If you're one of the fortunate few to have scooped up a Sony PlayStation 3 (and not gotten mugged in the process), and you're looking for a tax break, I have some good news: You might be able to count your new "toy" as a business expense. Seems that Sony was good enough to make available a download called Open Platform for PlayStation 3, which enables users to install third-party apps on their PS3s. Some Linux e If you’re one of the fortunate few to have scooped up a Sony PlayStation 3 (and not gotten mugged in the process), and you’re looking for a tax break, I have some good news: You might be able to count your new “toy” as a business expense.Seems that Sony was good enough to make available a download called Open Platform for PlayStation 3, which enables users to install third-party apps on their PS3s. Some Linux enthusiasts are already taking advantage of it by loading their shiny new systems with Fedora Core 5 OS.Intrigued? Well, QJ.net has some instructions on how to go about doing the installation, and videos are popping up on sites like YouTube showing how it’s done. According to QJ.net, once you’ve put Fedora on your PS3, “you will be able to install any app as long as it has a PPC build of it. That includes most major applications like Mozilla Firefox, VLC player, and more.”Let’s face it: The PlayStation 3 could be aptly dubbed The Work-and-PlayStation 3, representing a laudable convergence of home entertainment and the home office. Technologically speaking, it’s really an intriguing piece of machinery, rivaling, if not trumping, the high-end desktop systems on the market. Just check out the specs. In addition to having Blu-Ray optical drive and built-in 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, it’s the first commercial device powered by the Cell processor, a 3.2GHz chip that Sony developed with assistance from IBM and Toshiba. Boasting seven SPEs, the chip is said to perform at 218 gigaflops.Plus it has six USB ports, convenient for plugging in your mouse and keyboard as you run Fedora, Firefox, or whatever applications you install on the system. What do you think about the PS3? Have we witnessed an evolution in desktop computing here, or is it just another expensive toy? Technology Industry