How To Make Hacking Sound Extra Menacing

George Hotz, 22, was the first person to jailbreak an iPhone and to hack the Sony Playstation 3. The talented hacker was also indirectly responsible for Anonymous's attack on Sony; the group retaliated after Sony filed a lawsuit against Hotz for cracking its hardware. For the full account, read this excellent, recent New Yorker profile of Hotz. In it, journalist David Kushner offers a timely ...

EA: Gamers still afraid to buy online following PSN hack

A significant number of gamers are still reluctant to give out their credit card details online following last year's PlayStation Network hack, according to EA exec Peter Moore. Speaking at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Global Technology Conference yesterday, as reported by Gamasutra , Moore argued that traditional retail is still an important part of its business given that many ...

How To Make Hacking Sound Like Rape

Hackers and techies who are being interviewed by major magazines should be aware that "brogramming" is a touchy subject.

Banned PlayStation Hacker Sees Hope of Return in Jailbreaking Deliberations

George Hotz settled a civil suit filed against him by Sony for figuring out how to let people play homebrew games on the PlayStation -- in violation of a federal law that prohibits getting around encryption in hardware and software, even if the reason to do it is perfectly legal. He settled the suit by agreeing never to tinker again with a Sony product, but his hacker itch has him anxiously ...

PlayStation Canada’s Spring Showcase

We take a look at some of PlayStation's best Canadian-created games.

My whole life is a hack: how Geohot owned the iPhone, PS3 and inadvertently rallied hacktivists

George Hotz is no stranger 'round these parts. Better known as Geohot , he first achieved internet fame at the age of 17 with his announcement of a hardware unlock method for the original iPhone. From there, he moved on to even greater notoriety with a PlayStation 3 exploit that quickly attracted the ire -- and legal wrath -- of Sony. Now profiled in The New Yorker , we're given a candid and ...