102w ago - Following up on his previous releases, today PlayStation 3 hacker d0zs has released two more PS3 homebrew applications dubbed Read_SFO and Read_SFO_with_Examples based off SFO4J (SFO Filereader in Java) by TiMESPLiNTER.

Download: PS3 SFOReader (VB) / Read_SFO / Read_SFO_With_Examples / Read_SFO_SRC / SFO4J SFO Filereader in Java 2.0

To quote: command line sfo reader (uses sfo4j's open source java classes converted to vb.net)

syntax: read_sfo

included a rough make_pkg port to batch with a couple other examples

i had a couple people ask me about modifying the order of operations for making a pkg to suite their own needs. there's nothing easier than editing a bat file, so i decided to take advantage of sfo4j's java sfo reader classes and make a quick exe that will spit out a requested value of a specified sfo file and use it in a rough make_pkg port to batch.

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267w ago - We received this tip via e-mail today: Jan70 (an Administrator) of CDFreaks.com has reported that the Lite-On DH-401S drive can read Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) game discs!

Sure, we've been dumping PS3 images since 6 days after the U.S. launch HERE, however, the big difference is that now users won't have to do it through Linux nor via PS3 SAK anymore... providing they own a Lite-On DH-401S drive.

Of course this doesn't mean they are playable on retail PS3 consoles though (like Linux/SAK image dumps, the PS3 sees the media as a data disc instead of a game disc).

VERY nice find Jan70, and below are a few screenshots and a directory layout for Lost Planet!

Volume in drive N is LOSTPLANET
Volume Serial Number is F29E-03F1

Directory of N:

01/08/2008 06:45 AM 1,536 PS3_DISC.SFB
01/08/2008 06:45 AM PS3_GAME
01/08/2008 06:45 AM PS3_UPDATE
1 File(s) 2,056 bytes

Directory...