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Skype hit the PSP just about two years ago, so why isn't it on the PS3? We've got the Playstation Eye for video chat and as a mic, we have headsets of various USB and bluetooth flavors we can use, and we have a broadband internet connection. From an economic standpoint, Sony would just cough up the cash for initial development and then run on Skype's servers, no muss no fuss. Heck, maybe Skype would cover the costs themselves. Read more »

hints of Adhoc Party appearing in September's release of PS3 Firmware 3.00 for North America do come true, I will be stuck with an even bigger list of older PSP titles I would want to buy and play online. Enough grumping about not having infinite time and money: to the games! Read more »

I never really expected the PS3 web browser to amount to much, but Sony has proven me wrong by upgrading it bit by bit. Yesterday's firmware release of 2.53 has added support for full-screen Flash playback. This brings Hulu and other entertainment streaming sites onto the system without any additional software being needed.

I even tested it out by watching the entire The Simpsons MyPod episode. The playback does happen at a bit of a lower framerate than I think you'd see on a desktop, but I got used to it.

Really, all they need now is integrated Netflix support, which frankly I'd pay a one-time fee for in return for it being officially supported by both Sony and Netflix, as opposed to TheMediaMall's PlayOn software. I did try PlayOn but found that it failed in one critical aspect as of a few weeks ago. It can't fast forward to a given point within a show to resume playing. When a stream craps out due to random network congestion 30 minutes into a 42-minute TV show, that just won't cut it. As for streaming from sites like Hulu and YouTube I found it worked very well and had better picture quality than the PS3 browser does now.

Still, free is free, so take it for a spin and tell us what you watched if you want to share!

Seen on the PS Blog.

From TripleTags.

Last night while playing Burnout Paradise I discovered that the 2.50 firmware had changed how to connect bluetooth headsets to the machine. It already listed my Plantronics headset since I'd paired it long ago, but I had to push triangle on where it was set as an input or output device, then select Connect. Once connected a blue led graphic appeared beside where it was listed on-screen. Read more »

It looks like Sony's PSP Store promised earlier this year is coming closer to reality. This Fall in Japan gamers will be able to download content and games from the Store directly to their handheld machine. Read more »