Sony has made the manual for the PlayStation 3 viewable online, giving you full access the PS3's abilities.

ps3 final hardware 11 - View the PS3 manual online now

Yes, you read the headline correctly, people from all over the world can now access the PS3 manual online. Ok, we know that manuals are often never read, but perhaps this manual will be of some interest to you.

Having had a quick look, there doesn't appear to be anything overly interesting on offer. I did notice that there appears to be no option to stream media files (video, images and audio) from a PC to the PlayStation 3 - something which has been possible with the Xbox 360 in a limited capacity from day one.

You can also read up on the friends list functionality and other such exciting features.