Stephen Toulouse, Director of Policy and Enforcement for Xbox LIVE and rabid Nemesis the Warlock fan, has taken to using his Twitter web presence to strike fear into the hearts of software pirates.
Specifically, those who boot up bootleg versions of Forza 3 long before the game actually goes on sale shouldn't be surprised when they get perma-banned...

Why are we not surprised.
New intel suggests that in Hideo Kojima's latest opus, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, you'll have the ability to digitally remove NPC clothing during cut scenes, undressing them like electronic paper dolls.
The screenshots released to illustrate this feature show it being applied progressively to the young female character Paz Ortega Andrade. In one shot, Miller appears to be assuming the infamous 'Dat Ass' pose, and from there, the, er, de-briefing proceeds...

If you haven't got around to applying for the APB beta, well, you've missed the boat.
Invitations to the play-test for this massively-multiplayer urban cops-and-robbers third-person action slugfest have now been distributed, and those lucky few chosen from all who applied can now log on in the limited play windows available to them and sample the pre-release experience for themselves.
Everyone else will have to wait until the game goes on sale in March next year...