28w ago - Today an anonymous PlayStation 3 developer has released PS3 SPKG Tool v1.0 for both Windows and Linux users with details below.

Download: PS3 SPKG Tool v1.0 for Windows and Linux / PS3 SPKG Tool v1.0 for Windows and Linux (Mirror)

From the ReadMe file: SPKG Tool 1.0

Requirements:

• fail0verflow key folder
  
• spkg (3.56+) and pkg (0.80-3.55) key/iv
  
• disabled ecdsa check in spu_pkg_rvk_verifier
  

Usage:

• spkg in.pkg out.spkg_hdr
  or
  
• spkg in.spkg_hdr out.decrypted_spkg -d
  

Thanks to:

• Fail0verflow for their tools
  
• Anyone that thinks replacing a coldboot logo means creating his/her own cfw
  

30w ago - Following up on his previous RC6 update, r04drunner has announced today that a new online update for Red Ribbon GNU / Linux on the PS3 entertainment system is released.

Download: Red Ribbon GNU/Linux Online Update for PS3 (SourceForge)

To quote: This update includes the following changes:

• Added a 3.6.7 kernel with the Graf_chokolo's, Marcan's and Gitbrew's patches.
  
• Added PS3-utils.
  
• Added Mplayer.
  

You need to connect the PS3 to the internet, open a lxterminal and download the file:
Then, you can execute it:
And wait until finished.

The next time that you reboot the system, some new kernel options will appear on Petitboot. You must select the new 3.6.7 option for OtherOS or Asbestos.

Once you have booted using the new kernel version, if you want to remove the old 3.5.2 kernel versions, you can do it using the Synaptic package manager or executing the next command on a lxterminal:

30w ago - Following up on their previous update, today PlayStation 3 developers Raptor399 and chocolateboy have announced that PS3 Media Server 1.72.0 is officially released for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X!

Download: PS3 Media Server 1.72.0 (Windows) / PS3 Media Server 1.72.0 (Linux) / PS3 Media Server 1.72.0 (Mac) / Other PS3 Media Server Builds / SVN

PS3 Media Server 1.72.0 Changelog:

Regressions:

• Fixed bug that occurred when using ShowDVDTitleDuration
  
• Fixed bug that caused embedded subtitles to be displayed when subtitles are disabled
  
• Fixed bug in handling of filenames with embedded $ characters
  

Engines:

• Removed option to automatically switch to tsMuxeR (available manually via the #--TRANSCODE--# folder)
  

Upgrade...

32w ago - Following up on their last update, today PlayStation 3 developers Raptor399 and chocolateboy have announced that PS3 Media Server 1.71.0 is officially released for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X!

Download: PS3 Media Server 1.71.0 (Windows) / PS3 Media Server 1.71.0 (Linux) / PS3 Media Server 1.71.0 (Mac) / Other PS3 Media Server Builds / SVN

PS3 Media Server 1.71.0 Changelog:

Windows:

• Updated MEncoder and MPlayer to SB41
  
• Updated ffmpeg to 1.0 (Zeranoe Build 2012-10-10)
  
• Fixed file permissions bug
  

Mac OS X subtitles:

• Changed audio/subtitle defaults to accept anything
  
• Removed fontconfig from MEncoder for improved subs compatibility
  

Renderers:

• Improved Android.conf...

40w ago - Following up on his previous and RC5 updates, today r04drunner has announced that Red Ribbon GNU / Linux Release Candidate 6 for the PS3 entertainment system is released.

Download: Red Ribbon GNU / Linux Release Candidate 6 for PS3

Below are the changes, to quote: Red Ribbon Release Candidate 6 is based on Debian Wheezy and it includes the following changes:

• Kernel 3.5.2 with the Graf_chokolo's, Marcan's and Gitbrew's patches.
  
• New version of the installer with some features added and some bugs fixed.
  
• The installer now supports the portuguese language.
  
• Added a notification alert when the disk space is lower than 100 MB.
  
• Kboot-setup now supports a config file.
  
• New version of the Red Ribbon theme.
  
• Added Gnome Users-admin as the user administration tool.
  
• Iceweasel (Firefox) updated to the 14 release.
  
• Added Gnome Time-admin as the date and time administration tool.
  
• Added the kernel headers...