George Hotz, who gained notoriety by hacking the iPhone, was barred from distributing, creating, or marketing his technology for running unauthorized software on the PlayStation 3. Sony has convinced a federal court to issue a temporary restraining order that bars a hacker from distributing his technology for running unauthorized software on the PlayStation 3.
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco found that Sony had submitted sufficient evidence to show that it would suffer "irreparable harm" if the hacker, George Hotz, continued to distribute his technology for circumventing the PS3's firmware that's meant to prevent running a separate operating system on the video-game console.

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