2011 was a year in which we learned how unsecure “secure” sites can be and how little of our private info is private if the wrong people are pushing the buttons.

You may not like Sony, but you have to feel bad for their handhelds. The PSP was an easy target for pirates, as many people turned to custom firmware that was incredibly simple to install on the systems. I mean hell, if you had a PSP with the right kind of official firmware you could more »

Whenever a nifty new gadget comes along, there are going to be people who will take it apart for fun to see how it works and how it could be made to work with other things. Brandon Wilson is one of those people. After hearing about Activision’s Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure game, which uses a portal more »

Anonymous: an online community of hackers notorious for hacking into government sites and sticking it to ‘the man’. Their activities include releasing government information about war crimes, striking back at anti-piracy enforcers, and generally sticking up for the little guy, whoever they think he is. Note the motto on the flier. It almost sounds like something out of a movie, but this real (if loose) group of people actually exists, and up until recently, was viewed with some admiration by gamers, who can only imagine that hackers are gamer geeks as well (after all, gamers use computers just like Anonymous, right?).

If you’ve tried to visit the official Sony or PlayStation websites, or perhaps even log onto the PlayStation Network, you may have encountered some troubles. That’s because Anonymous, the hacking group responsible for launching assaults on companies like Amazon and HBGary, has declared war on Sony. It’s the latest episode in the ongoing saga of Sony versus piracy that started when people, namely George “Geohot” Hotz, started hacking the PS3…

If you have a Kinect, are talented in reverse-engineering technology, and are not afraid of possibly being arrested, then you may be able to earn some cash. New York company Adafruit Industries is offering a reward of $2,000 to the first person who can deliver them its open-source drivers.

If you were offended by the Hot Coffee sex mini-game in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and submitted the proper documentation to Rockstar Games by the May 16, 2008, deadline, you will soon receive your settlement.

The GTA settlement site says those that submitted paperwork should receive what they are entitled to by April 15, 2010.

The PSP has been hacked, resulting in an insane increase in sales (3,000-14,000%, depending on the time and the source) during the past couple days.

The exploit, which requires a download titled “Illuminati.zip” placed on a PSP compatible memory card, runs a simple “Hello World” program, but will likely allow other homebrew apps to run on the handheld as well. The exploit uses …