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Confused about the hackability of your PSP?

Forum user, Draik has just updated his guide to PSP’s and the ability to hack them. In the midst of excitement of the Gripshift exploit, many of you may be wondering if it even applies to your PSP. Maybe it can be hacked already. Click [...]

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PSP Pandora Deluxe v3.1

DJB has rolled out a minor update to his all-in-one Pandora solution. Changelog: v3.1 (2009-01-08) - Replaced the Readme screen with a Status screen. - Updated the following Support Tools:   Hold+ 3.5 (XMB)

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Sony replies to PSP successor rumours

News going around that Sony is already working on a PSP-4000 and PSP2 have been quickly denied by John Koller of SCE. He explained that it was a misinterpretation, and says that Sony is urging developers to move away from the UMD platform and onto [...]

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Despertar del Cementerio v8 released

Dark_AleX has updated his Despertar del Cementerio tool to version 8. This will now allow users to create MMS sticks that go directly to 5.00 M33-4, which appears to be the only change from DCv7. Note that this will NOT work with PSP-3000 models and [...]

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PSP Pandora Deluxe v3.0

Version 3.0 of DJB’s PSP Pandora Deluxe has just been released. Here’s the changelog: v3.0 (2008-12-19) - Added Despertar Cementerio v8. - Updated the following Support Tools: Hold+ 3.42 (XMB) Download via forums.

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PSP Pandora Deluxe v2.9

DJB’s all-in-one PSP Pandora and MMS application has just been updated to version 2.9. Changelog: v2.9 (2008-12-14) - Updated 5.00 M33-3 Installer to 5.00 M33-4. - Updated the following Support Tools: Hold+ 3.41 (XMB) PSP Filer 5.7 (XMB) Recovery Flasher 1.50 (Pandora) Download via: forums

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PSP 2? Maybe not.

David Reeves of SCEE says that there are no plans for a “PSP 2″ anytime soon, or maybe at all. Here’s what he had to say: “No, there are currently no plans for a PSP2. I go to Tokyo quite a lot and no one [...]

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PSP Converter v1.04

KG6ZVP has updated his video converter to version 1.04. Features include: Auto Gordian Knot Style DVD-Ripping (Drag and Drop first VOB of a Title) Support for 720×480 Encoding No longer a need to select Aspect Ratio (4:3, 16:9, etc.) Simply select NTSC or PAL and [...]

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The official PlayStation Credit Card

Great news for you Sony fanboys. John Koller of PlayStation has just announced the new credit cards “to offer fans a new way to show off their PlayStation pride” and as a bonus, you’ll get reward points towards other PS and Sony products. But wait, [...]

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TA-088v3 partially hacked

brokencodes, of the Dark-AleX.org forums has gotten into part of the motherboard’s signing code. What does this mean? It means we’re one step closer to hacking these buggers once and for all. For now, its only a partial code but expect to see it cracked [...]

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PSP Pandora Deluxe v2.8

DJB’s ever useful MMS maker and toolbox has been updated to version 2.3. What’s new: UMDumper has now been removed from the Support Tools, and UMDrip has been put in its places. FuSa SD and Hold+ were also updated to their latest versions. Changelog: v2.8 [...]

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PSP-3000 hacked, sorta

But not by Dark~AleX. Guess who? Datel out of all people have “cracked” the PSP-3000 and booted it with a new TOOL battery. Compatible with the PSP-2000 and 3000, it goes for $19.99 in the UK and $29.99 in North America late this month. BUT! [...]

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PSP Converter v1.03

KG6ZVP has released a new version of the video converter previously posted here. Features include: AutoGK style DVD-Ripping (Simply drag and drop the first VOB of a title!) On-the-fly decrypting of factory DVDs! Encoding via x264.exe (Vastly superior quality) Includes all features of previous builds, [...]

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Datel profiting off the work of non-profit PSP coders

Remember Datel’s Action Replay for the PSP? Upon inspection by Dark_AleX and VoidPointer, it appears that the $40 device actually contains the IPL used in Pandora within the supplied memory stick. Datel’ Action Replay does uses code that isn’t from itself, code that isn’t distributed [...]