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Sony PS3 Firmware 3.10 With Facebook Arrives Today
Sony announced that the new Sony PS3 Firmware 3.10 will be available today. As reported on Tuesday, the new PS3 system update brings Facebook integration.
With the new Facebook integration, PS3 console owners now have access to a truly social and seamless user experience.
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Posted on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:07:31 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 3.10 Features Facebook Integration
Sony is going to release the new firmware 3.10 for the Sony PS3 soon. On their official blog Sony is giving a preview of the new Sony PS3 firmware 3.10.
With firmware 3.10 you will be able to link your PSN account with your Facebook account. By linking your PlayStation Network account to your Facebook account, you will have the option for the Sony PS3 to automatically update your Facebook News Feed with Trophy and PlayStation Store activity.
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Posted on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:36:41 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 3.0 Update Available For Download
The new firmware 3.0 for the Sony PS3 has been released and you can install it now. Sony announced firmware 3.0 at the Gamescom 2009 a couple of weeks back.
The Firmware 3.0 incorporates changes that improve navigation on your Sony PS3. You will notice some cosmetic changes to the design of the XMB and the enhanced look and feel of the XMB.
Additionally the firmware 3.0 contains What’s New, Status Indicator, Friends List, PlayStation Store Shortcuts, Personalization and improved Trophies.
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Posted on Tue, 1 Sep 2009 02:00:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 3.0 Details Released
The Sony PS3 Firmware 3.0 was just confirmed at the Sony Gamescom 2009 Press-conference. Now Sony has also released the details of what the PS3 Firmware 3.0 is going to offer.
The Firmware 3.0 incorporates changes that improve navigation on your Sony PS3. You will notice some cosmetic changes to the design of the XMB and the enhanced look and feel of the XMB.
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Posted on Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:20:43 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony Rumored To Announce PS3 Firmware 3.0 and New Home Besides PS3 Slim
As reported Sony will hold its highly anticipated Gamescom press conference today at 6pm local time (noon EDT). For a couple of weeks now Sony has been expected to introduce a new Sony PS3 Slim console along with a major PS3 price-cut.
The Sony Gamescom 2009 media event is scheduled to last for 3 hours. There must be more than a Slim PS3. We found some more rumors and pointers on what Sony will unveil today.
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Posted on Tue, 18 Aug 2009 05:20:35 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.76 coming
In early April Sony released PS3 Firmware 2.70 that brought text chat to the PS3. Today Sony informed that yet another PS3 firmware is on the way with firmware 2.76.
The new Sony PS3 Firmware 2.76 is only a minor update that improves the playback quality of some PS3 format software.
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Posted on Thu, 14 May 2009 07:21:08 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.70 lets you Text Chat
If you are a proud owner of the Sony PS3 you are getting yet another firmware update. The new Sony PS3 firmware 2.70 offers a couple of new features including text chat.
The new Sony PS3 text chat feature lets you set up a chat room, select anyone from your Friends list and invite them in – they’ll see an icon in the corner of their screen and know they’re wanted in your chat room.
Up to 16 people can join the same room to chat using a controller, a connected keyboard or a Wireless Keypad. You can start a chat while you’re halfway through a game.
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Posted on Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.60 Update unleashed
Sony announced the 2.60 firmware update for the Sony PS3 and today it is already available for download on the Playstation Network.
The big new feature is the new Photo Gallery application where you can group photos in various ways including by date and time, by event or by the number of people in the photos – you can even create a playlist that groups expressions (e.g. smiles) or age categories, like adults and children.
You can also create a playlist of selected photos and select a photo frame for the playlist, which can also be played with your own music tracks.
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Posted on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.60 coming
Sony announces the new firmware 2.60 for the Sony PS3. The new Sony PS3 firmware update 2.60 is primarily bringing new media capabilities. The highlight is a new Photo Gallery application, which delivers a suite of tools for sorting through and displaying your digital photo collection.
Other features of Sony PS3 firmware 2.60 include Guest access to PlayStation Store and DivX 3.11 support.
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Posted on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:35:14 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.53 released
The new Firmware 2.53 for the Sony PS3 finally got released after details about it became available a week ago.
The Sony PS3 Firmware 2.53 is bringing full screen support for Flash videos and live movie (using RTMP format) playability.
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Posted on Mon, 1 Dec 2008 23:40:02 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.53 coming
Sony is prepping yet another interesting Sony PS3 firmware update. The Sony PS3 Firmware 2.53 is bringing full screen support for Flash videos amongst many tiny tweaks. Update: PS3 Firmware 2.53 available now
The improvements of firmware 2.53 include also a new power saving option. You can set the PS3 console and wireless controllers to be set to turn off automatically after a certain period of inactivity.
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Posted on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.52 announced
Sony announced a new firmware release for the Sony PS3. The firmware 2.52 is a minor update for the PS3.
Firmware 2.52 improves the playback quality of some PS3 format software.
Additionally the new software update 2.52 for the PS3 fixes a text entry issue that occurs when using the on-screen keyboard, USB keyboard or Bluetooth keyboard with some PS3 format software.
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Posted on Tue, 4 Nov 2008 23:55:07 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.50 also adds Flash 9 Support
On Monday Sony detailed the new Sony PS3 2.50 firmware, but apparently forgot to mention that the new system update is bringing Macromedia Flash Player 9 support to the PS3 browser.
Now you can watch videos on the Sony Playstation blog and of course anywhere else that uses Flash for video on the PS3.
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Posted on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:39:21 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.50 announced
Besides the new firmware 5.00 for the PSP Sony also introduced today the new firmware update 2.50 for the Sony PS3.
The firmware 2.50 for the Sony PS3 offers several improvements. The 2.50 PS3 firmware brings support for the new PS3 Bluetooth headset.
Other enhancements and improvements of the new PS3 firmware include PlayStation Trophies interface enhancements, Friend status, video, Playstation Store, Power Save Settings, Background download and ingame screenshots.
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Posted on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:38:03 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.43 released
Sony offers a new firmware update for the Sony PS3. The new PS3 Firmware 2.43 is only necessary for Japanese PS3 owners.
The 2.43 update only adds in the PLAYSTATION Store in Japan a rental option for content.
The 2.43 firmware will not be notified on PS3 consoles outside of Japan. You could trigger it though under System Update. Installing it on U.S. or European PS3 consoles would not have any side effects.
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Posted on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:28:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
PS3 Firmware 2.42 got released
Sony published another firmware update for the Sony PS3 today. The new PS3 Firmware 2.42 improves the playback of PS3 and Playstation titles.
Sony is not diving into more details on what exactly the game play improvements are.
Sony ran into big issues when rolling out firmware 2.40. Firmware 2.41 solved the issue some PS3 owners experienced earlier this month.
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Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:02:32 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
PS3 Firmware 2.41 is available
The Sony PS3 firmware 2.41 is now on the Playstation Network available for downloading according to user comments on the Playstation Blog. As reported earlier the Sony Playstation Blog announced the new system update that fixes the 2.40 firmware to be available shortly.
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Posted on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 03:07:10 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
PS3 Firmware 2.41 will be released shortly
The official Sony Playstation Blog reports that the PS3 firmware 2.41 for the PS3 will be available shortly.
Update:
PS3 Firmware 2.41 is here
The firmware 2.41 is the replacement for the flawed firmware 2.40 that Sony had to take down last week.
Sony says that for some users firmware 2.40 did not show the XMB anymore after they deployed the system update.
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Posted on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 01:47:56 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
PS3 Firmware 2.41 release by Wednesday
Sony released the PS3 firmware 2.40 on July 2nd. After a couple of hours Sony removed the system update due to reports of some bricked PS3 consoles. CVG reports today that Sony is apparently releasing a new PS3 firmware 2.41 that will have the issues resolved by Wednesday.
Update:
Sony PS3 firmware 2.41 arrives shortly
The release date for 2.41 is not official yet. CVG received the information of a mid-week release from Sony support.
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Posted on Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:17:45 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Sony PS3 Firmware 2.40 Update temporarily removed
Sony has removed the new PS3 Firmware 2.40, because of some PS3 owners reports about bricked PS3 consoles after they installed the update.
Sony says on its Playstation blog that the issue is limited to some users, but they want to make sure what is going on and that is why the pulled the update until the issue is resolved.
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Posted on Wed, 2 Jul 2008 23:58:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
PS3 Firmware 2.40 available now
Sony released the PS3 firmware 2.40 already on the Playstation Network.
Update:
Sony pulled the PS3 2.40 firmware update, because of issues reported by some users
Some users experienced slow download. Here is the link to the PS3 firmware 2.40 update file to download to your PC and then transfer to the PS3, if you are impatient: PS3 2.40 Firmware file (US only!!, 130MB). I still recommend waiting until the PS3 downloads and installs the system update by itself.
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Posted on Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:37:05 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
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