iPhone Hacker Says He's also Cracked PlayStation 3

The 20-year-old hacker best known for cracking Apple's iPhone says he's done it again, this time with Sony's PlayStation 3. In a Friday blog post, George Hotz said that after a five-week effort, he'd finally managed to run his own software on the PlayStation 3, which typically only plays digitally signed software that is approved by Sony. "I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and [hypervisor] level access to the processor," he...

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Apple's iPad Plays Games, Surprise!

Call Apple's tablet the iPad, because that's what Steve Jobs does, and hey, it can play games! Thank goodness, right? Apple's iPhone didn't for years, and even Apple probably realizes what an embarrassing mistake that was.It also packs in 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, a speaker and mic, a compass and an accelerometer, and retails in its most basic configuration for just $499. So while my colleagues are poring over its ramifications in dozens...

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Little Glance At iPad

The iPad underwhelms in terms of hardware and software, but there’s a lot of potential for innovative content. Hardware: Awkward to handleWhile the iPad is super slim at only a half-inch thick, I had some difficulty handling it. At 1.5 pounds, it is too heavy to hold in one hand, which is troublesome if you plan on using it as an e-reader. Other e-readers, like Amazon's Kindle 2 or the COOL-ER e-reader, are much lighter in hand and therefore...

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