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The PS3's XMB interface A logo featured on devices with the XrossMediaBar Interface used on the PlayStation 3 and other Sony products The XrossMediaBar (pronounced "cross-media bar" and officially abbreviated as XMB ) is a graphical user interface developed by Sony Computer Entertainment .
The 2011 PlayStation Network outage (sometimes referred to as the 2011 PSN Hack) was the result of an "external intrusion" on Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, in which personal details from approximately 77 million accounts were compromised and prevented users of PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles from accessing the service.
PlayStation 3 Jailbreak was the first USB (Universal Serial Bus) chipset that allowed unauthorized execution of code, similar to homebrew, on the PlayStation 3. It works by bypassing a system security check using a memory exploit ( heap overflow ) which occurs with USB devices that allows the execution of unsigned code .
Both directors have backgrounds of developing game console software development tools, such as SNASM and Psy-Q, at Cross Products and later Psygnosis. SN Systems' long association with the PlayStation line of consoles began in 1993, when PlayStation manufacturer Sony acquired Psygnosis, who were publishing SN Systems' tools at the time.
2. In the menu window, move your pointer over More Tools, and then click Clear browsing data. 3. In the box that appears, select the checkboxes for the types of browsing information that you want to remove. 4. At the top of the box, click the drop-down menu to select the amount of data that you want to delete. Select beginning of time to delete ...
The PS3 supports both the USB EyeToy camera/webcam and SOCOM Headset for video and voice chat. A memory card adapter is available so users can copy their old PS/PS2 game saves to a virtual memory card on the PS3's hard drive. [55] The PlayStation 3 can also use Memory Sticks to store and save data for PlayStation and PlayStation 2 software. [56]
The screen recording capability of some screen capture programs is a time-saving way to create instructions and presentations, but the resulting files are often large. A common problem with video recordings is the action jumps, instead of flowing smoothly, due to low frame rate.
Also, the PSN Store is tied to each user's PSN account, and payment methods for PSN is also region-locked. For example, a user with a Japanese PSN account will only be able to access the Japanese PSN store despite owning a U.S. PS3, and can only pay for a game with a Japanese PSN gift card or Japanese credit card.