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Windows Updates and The Truth: All Your Windows Belong To Us!

Franky Branckaute — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:34:13 +0000

This reminds of my bitching every time I need to restart Windows Vista on my gaming desktop, and think ‘What part of _only download but let me chose when to install the updates_ don’t you understand when I see that exclamation mark on the shutdown button.

Sony to release working update this week

Mel — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:47:03 +0000

A week after Sony released its v2.40 Playstation 3 update and then abruptly pulled it because of complaints about its stability, the company is now set to re-release the update again this week.

The new update, V2.41, is said to be free of errors now and will be made available for download by the middle of the week. This update, like V2.40 before it, will bring the much requested in-game access to the XMB as well as the game trophies similar to the Xbox’s Achievement points.

Hopefully, Sony does deliver on the promise of a bug-free update this time. Fortunately, I wasn’t able to upgrade my PS3 to the 2.40 update.

Much awaited PS3 2.40 update released… then recalled

Mel — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:22:06 +0000

Yesterday, the Playstation 3′s much-awaited firmware update was finally released… for a few hours.

The new update, v2.40, was THe update that would bring in more accessibility to the XrossMediaBar (XMB), allowing people to actually access it in-game, slight tweaks to the PlayStation Store, tweaks to the DVD and Bluray playback capabilities, and the piece de resistance, the Trophy System.

But availability of the new update was short-lived as Sony pulled it back after complaints flooded the PlayStation message boards about updated PS3s locking up when users try to load a game. The problem seems to also be across the board as owners of 40GB, 60GB and 80GB versions reported the problem.

Sony has yet to issue a statement regarding the issue or an announcement on when it will be made available again.