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New PS3 firmware 2.0 is faulty

Following up on yesterday’s news about the new firmware version 2.0 for the PlayStation 3, the new PlayStation 3 firmware is apparently faulty. Users are reporting a lot of rapid system hangs and hickups after upgrading their boxes, and Sony has not made any announcements concerning a fix yet, but reportedly they are now [...]

PlayStation 3 Firmware 2.0 Released

Sony has officially released Firmware version 2.0 for the PlayStation 3 today.
This new update enables controlling the PS3 using your Remote-Play enabled PSP (PlayStation Portable) to switch it on and access content stored on the PS3, including music, movies or photos. As long as both units are connected to the Internet, you can access your [...]

NVIDIA = HAXX

NVIDIAs new Crysis-optimized beta drivers 169.01 and 169.04 were picked apart over at Elite Bastards, who could reveal shocking results. Apparently these drivers force removal of certain water/shadow effects, increasing performance at the expense of visual quality.
One can easily deduct that NVIDIA has made this move in order to better benchmarking results for their 8xxx [...]

AMD Phenom X4 aggressively priced at launch

The new 65 nm CPU family from AMD, known as Phenom, is getting quite the rocket launch this month. With aggressive pricing, AMD is hoping to reclaim some of their recent market share losses. Three CPUs are getting launched initially – the Phenom 9500, 9600 and 9700 – clocking in at 2.2, 2.3 and [...]

Firefox 2.0.0.9 released

The Mozilla team has released Firefox version 2.0.0.9. This update fixes a serious Java issue on Windows Vista where Java applets don’t work like they should after Firefox crashes. Four other bugs that were preventing add-ons from working after a successful upgrade of Firefox have also been squashed.
The official release notes for Firefox 2.0.0.9 (external link).
Download Firefox 2.0.0.9 from Firefox.com.
If you already have Firefox [...]

Region-free Blu-Ray movies

Contrary to what we’re used to with DVDs, not all Blu-Ray movies are region code protected.
There’re a lot of Blu-Ray player owners (read: PS3 owners) out there, but most don’t know what movies are region free, and many don’t even know that this is as common as about 50% of all releases!
Well, thanks to the [...]