Sony has announced that OtherOS capabilities, including support for Linux, will no longer be available with the release of PlayStation 3 firmware 3.21 on 1st April. Citing "security concerns", the ...

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No refunds will be issued to those aggrieved by Sony’s recent move to cut the OtherOS functionality from the machine in its most recent firmware update. The statement from Sony follows a recent report ...

It's not unusual to hear giant companies being sued left and right, by other companies or by customers via a class action suit. And it's also not unusual to hear about those lawsuits dragging on for ...

A few days ago, Geohot vowed ps3 owners not to upgrade to 3.21 and said he’s working on a workaround that will allow you to continue to play games online as well as keep your Linux partition. Known ...

The claims against Sony in the ongoing class-action lawsuit dealing with the removal of the "OtherOS" functionality in the PlayStation 3 hardware have all been dropped, save for one: a claim that Sony ...

It all began when a young man named George Hotz began to work on the PlayStation 3, trying to gain access to the machine in a way that made Sony uncomfortable. In response, Sony removed the OtherOS ...

Hobbyists have released an unofficial patch for the PlayStation 3 which adds an enhanced version of the original OtherOS feature, allowing Linux to be installed on the console. The update is named ...

Instead of simply watching the days pass by while the PSN network continues to be unavailable, why not do something useful with your PS3 console? [MS3FGX] wrote in to share some news regarding efforts ...

We all knew it was coming. After Sony removed the OtherOS feature from PlayStation 3 with firmware version 3.21, we knew there would be someone out there who wouldn’t take it lightly. Today, news ...

Owen S. Good is a longtime veteran of video games writing, well known for his coverage of sports and racing games. Playstation 3 owners — and by this I mean owners of the phabulous Phat PlayStation 3 ...