Sony has released firmware update 3.42. No it still doesn't have cross-game chat. Yes it does apparently have a way to kill the use of "all variants of the USB-hub emulating exploit (PSFreedom, PSGroove, PSJailbreak)", back up - or piracy - devices.Sony itself hasn't stated that. In fact, John Koller, the company's Director of Hardware Marketing told the US
PS3 blog that, "A minor update to your PS3 system is now available via system software update v3.42 that includes additional security features."
It was down to the
Exophase site to delve into the update and post the update regarding crippling of back-up devices.