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Judge Dismisses PlayStation 3 ‘Other OS’ Removal Class Action Suit
A federal judge has dismissed all of the counts brought against Sony in a class action suit over the disabling of PlayStation 3’s “Other OS” feature last year. The feature was primarily used to install versions of the open source Linux operating system on the console, allowing home users to tap into the PlayStation 3 for homemade applications. In April 2010, Sony released a PS3 firmware upgrade removing the console’s Other OS functions as a …





