Coming in fresh from the homebrew code technician, jojojoris, is an interesting little utility that’ll ensure that you can kill the volume on your PSP in a pinch if you’ve forgotten to turn the sound down and you unwittingly turn the PSP back on at an inappropriate time. The developer puts it anecdotally as below – see if you can relate:

“Imagine: You are bored in boring math class. Your teacher is boring and the whole school is boring. You want to play a game on your psp. So you turn on your psp and then it happened. Last time you…

The popular homebrew shell alternative to XMB, IvEr PSP, celebrates the big three-oh-oh today. The renowned master brewer, cobra77380, has just released IvEr PSP v3.00. Its graphics are clearly inspired by those found on the iPhone. Also in this version is the addition of some emulators and the interesting ability to launch PSX games. Have a gander at the changelog for version 3.00:

Changelog for v3.00

• Graphics-completely renovated
• New File Browser which allows you to read many types of files and allows editing of folders
• Igames also now allows the execution of PSX games
• iNotes became LUAProg
• Agguinto-iEmule, which keeps the running emulators pre-loaded. Includes Nintendo64…

The scintillating underworld programmer, Torch, returns today with an update to his popular, power-optimizing, homebrewed plugin. Hold+ v3.7 will ensure that your PSP gets the most life possible out of its battery by carefully managing energy-using elements of the hardware. Check out the changelog for this version:

Changelog for Hold+ v3.7:

• Optimized Code.
• Proper fixed to prevent any chance of accidental suspend when coming out of hold mode due to pushing switch too far.
• LEDs do not blink every 30 seconds anymore.

This application comes to us highly recommended. Fans of Hold+ will appreciate the update; Torch’s work in this new version has produced a…

Coming out of the brewer’s cauldron steaming hot is a new application, currently still in beta, that allows users of the PSP browser to overcome memory limitations and experience a much smoother Internet. The formidable programming group, Team P86, offers up Netfront Internet Browser Beta. The spokesman for the project, the astute application athlete, Ardatan, offers up a few notes on the new project:

• You know, Sony limits our memory in Internet Browser. So we cannot play big flash games and open big web sites.
• This mod removes this limitation. And you can use all of the memory that your PSP has.
• If…

Back again with another much-anticipated update to his fantastic streaming video application is the prime programming progenitor, JK108. This time, he’s got Ultimate PSPTube v2.0, and he offers up a ton of bugfixes as well as support for two new sites. Check out the lengthy changelog for v2.0:

• Kontraband is now included
• Wank.To is now included
• Fixed YouTube after the videos stopped working
• Fixed a bug in YouTube which caused it to display some searches incorrectly if they had few results
• Fixed a bug in MetaCafe which caused it to only show the first page
• Fixed a bug in Spike which caused it to only show…

Up fresh in its nascent stages is an interesting little drawing utility that looks good enough to waste at least a few minutes on. The cheerful underworld coder,  ZeroXorXdieXskater is back with Etch-A-Sketch Portable v0.1. Here’s a little statement from the developer, as well as a few tips on the controls:

“Etch A Sketch Portable is just what the title implies.

Not only do you have the ability to make cool retro drawings

you can change the color of your Etch A Sketch as well.

I whipped this up in an afternoon so the graphics are not

too good. I may update them.”

–//What are the…

The epic homebrew celebrity, Total_Noob, has just delivered a new update to his Ultimate VSH Menu application. Ultimate VSH Menu v1.06 offers up a bunch of new changes, including what the developer claims is a perfectly-working recovery menu. Also, the new software should work without a hitch with CFW 5.00 M33-6. Check out the new version’s changelog and a couple of quick notes:

Changelog v1.06:

• Now, “RECOVERY MENU” work PERFECT
• Now you can select “EXIT” to exit recovery menu with save
• “Run program at /PSP/GAME/RECOVERY/EBOOT.PBP” work now
• Exit recovery menu without save, with SELECT or HOME
• Added “AUTORUN PROGRAM” to autoboot program at /PSP/GAME/BOOT/EBOOT.PBP
• Added a function…