Emerging from the depths of the protoplasmic homebrew swamps (of which we’ve all grown peculiarly fond) is a little itty-bitty update to a little itty-bitty application by the name of PSN License Manager. Its developer, the tremendous, startlingly inverted underworld codesetter, Light_AleX, has delivered unto us a few new tweaks and adjustments for the new version.

PSN License Manager v0.17 offers up a new “toggle USB” feature that permits direct access to the memory stick without having to return to the XMB after a backup is successfully executed.

We encourage each and every one of y’all to thoroughly examine the readme file,…

Check out the newest version of OpenBOR, offered up by the adept backyard arch-implementer, SX. Check out the currently changelog, which documents the changes to the previous “Build 2227” as well:

Build 2227:

• Water Crash resolved.
• Memory Leaks for animations resolved.

Build 2227-a:

• FG Panel flickering fixed.
• Dreamcast Build Included  16/32 Bit modes not implemented yet.

In the small chance you’ve just hopped on board the BOR train, OpenBOR is an open source implementation of the game engine Beats of Rage. The reason that you’ll want to own this particularly awesome piece of code is because it’s one of the most popular cross-platform home-cooked open source projects…

We’re taking a look at Nand Currency v1.00, a little home cooked utility that promises to facilitate a process known as “nand dumping.” Now, in case you’re new to the term, we’ll deliver unto you a bit of background information before you move forward:

A NAND dump is a physical back-up of a little chip inside your PlayStation Portable. The chip stores all of the files that your PSP relies on to properly start up; namely, the IPL, the lflash, and the IDStorage. A healthy NAND dump can go a long towards quickly and efficiently unbricking your PSP.

Nand Currency makes the…

Coming in screaming like a fastball is a new update to the popular homebrewed video conversion application, PSPVC. The new update promises a more enjoyable user experience, the product of numerous surgical program enhancements. PSPVC v3.70 arrives on our screens courtesy of the courageous code chirurgeon, Nick Swardh, who offers up the changelog below:

• Added options to select where in the video the Logo/Watermark should be displayed
• Added Fade In/Out options to the Logo/Watermark feature
• Added options to select default languages for Audio and Subtitles
• dded option to cancel the shutdown-timer if needed
• Increased the Audio Delay range from 10 to 20 seconds
• Fixed a fade…

Another new version of Flash Spacer, fresh on the heels of its immediate predecessor, has just dropped into our laps, courtesy of the divine delineator of debugging, his good and righteous Awesomeness, alex e. A few great new features have been included, as well as a couple of quick fixes and an overall tweaking of the codebody. Check out the changelog:

Changelog:

• further new sleek menu
• easy to follow selections
• improved code
• added a function to remove the dic folder (the dic folder is used for japenese games. if you try to play a game or use a function that requires these, the PSP will…

The unstoppable underground überprogrammer, Mr305, has just released a monstrous update to his homebrew masterpiece, TweakDISPLAY. The home-cooked program hacks into your PlayStation Portable (with surgical precision and safety) to produce some truly amazing visual effects; for instance, you can flip the display upside down, deploy some gnarly visual filters, shift the color spectrum, and do a whole bunch of eye-boggling tricks that’ll get your friends jealous and make your brain bleed with excitement. Check out this rather meaty changelog for TweakDISPLAY v1.0.1151:

• VshMenu Now works.
• NEW EFFECT: Added Flip Mode 30 Stable; No memory leaks, no crashes, No screen artifacts, however…

It was only a matter time before it happened: The globally respected homebrew phenomenon and transcendental champion of the scene, MaTiAz, had discovered a brand new exploit for to get completely out of our minds about. For now, the exploit seems only to work on the PSP Fat, but MaTiAz promises forthcoming compatibility with the Slim. Here’s what the intrepid source scientist has to say about his shocking discovery:

Hello World for PSP firmware 5.03

• The days of TIFF based exploits aren’t long gone, at least not yet
• Here’s the third TIFF exploit for the PSP, enjoy.
• Just copy the files to the memory…

The acclaimed underworld algorithm archnemesis, Zx-81, is back with an update to his critically revered homebrew text editor, PSPWrite. With the jump to PSPWrite v1.2.1, Zx-81 offers up a clutch read-only mode that enables the PlayStation Portable to function as a book reader. Also, you’ll be able to work closely even with the more gargantuan of text files in both conventional DOS and Unix modes. Check out a few words from the developer himself, who does wish us all a Happy Easter, to boot:

Here is a new version of PSPWrite the text editor for PSP.

• It permits to edit even huge…