Sebbene ancora in pochi possano essere interessati direttamente dal rilascio di aggiornamenti del firmware PS3, riportiamo la notizia per dovere di cronaca.

In data odierna Sony ha rilasciato la versione v1.1 del firmware della Playstation3 che dovrebbe apportare dei fix a piccoli bugs sotto il lato 'sicurezza' e aggiungere nuove funzionalità.

Secondo quanto riportato sinora dagli utenti americani, tale update ha aggiunto una icona all'Account Management System della lista amici. Tale funzione era stata presentata già nelle precedenti versioni ma questa volta è accessibile più facilmente.
Sempre secondo i fortunati videogiocatori possessori di una PS3, in seguito all'update è notevolmente migliorata la velocità di caricamento delle pagine nel browser implementato nella dashboard della console.

Per un completo changelog dell'update si attende una press ufficiale da parte di Sony. Vi terremo informati.

[UPDATE]
Ecco la lista completa di aggiunte e fix:

• General
  • You can now use PLAYSTATION Network services.
  • You can now use the single tap text entry method on the on-screen keyboard for English and other European languages.
• Settings
  • [Audio CD Output Frequency] has been added as a feature under [Music Settings].
  • [Enable ATRAC] has been added as a feature under [System Settings].
  • [Cross Color Reduction Filter] has been added as a feature under [Display Settings].
  • [After 5 Minutes] has been added as an option to [Screensaver] under [Display Settings].
• Video
  • You can now select [Full Screen] under [Screen Mode] when playing video files saved on the hard disk or storage media.
    An appropriate USB adaptor (not included) is required to use storage media with some models.
• Network
  • You can now download and save music and video files on the hard disk under [Internet Browser].
  • You can now download the following types of content under [PLAYSTATION Store].
    − PLAYSTATION 3 format software
    − PLAYSTATION Network titles
    The term "PLAYSTATION Network titles" refers to PlayStation format games (PS one) downloaded from PLAYSTATION Store and PSP format games distributed electronically.
  • Simplified and traditional Chinese characters can now be displayed under [Internet Browser].
  • [Online Instruction Manuals] has been added as a feature.
• Friends
  • New for 1.11: [Account Management] has been added.
• Other
  • The method of calculating hard disk capacity has been changed.
    Free space on the hard disk is calculated as 1 GB (1024 x 1024 x 1024) = approx. 1,073,740,000 bytes. As a result, the free space value displayed may be less than the value that is mentioned under specifications in the product documentation. You can check hard disk free space under [Settings] > [System Settings] > [System Information].
  • Playability status with the PS3 system has changed for some PlayStation and PlayStation2 format titles. To check on the latest status, visit the search site for compatible titles.
  • New for 1.11: Some PLAYSTATION Network features have been revised.