What you're about to read is far from a wide-ranging concern. But it does highlight one legitimate reason Sony has for going after PS3 users installing their own custom firmware on their ...

Now, however, the PS3's LV0 keys have been released, which allegedly means that no matter what Sony puts in its next firmware upgrade, hacking it will be very easy, similar to how it was on the PSP.

A hacker using the alias of KaKaRoTo has released a set of tools allowing custom firmware to be installed and run on the PS3. “Since the kernel is left unmodified,” writes KaKaRoTo on his blog ...

Custom firmware on PS3, Linux on Slims? GeoHot fights back PlayStation 3 and iPhone hacker GeoHot has released a video that seems to show … ...

His advice is to avoid installing the PS3 firmware v3.21 due on April 1st, and instead wait for an alternative flashing app of his own design. "Two things, some people seem to think CFW will ...