Popular Mechanics has a must-read guide up for PS3 owners alike. If you’ve been interested in putting Linux on your Playstation 3 and need a little help getting things done, then this guide was made for you. You’ll end up replacing the hard drive and gaining the ability to dual-boot between Linux and the PS3 OS, allowing for open-source computing ...

What happens in Rainbow Six, stays in Rainbow Six, or at least Tom Clancy would have us believe. With decked halls of LEDs illuminating the Rainbow Six Vegas strip, the PS3 is cleverly disguised as a high rise casino. We’ve seen some pretty elaborate console mods in our day, including one soaked in fake (we assume) blood, but this is ...

It was only a matter of time before Sony announced that the cheaper, stripped down European version of the PS3 would make its way to the States–and it appears that today was the day. Specifically, the official announcement revealed that a 40GB PS3 with half the USB ports, no multi-format card reader, and no backwards compatibility will be available in ...

It’s probably unnecessary, but if you have ever thought about water-cooling your PS3, Dragonpower has scattered details of this build over a thread at the Official Playstation forums. If you can do it, and you don’t mind massively voiding your warranty, a PS3 that runs silent and around 32�C under a heavy load could be your reward. Hit the jump ...

After spotting an 80 GB PS3 in the wild at the end of April, Sony has finally launched its new 80 GB PS3 in Korea. The new PS3 also includes a new video on demand service for Korean’s to get their movie fix. The launch looks to have been a full fledged media party, with many reporters in attendance. The ...

We have no idea why Sony is taking such a snobby position with PS3 Home, but they sound like total snots when describing the rules and etiquette of the social interface for the console. They say they are attempting to keep Home “accessible to everyone” by putting certain limitations on the attire your avatar can wear. “If everyone’s walking around ...

This PS3 ad seen in Russia proves Sony’s drive to improve world wide sales. This thing is huge. The billboard displays a straight message. It reads, translated from Russian “Playstation 3: The gaming spaces of Russia”. For such a vast country, we guess you need a vast ad campaign. And Sony seems to be pulling out all the stops.

This is no April’s fool joke, but the above picture shows a real product label of a device named PS3 that is made in the mysterious country of Koera. Strangely enough there is also an IMEI code. Jump to find out more.

We were all pretty excited yesterday to find a supposed “leak” of the PS3 2.0.0 Firmware update list. Our excitement was squelched even faster than it arrived. Forum user and supposed leaker, Leah, confirmed today that the PS3 leak post from yesterday was a spoof from some unknown bastardly source. Is their conspiracy in the air? That list seemed way ...

One of the regular posters over at the official PS3 forums has posted this list of the apparently leaked updates list for the PS3 2.0.0 firmware upgrade. The poster has a good reputation for being right on track on other firmware announcements, so we’re tipping our hat to the source on this one. The PLAYSTATION ®3 system software version 2.00 ...