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PS3 bug fixed – game on!

Sony has fixed the PS3 leap-year bug.They promised the problem would be sorted within 24 hours and they delivered. It's now safe to switch on your PS3

Dan Grabham Dan Grabham

Sony has fixed the PS3 leap-year bug.

They promised the problem would be sorted within 24 hours and they delivered. It’s now safe to switch on your PS3 again.

The problem was an internal clock error where the PS3 thought 2010 was a leap year, resulting in crashes and error messages when connecting to the internet.

Right, after that short hiatus it’s back to RSI City…

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home

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