New VolDown Plugin Might Save Your Butt

March 31, 2009
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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…

IvEr PSP v3.00 Arrives To The Cheers Of Fans

March 31, 2009
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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…

Hold+ v3.7 Helps Save Your PSP Battery

March 31, 2009
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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…

Woman Charged With Hurling PlayStation 3

March 30, 2009
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In a bizarre piece of off-beat news, a woman in Carlisle, PA, appears to face multiple charges after angrily throwing a PlayStation 3 out of a third story window.

Shabre L. Cumberbatch, age 18, of the first block of West North Street, Carlisle, was charged with propulsion of missiles, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief for the incident. Police allege that around 9:52 a.m. on Sunday, the PlayStation came flying out of a third-story window and hit a car that was driving on West North Street. Cumberbatch also damaged a $50 set of blinds during the process of hurling the PS3. As…

Netfront Internet Browser Beta Accelerates Your Browsing

March 30, 2009
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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…

Ultimate PSPTube v2.0 Is Ready To Rock

March 30, 2009
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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…

New World Of Warcraft Theme Arrives For Your PSP

March 29, 2009
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Fresh off the theme creators’ pipeline is a new World Of Warcraft theme for fans of the massively multiplayer online game. Chances are you or someone close to you is already infected by this sinister, fast-moving viral virtual life, which has spread itself across the global in epic pandemic proportions since its inception in 2004.

World Of Warcraft, or WoW has about 11.5 million monthly subscribers, making it the world’s largest MMORPG in terms of subscription. It also holds the Guinness World Record for most popular MMORPG in the world. Several expansions have augmented the game since the official first release…

Hardware Sales Figures In Japan Show The PSP On The Rise

March 29, 2009
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New console sales numbers from Japan have arrived from Media Create, demonstrating an upward trend for the PSP. The DSi, unsurprisingly, is holding a solid first, while the PSP climbs into the second spot by a significant margin. PS3 figures have dropped about 3,000 since the last poll, but still the system still holds strongly over the Wii. Xbox 360 is way down there around the PlayStation 2. Here’s the official list:

  1. Nintendo DSi: 71,233
  2. Playstation Portable: 65,765
  3. Playstation 3: 25,435
  4. Nintendo Wii: 18,095
  5. Nintendo DS Lite: 8,948
  6. Xbox 360: 5,441
  7. Playstation 2: 5,067

We’re anxious to see the next round of numbers, hoping to see a consistent…

Etch-A-Sketch Portable v0.1 Makes A Dashing Debut

March 29, 2009
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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…

Ultimate VSH Menu v1.06 Arrives

March 29, 2009
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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…