Firmware 2.42 is live; ready for Life with PlayStation?

Firmware 2.4 has gone live on the PS3.

According to Eric Lempel at SCEA, this update "improves the playback quality of some PLAYSTATION 3 and PlayStation format software".

Given the PS3 community were told that Life with PlayStation was due to launch before the end of the month, we wonder if there is code in this update that might be made 'live' on Thursday with a corresponding PS Store download...

I guess we'll find out if LwP is going to arrive on time in less than 48 hours.

[UPDATE] There is at least anecdotal evidence suggesting Trophy and gamer profile load times are faster. Let us know if you experience this, or any other improvements, in the comments...