Recently, I found a simple USB hard drive gave my PS3 a new life, making it a worthy device even alongside my PS5. It takes a little bit of work to figure out what you can, but once you understand ...

Sony says the update only requires 200MB of free space on the PS3's disk drive or a removable storage device, like a USB ...

Access to the PS3’s private key opens a number of options, such as the ability to run Linux on all PS3 models, for example, no matter what version of firmware the unit is running without a USB ...

Essentially, the key can be used to make any software or firmware spear to the PS3 as Sony kosher, allowing pretty much free reign of the PS3’s components, not locked-down like OtherOS linux was ...

Update: As Digital Foundry points out, this sequence actually refers to the USB dongle ID generator key, also used for PS3 security circumvention. [Thanks, Scott M] Oh, honey.

Prerequisites. A USB key formatted in FAT32.; Create a PS3 folder at the root of your USB key.; Open the PS3 folder and create an UPDATE subfolder.; NB: The folder names are case-sensitive.; Procedure ...

The “fix” arrived unceremoniously with a low-key PS3 firmware update (version 4.60, which dropped on June 24), or at least that’s the presumption some are making at Reddit, though there was ...

Considered the Mt Everest of hacking, the PlayStation 3 has reportedly been broken by a USB Jailbreak dongle produced in Australia. iTWire - PS3 hacked by USB Jailbreak Modchip A- A A+ ...