PlayStation 3 hacked

A group of hardware hackers claim they are about to release the first product to allow gamers to play homemade and pirated games on the PlayStation 3, writes The BBC.

The PS3 is the only games console that has not been hacked, despite being on the market for more than three years.

Now a group called PSJailbreak says it will release a USB dongle containing software that allows users to save games to the console's hard drive.

Apple has applied for a patent covering an elaborate series of measures to automatically protect iPhone owners from thieves and other unauthorised users, reveals The Register.

However, the patent: “Systems and Methods for Identifying Unauthorised Users of an Electronic Device”, would also protect Apple against jailbreaks and other unauthorised hacks to the device, which were recently exempted from copyright enforcement.

The application, which was filed in February and published on Thursday, specifically describes the identification of “hacking, jail-breaking, unlocking, or removal of a SIM card” so that measures can be taken to counter the user. Possible responses include surreptitiously activating the iPhone's camera, geotagging the image and uploading it to a server and transmitting sensitive data to a server and then wiping it from the device.

Google is offering a developer preview of its Chrome Web Store for applications pitched at the firm's operating system, says Computing.co.uk.

Developers can start uploading applications now, and a fuller version will be added later on, the firm said.

The preview offers documentation on creating applications, as well as licensing and user-authentication tools.

A month ago, it appeared that Blogetery.com, a blog platform that claims more than 70 000 publications, would never be heard from again, reports CNet.

The service was shut down last month by its Web host after FBI agents alleged the terrorist group al-Qaeda was using the platform to distribute recruiting materials, bomb-making tips, and the names of people targeted by the organisation for assassination.

This wasn't enough to spook Alexander Yusupov, Blogetery's operator, into giving up on the service. Against all the odds, the Toronto resident brought Blogetery back.