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Doug Lombardi has just spoken to Shacknews:
“We were surprised to hear of this news yesterday,” the executive informed us. “Obviously, everyone at Valve is pretty bummed.”
“It would be a shame if folks in Australia, or anywhere else, are unable to purchase Left 4 Dead 2 because of a ratings issue,” Lombardi lamented.
Left 4 Dead 2 [...]

Some big updates to Team Fortress 2 today with 100 slot support for the backpack and some nifty RPG type sorting options. The Heavy can now ALT Fire a Sandvich to his mates which regain 50% of their health. Tournament mode has also had some improvements. Read on:
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If the installation is an HLTV relay we [...]

Personally I cant see the point of this exercise considering hats do not alter game-play at all.  Steam Forums are having a meltdown with the latest update which removes anything you have obtained via the Source Op idle app.  If you have been running your own server just for idling purposes you are fine – [...]

Another Quick update, I’ll have to check what client explanations of backend inventory manipulation actually means. EDIT: See the New Post as to what this means!

Fixed “not on camera object” particle effects appearing while spectating in-eyes, and not appearing when in thirdperson
Fixed inventory bug that caused some item pickups not to be shown
Added support [...]

Added “tf_allow_player_use” server ConVar to control players executing +use while playing (defaults to 0)
Fixed a bug where full backpacks resulted in an item being repeatedly found each time the game is started
Fixed being able to burn players/buildings that are in the water while standing outside the water
Fixed teleporting Spies getting stuck in enemy players standing [...]

Ahh Phishing, sounds like something you do on a boat with a few mates and beers but in the Steam world, it can create havoc for unsuspecting users.  The specific changes to the client include:

Steam Client

Added contact email account verification by request and on new account creation
Improved account security with verified contact email to prevent [...]

Left 4 Dead Engine:
- Fixed an exploit that allowed files to be uploaded to the server at arbitrary locations in the file system
- Fixed a server crash caused by a client packet claiming to be an HLTV client when HLTV is disabled on the server
- Fixed a server crash caused by spoofing a client disconnect [...]