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Jailbreak Artist Geohot Spotted at iOSDevCamp 2011

Hacker extraordinaire George Hotz, or Geohot (as the jailbreak community knows him) has been confirmed as an attendant of the iOSDevCamp 2011 in San Jose, California. Previously known as iPhoneDevCamp and iPadDevCamp, iOSDevCamp is an annual not-profit gathering where attendees have the main goal of developing iOS...

18 July 2011
08:52 GMT

Facebook Hires Famous iOS Hacker, Geohot

Recent rumors said hacker extraordinaire George Hotz, also known as Geohot, had been hired at Facebook. Multiple sources now confirm that the iOS jailbreaker and PlayStation hacker is, indeed, working for the giant social networking company. Geohot is probably best known for his iOS hacks - blackra1n, purplera1n, ...

27 June 2011
04:40 GMT

Geohot Donates Remaining Legal Funds to EFF

Former PS3 hacker George Hotz, aka geohot, has donated $10,000, including the remaining money received from people for his legal defence fund, to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), one of the leading digital rights watchdogs.Geohot was sued by Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) in mid-January after rev...

19 April 2011
09:52 GMT

Geohot Surprisingly Settles with Sony

In a surprising move, renowned PS3 and iPhone hacker George Hotz agreed to settle the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Sony on terms that remain unclear.George Hotz, known online as geohot, was sued by Sony earlier this year after he reverse-engineered and published the private keys used by the company to si...

12 April 2011
02:34 GMT

Sony Says It Is Investigating PSN Attacks, Will Take Appropriate Measures

Sony has announced that it is looking for the source of attacks that have targeted both its official websites for the PlayStation brand and the PlayStation Network service and that it aims to make sure that the effects are eliminated as soon as possible. A statement from Sony reads: “We are currently investi...

7 April 2011
15:01 GMT

Judge Orders Companies to Give Sony Visitor Data for Geohot's Online Accounts

A federal judge granted several subpoenas that force Internet companies to give Sony details and access logs for accounts belonging to PS3 hacker George Hotz.Hotz, aka geohot, is famous for being the first person to hack the iPhone and PS3. He was sued by Sony for unspecified damages after he published the secret key...

7 March 2011
11:51 GMT

Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order Against PS3 Hacker

A federal judge has sided with Sony and ordered renowned PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz to remove all jailbreaking information from his website and hand over his computer equipment and digital storage media that contains it.Earlier this month, Sony filed a complaint against George Hotz, who is better known online a...

28 January 2011
04:54 GMT

First Sony Jailbreak Suit Might Not Take Place in California

The first hearing in the trial which pits hardware maker and video game publisher Sony against George aka “Geohot” Hotz has exposed some problems with the process, with the judge saying that New Jersey, the state where the hack of the PlayStation 3 happened, would be a better venue for the legal action th...

17 January 2011
16:51 GMT

iOS Jailbreak Guru 'Geohot' Slammed with Restraining Order from Sony

George Hotz, or Geohot, as the iOS jailbreak community knows him best, is facing legal action from Sony, the company whose PlayStation 3 has been successfully hacked by Hotz. The hacker could have easily avoided the legal backfire from the Japanese electronics manufacturer, had he not released a custom (hacked) Pl...

12 January 2011
09:28 GMT

Limera1n iOS 4.1 Jailbreak Available for Download

Who would have thought? Geohot is back and he’s just released Limera1n, an iOS jailbreak tool “6 months in the making” which supports “iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3G, iPad, iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4G, iOS 4.0-4.1 and beyond,” according to the hacker.Geohot had previously announced that iOS jailb...

10 October 2010
08:07 GMT

Jailbreakers, Say Goodbye to Geohot

After posting a picture of a jailbroken iPhone 4 on his blog, George Hotz, also known as geohot, announced his retirement from iDevices hacking, saying that it was not fun as it used to be. According to Hotz, who is famous for his Blackra1n jailbreak tool, people were taking too serious something he used to do just a...

21 July 2010
05:32 GMT

Geohot Jailbreaks iPhone 4 - Limera1n

Hacker extraordinaire George Hotz (or Geohot, as the jailbroken community calls him) is at it again, going by his latest blog post which shows a brand new iPhone 4 running Cydia, the gateway to unapproved third-party software for iPhone and iPod touch. In short - Geohot has achieved a full iPhone 4 jailbreak. His pos...

10 July 2010
11:38 GMT

Geohot Responds to Limera1n Hype - ‘Keep an Eye on Spirit’

A while ago, Softpedia reported that hacker extraordinaire George Hotz, also known as geohot around the web, had registered a domain name for Limera1n. Featuring its own place on the Internet, complete with the raindrop icon, Limera1n is expected to come out as the next-generation jailbreak tool, either for iPhone OS...

29 April 2010
06:58 GMT

Geohot Hints at New Jailbreak Tool - Limera1n

George Hotz, an internationally known blogger also referred to as geohot, has secured http://www.limera1n.com/, a web search has revealed. The hacker, notorious for his Blackra1n jailbreak tool, confirmed plans to release an iPad jailbreak tool on April 9th. Now, people believe limera1n is the next-generation (iPad) ...

26 April 2010
09:00 GMT

Hacker Geohot Makes It Ra1n on iPad - OS 3.2 Jailbreak

With the release of the iPad, and the introduction of iPhone OS 4.0, the two “entities” in charge with offering jailbreak tools to the Apple fan base have focused on delivering as soon as possible. There is still some waiting to be done but, apparently, the hackers are pretty much ready to take on Apple&r...

13 April 2010
14:05 GMT

iPhone Hacker ‘Jailbreaks’ PlayStation 3

iPhone hacker and blogger geohot is the first person to successfully hack Sony’s Cell-powered PlayStation 3 gaming console, in what is likely to “ignite the PS3 scene,” according to the hacker. Geohot is responsible for two iPhone hacks freeing device owners from iTunes’ “shackles.&rdquo...

27 January 2010
06:37 GMT

Unlocked iPhone Traded for a Nissan 350Z

Just how much is an unlocked iPhone worth? More than anyone might have expected, as such a hacked handset has been traded for a Nissan 350Z and three 8GB brand new iPhones. That is just one more from the long line of crazy things that people have done for this "wonder phone" coming from Apple.George Hotz, the 17 year...

29 August 2007
04:52 GMT


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