Go!Messenger Released, European uses are now able to to download the Go!Messenger client. Also there is a work around so non European uses can install the client. Go!Messenger is a video and voice chat client and Instant messanger. You’ll need a BT account and a Go!Messenger account. You can sign up for both from the Go!Messenger website through your PSP browser.

For non European here’s that work around:

1. Boot to the custom firmware recovery console (hold R-Trigger when booting)
2. Browse to Configuration and set “Fake region” to Europe
3. Back, then Exit
4. Select the Go!Messenger icon, download and install the client
5. Connect PSP via USB or use something like PSP Filer
6. Copy (don’t move) PSP/APP/ULES00856 to PSP/GAME/ULES00856; keep a copy of DATA.DRM in PSP/APP/ULES00856
7. Optionally reset your region back to the default (using the recovery console)
8. Launch Go!Messenger from the game menu and sign up

Sony have announced that Go!Messenger will be launched this Friday in Europe. Go!Messenger will allow PSP users to video call, talk and send instant messages to each other via wifi. Go!Messenger will be available for download through the Go!Messenger icon found already found under the Network section 3.90 XMB.

Brings Friends Closer Together With Go!Messenger

Video chat, voice chat and instant messaging for PSP

27th February 2008. Friends and Gamers can be that little closer together with the launch of Go!Messenger, the new wireless communication package for PSP™ (PlayStation® portable) from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) and BT.

PSP users can now keep in touch with each other, for free[1"], from any wireless broadband internet connection. Go!Messenger will allow gamers to Video, Voice and Instant Message (IM) each other from anywhere in the world all from their PSPs. When connected to a Go!Cam, the attachable video camera and microphone for PSP, users also have the ability to make video calls to their friends and leave fun video and voice messages.

Go!Messenger has been developed in partnership with BT, allowing users to connect to wireless broadband at over 2,500 BT Openzone hotspots and in and around city centres. Users will have the freedom of a mobile phone except that through Go! Messenger all calls to other users are free1.

“With Go!Messenger, the PSP is pushing new boundaries, adding unique communication features to all the existing multimedia experiences,” said Stephane Hareau, PSP European Marketing Manager. “Enabling more than 8.5 Million PSP users across the SCEE region to communicate with each other, through Video or Voice chat, truly confirms the always evolving nature and potential of PSP.”

Warren Buckley, BT Group Director Mobility & Convergence said, “By working with PlayStation, BT is helping to consolidate PSP as a communications and entertainment device that will sit at the heart of a PSP user’s digital lifestyle. For the first time, the PSP community can stay constantly connected through voice and video chat and instant messaging both in and out of the home. We believe that this exciting development will only help SCEE to attract even more customers for the PSP.”

Sakya, developer of LightMP3 has released an update to his light audio player for PSP. This update features many bug fixes with auto cover art retrieval from ID3v2 tags, added FLAC support and a search function.

The PSPUAE Team and FOL have released an update to PSPUAE. The PSP Amiga emulator. If your not sure what an Amiga is or Commodore, I guess you were an 80’s child Wiki has a good write up on the Amiga. Anyway here’s the changelog:

V0.70 - FOL update

* Added alot of Rics FAMEC code and optimisations. (Gave some speed increase)
* Altered Hsync handler. (Removes slow down when sprites on screen, with CPU = MAX)
* Altered CPU CYCLE UNIT to 256 (Gave the most speed increase)
* Altered CHIPSET settings (To fall inline with CPU CYCLE UNIT change, its now a much more finer setting than in previous versions. Giving better results)
* Added Rics FAMEC Sound code (Still clicks, we know what the problem is, but i need help to solve it)
* Added Interpolation 4CH Sound under sound menu (This can improve sound slighty)
* Altered HEAP SIZE for available memory to PSPUAE (This solves all memory problems)
* Added Rics FAMEC FrameSkip Algorithm (This gives a finer smoother Auto FrameSkip)

Source: PSPUAE

Cpasjuste has released Custom Firmware Extender 2.2. This newest release features music playback, so you can now listen to your own tunes wherever you like in your PSP. (This was released in version 2.1) However version 2.2 is a quick bug fix release for 2.1.

CFE v2.2 changes:

Fixed a bug that prevented the music playback function from working.

CFE v2.1 changes:

* Added music playback based on music.prx by joek2100. (only tested under 3.90fw), default combo button for the music menu is NOTE+SQUARE.
* Changed the way we reboot from one firmware to another firmware with Time Machine, the original configuration file is now backup and restored at each boot.

Homebrew developer Mediumgauge bumped PSP Filer up to version 4.8. This release has some minor updates and bugfixes to PSP Filer, the PSP file management application.

Changelog

* Added Hungarian mode.
* Fixed a bug that some kind of file in RAR was considered as a directory.
* Fixed a bug that Filer was crashed when it tried to open an encrypted RAR archive.
* Fixed a bug that Filer was crashed when it tried to open a RAR archive on few memory.
* Chased to fix that extracted files and folders from archive files would be Read-only and could not change nor delete anymore under CFW 3.90 or later.
* Fixed a bug that Filer was crashed when it tried to rename a long file name (more than 128 bytes).

Cpasjuste has released version 2.0 of the popular Custom Firmware Extender. The application now supports 3.90 M33 together with 1.50 and the time machine version of 3.40.A major update is the ability to reboot to another Time Machine firmware at an instant.

Here’s the full change log:

* Removed usb/wifi ISO streaming for multiples reason, principaly it was not the goal of cfe at the beginning. There is now “USB ISO Loader” by psp.padawan that will do the job well. You should soon be able to grab it from http://www.mydedibox.fr/~psppadawan/
* 390m33-2 and 150_340TM custom firmware now supported (cfe should now work on any firmware), note that on the 150_340 time machine firmware, the ftpd server will not work, and remotejoy under ISO/HOMEBREWS won’t work too for now. All other functions should work well.
* Time Machine compatibility : You can now reboot “on the fly” from one time machine firmware to another, just edit the cfe.config file under “ms0:/seplugins/cfe/” to choose which firmware you will reboot to by pressing a combo button. Format is the same as the original time machine configuration file. Default configuration is NOTE+LEFT => reboot to 150_340 firmware, NOTE+RIGHT => normal reboot (NAND).
* Remotejoy fixed to work on both slim and phat psp, without savegame bugs, so it should now be completely usable for gaming and recording.
* Tested on 390m33-2 and 150_340TM firmware on SLIM and PHAT psp.
* And more, can’t remember all the work i have done on this

Homemister has released an update to System Player 101. This new release features CPU Auto-throttling which gives the ned user longer battery life.

Changelog:

3.90M33 SystemInfo Bug fixed
CPU auto Throttling introduced (longer Battery life)
Fixed the Visualtions not changing song after the end of the prevous song
Also my New Lua Player HM (HM = Homemister) is installed so System Player 101 can be run on Slim and Phat. Also alows the Auto Cpu Throttling to work plus it is faster and more reliable.

Via: QJ.net

SofiyaCat has released an update to the almighty “PSPTube”. If you aren’t already familiar with the application, it lets you view .flv files directly from sites like “YouTube” or “DailyMotion” without the need to convert them.There only seems to be one change. Here’s what the web translator tells us:

“Video version of the search in response to changes in specifications”

We’re not sure what that means but you can go ahead and update and see what you find.

Be advised that this update only contains the eboot so you need to overwrite the existing eboot with this one.

Download at NekoMiMi

Dark_AleX has release TimeMachine. Its a homebrew application that allows users to load previous firmware releases from the memory stick using Pandora.

From Dax’s readme:

The Timemachine is a program to load previous firmwares and custom firmwares from memory stick
using pandora. Like devhook, but working throgh pandora and custom ipl’s, it would work even if the
flash and nand ipl of the machine is destroyed.
The timemachine is useful to run software that is not supported anymore, and also as a way of
booting psp’s even if the internal firmware is destroyed. It can also be useful for developers
to test their homebrew in different firmwares.

Currently the timemachine can install the following firmwares:

- Original 1.50 (can only be loaded on the phat)
- 1.50 with some 3.40 hw modules. Can be loaded on both, phat and slim.
- 3.40 OE (can only be loaded on phat)
- 3.60 M33 (can only be loaded on slim)

Rest of cfw will be added in the future.

Requeriments of time machine:

- The timemachine itself doesn’t require any firmware, only a pandora battery.
Timemachine nand boot in slim, requires, however, 3.90 M33-2 or greater.
- The timemachine installer requires 2.71 SE or higher.

Instructions: Copy the TIMEMACHINE folder to /PSP/GAME and run.

Thanks finalgamerX for the heads up!