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Sony PlayStation Blog posted an announcement of a new firmware update for PS3. It is a minor update with couple of changes.
- The playback quality of some PS3 format software has been improved.
- A text entry issue that occurs when using the on-screen keyboard, USB keyboard or Bluetooth keyboard with some PS3 format software has [...]

 
It hurts. It really hurts. Consider a full-time employee taunted by some part-time kid with the words “You suck at your job. I do it better than you.” Now substitute the full-time employee with Microsoft’s IE7 while the part-time with PS3’s browser.
Sony claims that the new v2.5 firmware update to PS3 not only brings [...]

 
Nintendo has done it again. NPD Group did the honors of revealing the sales figure of all the gaming hardware selling in US. With Wii and DS combined, they managed to sell about 1.2 million units, which is far ahead then all the combined hardware sales of Microsoft and Sony.
Here is the total number [...]

 
Just a quick heads up. PSP and PS3 users can now upgrade their firmwares to v5.00 and v2.50 respectively. Check out a small video from Grace giving a walkthrough of the PSN Store on PSP.
A new feature added to the PS3 is the inclusion of Flash Player 9 support. For the whole list of [...]

 
It seems a good day today for PlayStation users. Sony has announced that the PSP and PS3 consoles will undergo a firmware update pretty soon. They have also given a changelog of what can be expected from these updates. Despite the rumored updates, PSP users will have to suffice with couple of changes with one [...]

 
UPDATE: Amazon is taking pre-order of this keypad for $50. Click here.
Apart from unveiling the new PSP and 160GB PS3, SCE also announced a wireless QWERTY keypad which easily sits on the SIXAXIS or Dual Shock 3 controller. The keypad will make it easy for the gamer to type in and chat on PS3. There [...]

 
SCE’s second announcement at the Leipzig Games Convention was a 160GB PS3. The PAL markets will get the consoles on 31st October while the US market is slated for a November launch. The date is slipped a few days back because the Americans will be getting a limited edition with Uncharted: Drakes Fortune and PAIN [...]

 
PS3HAX forum member, Pirate has conveniently pulled out a portable PS3 laptop. Acknowledging Ben Heck as his inspiration he took around 3 months and almost $1,000 to create his masterpiece. The laptop sports a 17-inch LCD, keyboard and 80GB PS3 all housed in a rectangular suitcase-esque shell. The LED backlit PS logo and PS3 etched [...]

 
If PS3 was good enough to run Linux, its Windows counterpart definitely disappointed us. A developer Mopx0 managed to run Vista on his PS3 but after a share of struggle. It took him his PC, Qemu 0.9.1 and Bochs Bios software to setup his modus operandi. He then headed to install the OS on [...]

 
Sony has released yet another update for PS3. Users can update their consoles to version 2.42 now which will improve playback quality of some PLAYSTATION 3 and PlayStation format software. No other details can be found until the changelog is posted.
[Via PS Blog]