Nice! Well, it looks nice, but the fact that it may not make it stateside for some time, if ever, is not so nice. Sega created a limited edition Yakuza 3 PlayStation 3 Bundle for the release of Yakuza 3. Only 10,000 units are being made available. The bundle, which includes a 80GB PS3, retails [...]
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A group of security researchers have successfully cracked SSL by using 200 PlayStation 3 consoles and about $700 worth of test certificates to create a rogue Certification Authority (CA). This is significant because at leat six CA’s are still using the MD5 encryption with the exploitable weakness. The solution to this problem is for the CAs [...]
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Back in March of this year I found a new favorite video game in Dynasty Warriors 6. This game gives you the feeling of being one of dozens of Chinese super warriors. That the game takes all of its history from the classic novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, makes it all the more interesting to [...]
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Walmart is doing it again — offering a PlayStation 3 bundle with a Gift Card. This time is is the 80GB PlayStation 3 bundled with a PS3 game of your choice, a Blu-ray movie of your choice, the Sony PlayStation 3 Blu-ray remote, and a $75 Walmart.com Gift Card. Not a bad deal at all! Sure [...]
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Mega Man 9 Release Dates: Wiiware: Sept 22, 2008, PSN: Sept 25, 2008, XBLA: Oct 1, 2008 The first original series Mega Man title in eleven years was released yesterday via download on Nintendo’s Wiiware channel. PSN and XBLA versions are to follow later this week and next week.  A friend of mine downloaded this as I knew he [...]
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Yeah, my Playstation 3 has the same blinking screen problem that others are experiencing. According to Sony, the problem is the fault of the TV, not the PS3, and results from a failed HDCP handshake. That is little consolation to me. The temporary workaround is to disconnect and reconnect the HDMI cable when the “blink” [...]
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I switched from Ubuntu Linux on my PS3 to Yellow Dog Linux (YDL). You may wonder why? I don’t have any good reasons. It was basically just a matter of taking YDL for a test drive. Saturday I downloaded the 3.7GB ISO of YDL 6.0. The YDL installation was a bit simpler than the Ubuntu installation, [...]
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The Playstation 3 Blu-ray remote that I ordered arrived today. Now, I can watch movies on the PS3 without having to fumble around with the SIXAXIS controller. I started a movie over the other day while I was trying to rewind. Aggravating! The cool thing about this remote compared to most home media remotes is that [...]
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I installed Ubuntu 7.10 on my PS3 using these instructions: http://psubuntu.com/installation-instructions/ The installation was simple enough. I simply followed the on-screen instructions. There were a few problems though. My PS3’s internal wireless connection does not seem to be recognized. When I go to setup the network with a Manual Configuration, the only options are Wired and Modem. [...]
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My wonderful wife gave me an early birthday present — a Playstation 3. Looks like I will be playing with that this weekend. I would like to try to setup my Mac to stream video and audio to the PS3. Any suggestions? I have only heard of MediaLink and Mediatomb.
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