Nintendo

It Might Soon Be Cool To Jailbreak Your Consoles

It’s totally cool to “jailbreak” an iPhone to get around its DRM. Apple may not like that, but the courts say otherwise, so it has to abide. Video game consoles? Less cool. But that could soon change.


August 8, 2011
PlayStation

South African Cops Make First-Ever Raid Of PS3 Jailbreak Operation

In what is believed to be the world’s first-ever arrest in connection with circumventing a video game console’s security, South African authorities raided a jailbreaking operation in Johannesburg, sending one man to jail and confiscating all kinds of hardware and software the outfit used.


December 7, 2010
News

PS3 Firmware Updated In The Fight Against Piracy

The PlayStation 3 is in line for another update in the next day or so, bringing the machine to v3.55. Sony say “this is a minor update that adds a security patch”. What ever could they mean?


September 7, 2010
News

Watch A PS3 Get Cracked By Two Mobile Phones And A Calculator

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August 31, 2010
News

PS3 Modchip Court Showdown Delayed

A hearing due to take place today to determine the ultimate fate of the new PS3 modchip in Australia has been postponed, Kotaku has learned.


August 27, 2010
News

Sony Temporarily Blocks Sale Of PS3 Modchips

Yesterday, Sony Computer Entertainment Australia was granted a temporary injunction by the nation’s Federal Court to block the importation and sale of the new PS3 modchips.


August 14, 2010
In Real Life

Are You Sure You Don’t Want To Jailbreak Your iPhone?

Reader Paul Brown sent along images of a a new iMario theme he created for the iPhone 4. The catch? You’ll need to jailbreak your phone to install it.


May 26, 2010
In Real Life

One Super Reason To Jailbreak Your iPad

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As seen at Where the Woozle Wasn’t, via iPhoneBlog.de.


January 27, 2010
News

Jailbreak Hacker Releases His PS3 Exploit To The Public

George Hotz, the man responsible for “jailbreaking” the iPhone platform, has released the “coveted” PlayStation 3 exploit he announced last week, the one that means the console is essentially “hacked”.


October 27, 2009
News

iPhone Game Piracy Rates Suck Too

The developers of iPhone beat ‘em up Tap Fu have taken a look at the piracy percentages on their recently released game and, man, are they a black belt calibre kick in the balls.