<s>
Life	B-Application
with	I-Application
PlayStation	I-Application
was	O
an	O
online	O
multimedia	O
application	B-Application
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	B-Application
had	O
four	O
channels	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
revolved	O
around	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
globe	I-Application
that	O
displayed	O
information	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
channel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	B-Application
also	O
included	O
a	O
client	O
for	O
Folding	B-Application
@home	I-Application
,	O
a	O
distributed	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
project	O
aimed	O
at	O
disease	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2006	O
,	O
Stanford	O
University	O
in	O
Silicon	O
Valley	O
,	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
protein	O
folding	O
client	O
would	O
be	O
available	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
PS3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Sony	O
updated	O
the	O
Folding	B-Application
@home	I-Application
client	O
to	O
version	O
1.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
update	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
run	O
music	O
stored	O
on	O
their	O
hard	O
drives	O
while	O
contributing	O
to	O
Folding	B-Application
@home	I-Application
and	O
automatically	O
shut	O
down	O
their	O
console	O
after	O
existing	O
simulation	O
work	O
was	O
done	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
update	O
also	O
added	O
the	O
Generalized	O
Born	O
implicit	O
solvent	O
model	O
,	O
which	O
broadened	O
the	B-Operating_System
PS3	I-Operating_System
client	O
's	O
computing	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
18	O
,	O
2008	O
the	B-Operating_System
PS3	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
Folding	B-Application
@home	I-Application
client	O
became	O
Life	B-Application
With	I-Application
PlayStation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	B-Application
became	O
available	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PS3	I-Operating_System
in	O
March	O
2007	O
and	O
became	O
a	O
channel	O
on	O
Life	B-Application
with	I-Application
PlayStation	I-Application
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
system	B-Operating_System
software	I-Operating_System
version	O
4.30	O
,	O
the	O
Folding	B-Application
@home	I-Application
PS3	B-Operating_System
client	O
and	O
all	O
other	O
services	O
under	O
Life	B-Application
with	I-Application
PlayStation	I-Application
were	O
discontinued	O
on	O
November	O
6	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Life	B-Application
with	I-Application
PlayStation	I-Application
was	O
then	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
XrossMediaBar	B-Device
for	O
new	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Life	B-Application
with	I-Application
PlayStation	I-Application
featured	O
five	O
channels	O
which	O
were	O
updated	O
frequently	O
with	O
new	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	B-Application
provided	O
the	O
user	O
with	O
access	O
to	O
information	O
"	O
channels	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
Live	O
Channel	O
which	O
offered	O
news	O
headlines	O
and	O
weather	O
through	O
a	O
3D	O
globe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
could	O
rotate	O
and	O
zoom	O
into	O
any	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
to	O
access	O
information	O
provided	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
and	O
The	O
Weather	O
Channel	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	O
Channel	O
was	O
a	O
news	O
,	O
time	B-Device
zone	I-Device
and	O
weather	O
feed	O
,	O
which	O
provided	O
users	O
with	O
information	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
News	I-Application
and	O
The	O
Weather	O
Channel	O
organized	O
by	O
city	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
content	O
included	O
live	O
camera	O
feeds	O
and	O
cloud	O
data	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	B-Application
only	O
supported	O
certain	O
cities	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
with	O
limited	O
coverage	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
with	O
the	O
continent	O
Africa	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
four	O
cities	O
covered	O
by	O
the	O
Live	O
Channel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Life	B-Application
with	I-Application
PlayStation	I-Application
also	O
hosted	O
an	O
application	B-Application
for	O
Folding	B-Application
@home	I-Application
,	O
a	O
distributed	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
project	O
for	O
disease	O
research	O
that	O
simulated	O
protein	O
folding	O
and	O
other	O
molecular	O
dynamics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
contribute	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
by	O
leaving	O
their	O
client	O
to	O
run	O
Folding	B-Application
@home	I-Application
while	O
not	O
playing	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	B-Application
displayed	O
a	O
live	O
rendering	O
of	O
the	O
protein	O
being	O
folded	O
and	O
some	O
statistical	O
information	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
globe	I-Application
background	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
users	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
the	O
PSN	B-Device
game	O
trailers	O
channel	O
allowed	O
direct	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
streaming	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
Store	O
's	O
game	O
trailers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
allowed	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
purchase	O
titles	O
from	O
the	O
store	O
,	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
leave	O
the	O
application	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
channels	O
,	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
's	O
also	O
featured	O
photo	O
slideshow	O
viewing	O
,	O
music	O
&	O
video	O
playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
Life	B-Application
with	I-Application
PlayStation	I-Application
had	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
globe	I-Application
that	O
was	O
periodically	O
updated	O
from	O
servers	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
cloud	O
,	O
weather	O
,	O
live	O
camera	O
feed	O
and	O
news	O
update	O
data	O
were	O
all	O
up	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
Folding	B-Application
@home	I-Application
protein	O
folding	O
could	O
be	O
disabled	O
.	O
</s>
