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Approaching PS3 firmware update to remove 'Install Other OS' feature

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Sorry guys, but this isn’t an early April Fools prank. As Sr. Director of Corporate Communications & Social Media Patrick Seybold writes on the US PlayStation Blog, firmware update 3.21, released on April 1st, will disable the ‘Install Other OS’ feature currently available on PS3 systems. Why? Because of security concerns on Sony's part.

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New Feature Discovered in Firmware 3.0

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Are you tired of ear-piercing headset feedback during online play? Can't stand echoing microphones any longer? There is a solution, as discovered by GOONL!NE.

Buried deep within Firmware 3.0‘s plethora of menus is a magical little feature called the Echo Canceller. Scroll over to the Settings section, locate the Accessory Settings menu and click Audio Device Settings. Highlight your headset, hit Triangle, choose Settings, enable Echo Canceller and voilà! No more resonating natter from annoying gamers – or friends for that matter! Come on, even they getting annoying sometimes.

Thank you GOONL!NE, we are forever indebted to you. Now, if you could just find out how to reduce the size of the new XMB’s humongous font...

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Tekken 6 to Feature Destructible Environments

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Tekken 6 may have gone multiplatform, but it doesn't really matter. Who cares, right? Besides, when it features things like this, you won't care, because the game still looks like it's going to be great.

Tekken 6 will introduce destructible environments, specifically walls and floors. So you can break through a wall into a new section of the level, or you can break through the floor and drop down to another section entirely. It looks great.

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