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Humble Indie Bundle 3 sales pass $2 million

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 09, 2011 6:15am PDT

Sales of the Humble Indie Bundle 3 have passed the $2 million mark, as the final day of the "pay what you want" mega-bargain ticks away.

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"My gaming needs are now taken care of for the next six months"

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Humble Indie Bundle 3 launches

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 26, 2011 9:30am PDT

Another set of lovely indie games are going cheap--or expensive, if you fancy, as you name the price--in the fourth Humble Indie Bundle, including VVVVVV, Cogs, Hammerfight, and more.

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"Any platform with as many users as Windows would have similar results."

- fractured_sanity see all 14 comments

Sony Moves to Dismiss Other OS Class-Action Lawsuit

By Brian Leahy, Sep 20, 2010 1:00pm PDT

Sony has filed a motion to dismiss the class-action lawsuit, which was filed back in April against Sony over the removal of "Other OS" support on...

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"Ah, but you can put any OS you like on the computer, as long as it's compatible. Sony just ..."

- SeraphielX see all 26 comments

Sony's Removal of PS3 Linux Support Hurts Air Force

By Brian Leahy, May 12, 2010 11:20am PDT

When the PlayStation 3 was released, it supported running operating systems, such as Linux, which was extremely valuable to scientific agencies...

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"It most certainly was being marketed as a computer, just not anywhere the Walmart crowd would ..."

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Class Action Lawsuit Against Sony Over PS3 Linux

By Brian Leahy, Apr 29, 2010 1:20pm PDT

Kotaku reports that Anthony Ventura has filed a class action lawsuit against Sony Computer Entertainment America over the removal of PlayStation 3...

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"And you don't understand that UK law overrules any EULA. Law in the UK clearly states that a ..."

- Memphis-Ahn see all 46 comments

UK Gamer Gets Refund over PS3's Linux Loss

By Brian Leahy, Apr 09, 2010 3:00pm PDT

NeoGAF administrator 'iapetus' just got a partial refund from Amazon UK for his launch-day PlayStation 3 60GB model. Why? It turns out that when...

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"How did they come up with the value. Is it some percentage of the purchase price? The presumed ..."

- dlr(2) see all 27 comments

Report: Hacker Restores Linux Support to PS3

By Brian Leahy, Apr 07, 2010 5:30pm PDT

On April 1, Sony removed Linux support on the PlayStation 3 through the OtherOS feature with a firmware update. Before the firmware was live,...

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"Yes, I know that it doesn't require linux. F@H isn't the only one scientific use."

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Hacker Throws Down Linux Gauntlet as Sony Readies Firmware Patch v3.21

By Jeff Mattas, Mar 30, 2010 7:30pm PDT

As reported yesterday, Sony's next PlayStation 3 firmware update (v3.21) is scheduled for release on April 1. This update removes Linux support,...

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"My guess is Sony's real reason for doing this is over money, not some security exploit. The ..."

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Next PS3 Firmware Update Removes Linux Support

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 29, 2010 7:23am PDT

The PlayStation 3 will lose the ability to install and run other operating systems--such as Linux--with the release of the v3.21 firmware update on...

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"and you will probably lose the partition in time space.. so 10gb off your disc for nothing..."

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