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Geohot headlines

• Geohot met with Sony engineers to describe hacking "methodology"

  Infamous PS3 hacker George “Geohot” Hotz met with Sony engineers to discuss his “methodology” in hacking, its been revealed in a New Yorker profile on the hacker.

• PS3 hacker George "Geohot" Hotz arrested for marijuana possession

  Sony couldn’t bring him down, but Texas law sure could.

• Report - GeoHot working for Facebook

  If you hack the PlayStation 3, Sony will sue the pants off you and you’ll land a job at one of the most important tech companies in the Western world. Lesson learned.

• Geohot denies responsibility in PSN hacking

  George ‘Geohot’ Hotz has denied responsibility in the downtime PlayStation Network has received following an external intrusion by hackers last week.

• Hacked to death: Sony faces crunch-time over PSN failures

  Sony has been found immature and naive on hacking problems this year, and must address PSN security issues now or face dire consequences.

• The Weekly Wrap – Nintendo's next, Portal 2, DRM

  We’re dedicating this week to Jade Empire 2. Goodnight, sweet prince. Here’s some other things that happened this week as well.

• Anonymous not satisfied by Sony vs GeoHot settlement

  Anonymous has announced it intends to carry through with planned protests at Sony stores, despite the out-of-court settlement of Sony’s case against PlayStation 3 hacker George “GeoHot” Hotz.

• Analyst: Geohot suit will deter hackers, a "win" for Sony

  The legal action taken by Sony against PS3 hacker George Hotz will make others considering following in his footsteps think twice, claims Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter.

• Tuesday Shorts, Overnight Edition - GeoHot as a school kid, Drakensang beta, and Civilization sale

  So much news, so little time – not to mention, quite a lot of stuff which is a bit fringe. Here’s your short-and-sweets, then.

• Sony and Hotz agree out of court - full settlement details

  Following months of legal wrangling, Sony and hacker George “Geohot” Hotz have jointly confirmed that they’ve settled their hacking dispute out of court.

• Anonymous to stage global in-store Sony protests

  Hacktivist group Anonymous is looks to raise awareness of its cause by staging a number of four-hour sit-ins at Sony stores around the world. This is likely to be more popular with gamers than the group’s recent attacks on PSN.

• Anonymous declares vengeance on Sony

  The activist arm of Internet hive mind Anonymous has targeted Sony, apparently in retribution for the company’s legal pursuit of PlayStation 3 hackers GeoHot and Graf_Chokolo.

• Sony vs Hotz - Hacker shuns PSN account lie claim

  PS3 hacker George “Geohot” Hotz has dismissed claims by Sony that he lied to a court about creating a PSN account.

• The Weekly Wrap - Nukem delayed, 3DS mania, Geohot

  Where have you been all week? South America? Don’t worry, we don’t judge – unlike some people. Here’s everything you need to know in one convenient place.

• Hotz on South American "vacation," lawyer fights back

  George “GeoHot” Hotz has confirmed that he’s in South America, but only on a holiday paid for last November, while his attorney has hit back at Sony allegations of the hacker refusing to hand over hardware related to PS3 hacking.

• GOING LOCO: Hacker Hotz feels heat, hides in South America

  According to Sony, Geohot, the hacker currently being sued by the firm for publishing PS3’s root key earlier this year, has fled the US as an “excuse” for not turning over hard drives as per a court order.

• Sony faces "misrepresentation" accusations in hack case

  George GeoHot Hotz’s lawyers have accused Sony of deliberately misleading courts as to which of its national divisions owns the PlayStation 3 software development kit, in order to gain otherwise illegal access to the hacker’s hard drives.

• Sony given permission to subpoena George Hotz's PayPal records

  The California courts have given Sony permission to subpoena George Hotz’s PayPal account and any records relatied to it.

• Court allows Sony access to GeoHot website visitor IPs

  If you happened to live in the Bay area and visited George Hotz’s website from January 2009 onward, you may be contacted by Sony’s lawyers.