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June 16, 2005
PSP Hacked, Nobody Surprised
Posted by Alan Wexelblat
I feel like I should probably just prepare a "the street finds..." generic posting and I could just slot in $DEVICENAME and $RECENTCLEVERHACK. The latest entry would be Sony's PSP (PlayStation Portable) and a clever (if potentially dangerous) hack of switching cards while the system is powered up. This appears to let people circumvent at least some of the extremely tight controls Sony tried to install to permit people to play only "authorized" games. As with many initial cracks, this one is likely to remain impractical for general use. However, we can expect subsequent cracks to be easier and more home-gamer-friendly.
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1. Scote on June 16, 2005 9:13 PM writes...
Since so many computer companies want to make money selling blades instead of razors, this is getting to be annoying. Were just lucky that our cars don't require proprietary gas.
The lockdown of hardware is getting to be so pervasive, from cellphone company's cell phones to Microsoft's XBox that this just cries out for the "There ought to be a law" retort.
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