PS3 1.8 firmware already streams Windows media to your PSP

The 1.8 firmware saga continues! Everyone is waiting anxiously for the 2.0 update, but to be honest, this update has been fun to play around with!
First, we learned that when the PSP gets its update next month, the PS3 will stream media to it anywhere you have an internet connection. Good news, but there’s [...]

PS3 1.8 firmware streams music, photos, and video from Vista

When I woke up this morning, I spotted a PR release from Sony regarding their upcoming 1.8 firmware update. The thing that stood out about this update was that it would allow streaming media to a PSP over the internet. I wrote about that immediately, but until the next firmware arrives for the PSP, [...]

PS3 1.8 firmware adds DVD upscaling & streaming video to PSP over internet

Update 1: It’s Thursday afternoon in HK, and the update is live! I’ll update this page again if there’s anything cool to talk about once I play around with it a bit (I wish I had some PS2 games around)
Ever since the PS3 launched, people were wondering when or if it would ever be [...]

Sony Losses and Nintendo Profits Both Huge

I wasn’t particularly surprised when I read about the financial reports for the last fiscal year from Sony and Nintendo. It’s quite obvious since over six months after their release dates, I still can’t find a Wii anywhere in Vancouver and there is dust about half an inch thick covering every PS3 I [...]

PS3 folding performance isn’t THAT great

Since the launch of Folding@Home for Playstation 3, people have been awestruck in its apparent performance advantage over PCs that cost up to 2 or 3 times as much as a PS3, and consumes more power.
However, this article at Ars Technica explains that not everything is as it seems. They point out that the PS3 [...]

PS3 power usage during Folding@Home

We were the first to give the full scoop on power consumption in today’s consoles, so we broke out the trusty old watt meter to find out how much power is being sucked by the PS3 while folding. I had feared the worst, as the Cell processors must be working at their full potential [...]