Sony Playstation 3 will discontinue its functionality of allowing the use of open source operating systems on the older PS3 model (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/03/28/ps3-firmware-v3-21-update/). This feature was removed from the PS3 slim version, but has remained on the older PS3 and apparently has never served as a security problem until now.

So what? Who needs the other operating systems? Well you do! What if you got a bug up your ass to install Yellow Dog, or Fedora and wanted to expand your computer/gaming experience. Why does Sony gives us the option to use their platform for things other than gaming and watching blu-rays, then just strong arms us into taking it away.

If you choose not to update, it comes an unreasonable price. You LOSE the :
•    Ability to sign in to PlayStation Network and use network features that require signing in to PlayStation Network, such as online features of PS3 games and chat
•    Playback of PS3 software titles or Blu-ray Disc videos that require PS3 system software version 3.21 or later
•    Playback of copyright-protected videos that are stored on a media server (when DTCP-IP is enabled under Settings)
•    Use of new features and improvements that are available on PS3 system software 3.21 or later

Yeah I’m not sure about you, but for me not to be able to watch Blu-Ray discs, or go online and chat is a little suspicious. Why has Sony stuck the knife in and twisted it? Well it may be that in January all the leaks about a PS3 hack. I hope that hack comes out soon in its entirety and I hope they hack the PS3 fucking hard. I can get a Blu-Ray player for $99. The fun I could have screwing Sony for is priceless. They still owe me for blocking my PSP for going online due to its modification. Hey Sony we’re gunnin’ for you next…

Revenge is best served cold, with a side of hot pants.

So ASUS is going to release the P6X58 premium motherboard, which will feature two 3.0 USB ports. The USB 3.0 is know as a super speed port. The rumors flying around are that its going to be 5000Mb/s, which just about every one states this is a tad bit over optimistic. ASUS board will also support the Core i7 processor, and six DDR-3 slots, SATA 3.0 with capabilities of 6Gb/s, and 3 PCI-Express slots.
There are no pricing or release date, and no bench mark tests have been released. While it will take a while for the rest of the computer world to catch up with the 3.0, so just know when they do upgrade those Rocky USB drives to watch them do up thrusts faster and longer than you can.
As a side note Linux is the fist OS to get its drivers for 3.0 thanks to Sarah Sharp or known as the “Geekess” on the streets.Go Geekess.

Big news does not equal big surprises. The EU is back at it again. This time they’ve hit close to home. The European Union has imposed its largest fine ever again a company. This time its Intel. A 1.45 Billion dollars suit has been filed against the computer chip maker over anti trust issues. The EU is saying Intel has made strides to have an unfair advantage over AMD and other chip makers. Bullocks. I say.

The EU claims a lot against Intel. Such as they let computer makers give rebates on their computers with Intel chips so long as they don’t with other chips (mostly AMD). Also that there unethical practices have been going on for well over a decade and they let computer manufacturers buy out the majority of certain chips so they have the exclusive on Intel’s newest chip. So what if Apple bought out most of the Xeon processors. Maybe someone else should have fronted the money first. If this has been going on forever and everyone knew about it how is that anti-trust?

I say its all bullocks and the EU should actual sue over something that matters. People still love the AMD chips which are usual cheaper and I’ve heard work just as good. So I’m not sure what the big deal is. Although Intel did corner the netbook market with its Atom chip, but every computer company has access to the chip. Look at the specs on all the netbooks. There basically the same across the board for every computer manufacturer. I’m on my netbook right now. If Intel didn’t make the chip I would not have bought one. Leopard doesn’t on other processors. Although I mostly just use Linux on it. So I bite my thumb at the EU. Yes I did bite my thumb at thee and scream stop suing for anti-trust issues that are neither anti nor trust. The battle rages on…

Control for the universe continues...