The lawsuit against Sony for removing Linux from the original PS3 SKUs, known as the "Fat" system before it was replaced with the "Slim" SKU, has taken another step forward after six years of slow ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

When Sony originally launched their first iteration of the PlayStation 3 back in 2006, one of the features of the gaming console was the ability to install a Linux based operating system by using the ...

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 ...

Remember how Sony launched the PS3 with “OtherOS” support, so you could install Linux or whatever other PowerPC-compatible OS you could finagle onto your shiny new next-gen gaming system? And then ...

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 ...

Sony customers who purchased one of the original launch PlayStation 3 consoles can now submit claims in a nationwide class-action lawsuit regarding the company’s removal of Linux support from the ...

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 ...