is a separate download required (an update) for use.

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PSA: Nintendo Wii U day-one patch now live, includes entire online infrastructure originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I am quite sure that Resident Evil 6 gamers who downloaded the game instead of purchasing a physical copy of it, and applying a patch after that only to run into issues concerning the game being unable to load, will be quite interested to know that Capcom has already gotten ready an amended patch which will seemingly fix all the loading problems that plagued the digital version of the game, and it was announced to go live at approximately 9AM PT tomorrow, October 4th.

The PlayStation EU Twitter account mentioned, “If you’ve had a problem downloading Resident Evil 6, please delete and re-download. There was an issue with the patch that is now fixed.”

Hopefully this will be a clean patch, and will plug whatever holes that are in the zombie bustin’ title instead of opening up a new floodgates of bugs and issues. Hey, stranger things have happened in the past, so why not the same be applied to Resident Evil 6?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Resident Evil 6 PS3 has bugs, Capcom working out a fix, Resident Evil 6 on sale early in Poland, Capcom investigates the situation,

Microsoft has just announced that it will be providing security patches for the Windows 8 IE10-specific version of Flash, despite the software giant initially suggesting it wouldn’t. The patch will be available “shortly,” and hints at a return to the update cycles of old. More significantly, as ZDNet points out, unless Microsoft coordinates these releases with Adobe, there could be a constant cycle of IE10 being vulnerable in the future. On a positive note, the fix should be released before Windows 8 goes prime time, but for those who jumped on board early, you might want to keep one eye locked on the update page, and get it when it lands.

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Microsoft confirms Flash vulnerability fix for Internet Explorer 10 coming soon originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For those of you living in Europe and are avid gamers who love Skyrim, then you would be pleased to hear that patch 1.7 has already arrived on the PS3 yesterday, although there was still no word on Dawnguard PS3 to date. I guess it pays to be patient, as good things come to those who wait. Now this is just a general rule of thumb, so do not quote me on this here. European PS3 players ought to have enjoyed patch 1.7 since yesterday, where you would have experienced a bunch of bug fixes in addition to the inclusion of mounted combat in Skyrim.

Patch 1.7 will basically deliver all the content which came out with patch 1.6 on other platforms, apart from the slew of bug fixes which were implemented with 1.7. For those who have already installed the patch, how did you find your gaming experience on Skyrim? Is it any better, or did it become less enjoyable for you?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Skyrim gets patch after one day outing, Skyrim Hearthfire arrives on Xbox LIVE this September 4th,