Tomorrow a new firmware update will be arriving from Sony for the PlayStation 3. Update 4.30 will bring only a few small changes, noticeably the Trophies section is moving from the games section of the XMB to the PSN section. Furthermore, Trophies earned on your PlayStation Vita will now also be displayed on the PS3.
Sony is also getting rid of Folding@home. The Folding@home project, for those who don’t recall, utilizes the idle processing power of personal computers and PlayStation 3 consoles to help further Stanford University disease research. Vijay Pande, Stanford’s Folding@home research lead tells PlayStation Blog that the PS3 “was a game changer for Folding@home.” The project, and by extension the contribution of PS3 users, has helped pave the way to “a new strategy to fight Alzheimer’s disease” and potentially a viable drug.
Those who wish to continue (or begin) supporting Folding@home may still do so via Windows, Mac or Linux.
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