Weeks ago, owners of jailbroken PS3s were told that they were banned if they ran software or devices that Sony disagreed with. These hackers have recently come back at Sony with the equivalent of a large middle finger.While hacking and jailbreaking have always been a problem for technology manufacturers in one way or another (with Apple's Iphone being the most prominent example), this is one of the first and largest that allows users of the banned tech to ban others from the network.
Will Sony react with some crazy new way to block the pirates? Will the pirates give up on hacking this sinking ship of a product? Will I get my break? We may never know the answers to these questions.
Thanks to TechRadar for the article.
Back to the drawing board for Dark Horse as the comic publishing company's app was rejected from Apple. The reason for the rejection is close to the same as the Sony eReader apps rejection: The app must not sell products from within the that are not also available to be sold from Itunes, Apple's digital store, or have a link to the store in the app or some such legal mumbo jumbo. Dark Horse's original plan was to sell their comics digitally at a discount to consumers. While still able to do that, the sometimes dickish behavior of Apple cuts out a wide portion of the market, as well as makes them eat months of development. In conclusion, Apple, I say unto thee: "Com'on." I might use your products more if they had more stuff I liked on them.
In a surprising turn of events in the land of ereader apps, Apple has rejected Sony's eReader app despite allowing both Kindle and Nook apps. Some speculate that Apple is attempting to derail more eReaders from being used on its devices, either by cutting competition from its own eBookstore or just out of spite.