After that, homebrew enthusiasts can then execute unsigned third-party apps and games on their PS3. At the moment, the ability to boot ISO files (read: pirated or "backup" games) is temporarily ...

While Sony's insisting the hacked PS3 can be patched with Firmware updates, GeoHot, the hacker that originally published PS3's root key this week, has shown the system running a homebrew app.

Yesterday Geohot released his modified firmware ‘Jailbreak’, and, a little later, tools to sign homebrew to run on his version of the PS3’s 3.55 system software so that anyone developing ...