As promised, Sony's PS3 Firmware 3.10 (mandatory) update is now available and can be downloaded linked below for both North America and Europe.

For those who missed it earlier today, the offical press release details all of the changes including Facebook integration, a Photo browser update and an enhanced Friends List that includes the ability to change the font color of your PSN...

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Update: According to PS3Center.net, Mozilla responded and denied the rumor, to quote: "They replied with the following: Nope - not sure how that rumor got started but it's been keeping us busy all day :)"

According to a rumor from E-mpire.com (linked above), Sony is in talks with Mozilla over the possibility of porting FireFox over to the PS3.

While this sounds promising,...

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Today PlayStation Network Operations Director Eric Lempel shared a video preview of the upcoming PS3 Firmware v3.10 update.

To quote: Hi everyone, here’s an early peek at PlayStation 3 (PS3) firmware update (v3.10). The latest update incorporates Facebook into the PS3 experience.

By linking your PlayStation Network account to your Facebook account, you will have the...

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Today Epic Games has announced the launch of the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), a free edition of Unreal Engine 3 that provides community access to the award-winning toolset.

Anyone can start working with the Unreal Engine 3 toolset by downloading the UDK at UDK.com, where detailed product features, technical documentation, commercial licensing terms, support resources and more...

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Gearbox Software has released a Borderlands patch v1.20 update today for the PlayStation 3, XBox 360 and PC.

The patch is 53MB in size and includes many fixes, as detailed below from ennui on their official boards (linked above):

Solved Issues – these issues should no longer occur

Issue: PSN friends list not functioning properly
Status:...

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Today JoyStiq (linked above) has expanded on the initial announcement from earlier today that Netflix is officially hitting Sony's PS3 console.

According to Netflix, in order to use its steaming service on the PlayStation 3 the application disc will have to be in the PS3 until 2010.

Apparently Netflix won't have an integrated XMB solution until then, however, it is coming in a PS3...

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Boring, no really interesting news around so I'll try to keep you interested with this little discovery. Tested and working on a retail PS3 machine.

Not only the lame PS3 Internet browser is able to play flash files, the music application Vidzone is also.

Here is a little example:

The startup Vidzone logo and the main menu layout are simple .swf...

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A new Wii System Menu update is now available in both North America and Europe.

Similar to the previous one that deleted and blocked Wii homebrew, this one is also labeled as version 4.2.

To quote on the noticable changes thus far: "Apparently the latest update is for the Ambassador program (earn free VC titles by helping others connect online) in Europe, but...

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Today Internet retailer Amazon.com have expanded their online offerings by offering customers access to both a PlayStation Network PSP and PS3 store HERE via 'tokens'.

The most obvious advantage of this new service is the convenience of being able to make PSN purchases directly from your Web browser.

To quote: "The online retailer is now offering PlayStation...

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As part of a Sony and Papa John's promotional event, you can now order a Papa John's Pizza right from your PS3 system browser until September 27, 2009.

Just click on the Papa John's button on the PS3 system browser homepage and check out special offers from Papa John's.

To quote: "Sony continues their marketing blitz with the PS3. You can now order a fresh, hot Papa John's...

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