PlayStation 3 Hackers Can Unban Themselves? [Security]

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 3:59 p.m.
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Hackers who got into Sony's PSN service can supposedly undo the ban that jailbreaking your PS3 gets you. All they need is a console's ID of your PS3. A lot of effort to get back somewhere you're not wanted. [Destructoid via Geek via Engadget] ... More » ...

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The PlayStation Phone Looks Better In White [Xperia Play]

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 3:35 p.m.
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Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play, the device we used to call the PlayStation Phone, isn't the prettiest thing on the planet. Swap the drab silver out for a creamy white, though, and things are looking up ... More » ...

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Motorola Atrix root found to be signed, hacking might not be so easy

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 3:33 p.m.
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That the Atrix got itself rooted before it was even available made us wonder just how ... receptive it would be to the caresses of the hacker community at large. Sadly we're finding it's perhaps a bit more frigid than its friendly demeanor might have lead us to believe. User adlx.xda over at the xda-developers forums has found that the phone's system files are not encrypted, but they are signed. This will make the process of replacing them and loading custom builds and the like rather more

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Autoblog drives the 2012 Fisker Karma, deems it 'best handling large premium car'

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 2:47 p.m.
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Karma, in a religious sense, is the sort of divine retribution or cause for your deeds or misdeeds. In an automotive sense it's a $95,900 plug-in luxury performance car that Fisker has been teasing since 2007. That machine is finally nearing production and Autoblog was lucky enough to take an early model for a spin around California Speedway, a brief test-drive that left the pilots concluding "the Fisker Karma is a rolling dream machine for anyone who wants something very different that works

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Geohot starts blog, raises cash for legal fees

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 2:41 p.m.

George Hotz, a self-described hacker caught up in a legal battle with Sony over custom packages on the PlayStation 3, says he has received enough donations to cover his legal fees ... Originally posted at The Digital Home ...

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PlayStation hackers reportedly able to unban selves, ban others, turn tables

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 2:26 p.m.
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Just last week Sony said that those found to have hacked their PlayStation 3 consoles would have their PlayStation Network access "terminated permanently." Harsh words that, unsurprisingly, weren't too warmly received by the hacking community ... Destructoid is now reporting that not only have those tinkerers found a way to unban themselves, but that they can in turn ban any other console they want. There's apparently a catch, though, with the hackers having to know the unique ID assigned to

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Sony announces a couple of day-glo Vaio laptops

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.

Briefly spotted at CES 2011, these brightly colored new Sony Vaio laptops have been officially outed as the new Vaio C ...

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War of the Underworlds: A Pop-Culture Showdown

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 12:00 p.m.
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Is your Underworld Don Delillo's novel or a Kate Beckinsale film? Or is it plain old hell? Wired charts this subterranean landscape ...

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Sony VAIO CA and CB pack the latest Core i5 power for those who can look past the neon

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 12:00 p.m.
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We're aware, the "exclusive" green and orange neon color of Sony's VAIO CB and CA laptops can make your eyes bleed, but Sony's pretty excited about the aesthetic and the way it radiates light around the edges of the laptop. Oh, and don't forget how the touchpad "emits a beautiful glow." It's true, the rigs do have an interesting glow stick-like look to them -- at least, we thought so when we saw them last month -- however, we found their innards and features to be more enlightening. Starting at

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A Small Victory: Panasonic's Just Pleased 3DTVs Have Now Beaten LaserDisc [Block Quote]

Published Feb. 22, 2011 at 12:00 p.m.
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That's in the US, anyway, where around 2 million LaserDisc players were sold from the late '70s. 3DTV sellers still have some catching-up to do globally though, where 16.8 million LaserDisc players were bought by format-hungry customers before its death ... More » ...

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