What you’re about to read is far from a wide-ranging concern. But it does highlight one legitimate reason Sony has for going after PS3 users installing their own ...

After Sony's somewhat bizarre "security" related decision to block Other OS installation on the original PS3 consoles with the next scheduled firmware update, hacker George Hotz – who some believe ...

Some tools released online overnight claim to allow the installation of “custom firmware” on a PlayStation 3. Capitalising on the work done last week by the fail0verflow team in breaking the PS3 wide ...

Custom modded consoles, though not nearly as common as their PC counterparts, are nothing new. From simple paint jobs to full blown extreme makeovers, there is no shortage of great looking tricked out ...

If you have a few skills in Linux programming, it is now possible for you to create your very own personalized firmware for your PS3 system. Thanks to the work completed by the fail0verflow team in ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Sony has created custom PlayStation 3 hardware to power its newly ...

With all the news about breached security, homebrew and Sony taking hackers to court, the underlying allure of installing custom firmware on the PS3 is still something a lot of people are interested ...

Earlier on it was reported that hackers had released the first custom PS3 firmware. Tools from ‘KaKaRoTo’ allowed users to create their own firmware using Linux and some coding knowledge, but it ...

Building upon the exploits of the fail0verflow hacking troupe, a tinkerer known as "KaKaRoToKS" has got the first "custom firmware" (CFW) running on PS3. The modification can be applied to any version ...

Finding the coolest custom creations in the world of PC and console units is some of the most fun we get to have around the office. However, most of these unique masterpieces are almost without ...