Here it is, finally, the "full" release of Project4, its almost killed me (or my testers have almost killed me) getting it released, but its done - finally!

It now sports a few minor application extras, such as a calendar, calculator, stopwatch, all of which are still pretty basic and no doubt buggy - these I plan on updating properly in the future, for now they are there simply as a base to work upon later.

The major updates for this version come in usability, and user friendliness. The first update is a new easier to read configuration file, which now supports comments and more options, this gives an easier and more varied look for Project4, by simply changing icon placement or colours, and theres no more in depth thinking as to which part you are editing, the information is all there in the file.
The next thing is shortcut buttons, a file located in flash1:/P4/ can be used to link programs to buttons (and I may hazard a guess to say files too, but I've not tested), meaning if you want to have something like iRShell on there for loading the web browser or whatever, you can simply press the key combo and its launched.
The main update though, the one thats driven me over the barrier of insanity and back into sanity in a full circle... plugin support of files. This expands Project4's usage far beyond its original capabilities, simply editing the shortcut file in flash1:/P4/ will allow a program to load a file thus supporting any file that can be used by another application, its still not working how I wanted it working, because some files will not be opened by the application, I am currently looking into possible ways to fix it.

Theres also some nice graphic changes, namely in EBOOT loading, in old versions you just got the "Request" menu screen, in this version it will strip out the background image and icon image of the application, and blit it to the screen giving you a far better sense of what it is you're loading. This has caused some minor problems with loading odd files, in some cases it causes the system to crash (I'm not sure if this is just my PSP or others as well, had no reports and a lot gets corrupted on my card whilst testing), if this is the case loading the file while pressing the left shoulder button will bypass this.

I've added a new version format, theres some minor significance behind the numbers chosen and maybe the keen eyed and nerdy type will see what it is

Finally, I hate to have to do it again, but recently my computer died a painful death of an overdose of BSoD'ing, and even my Linux partition isn't doing so well, meaning theres a hardware issue, and my laptop is not having much better luck either, its taking multiple times to boot it and a lot of the hardware is failing, I've been looking into getting a new computer but after spending all my cash and donations on my holiday to Scotland (all packed and ready to go). So I'm asking again for donations this time towards a new competent computer, I had hoped mine would last until I got a job, unfortunatly I doubt this will be the case... A recap of rewards from donations:
£0.01+ - A personal e-mail (no automatted crap)
£1.50+ - A mention in the next readme
£2.50+ - A mention in Project4's about page
£5.00+ - Access to Project4's pre-release board where "beta" builds of the actual release get uploaded giving you the ability to get Project4 updates before official release and help towards testing.

This is my first homebrew, which is also equal to the graphics look. The game principle is very simple: It is about falling __ V with a catch. As mentioned above, the picture is not exactly exhilarating, because I do not know how to use graphics or sound. (Could someone perhaps write a TUT?) Also flashes the menu and the game a bit. The game is completely in German.

Madlax, member forums DevsGen, has put online a demo of his homebrew which is a port gaming PC.

You may know the Savior on Thursday Scramble Power Computer? Madlax has been working for over a month on a draft port of this game on the PSP. This is a small video game PC for those who do not connaitraîent:

The construction and graphics of this demo version are truly sublime and deserve a look!
Note: One character is playable in the demo version and only one map is available, but the quality forgive the lack of content

This is a simple plugin I made a long time ago for my personal use. I just found the source code while going through some old stuff on my computer, so I thought I'd clean up the code a bit and release the plugin.

I realize that there are other plugins that feature similar functionality but I wrote my own because I wanted to be sure its coded optimally, as there are a few careless ways in which these functions can be improperly used (the point of this after all is to conserve battery life).

It does the following when the Hold switch is enabled:
* Switches off the LCD backlight.
* Switches off the actual LCD screen.
(This is important because the backlight and actual screen are two different things. You can have an image being displayed on the screen while the backlight is switched off, such that you can see the image if you use a flashlight. You can also have the screen switched off while the backlight still illuminates the powered off screen.)
* Underclocks the CPU to 61MHz
(Sony has changed the clock speed functions such that only certain combinations of speeds work correctly. Simply trying to underclock to arbitary values will result in the CPU simply running at the stock speed. I have verified that Hold+ successfully underclocks to 61MHz.)
* The original screen brightness and clock speed are restored when the Hold switch is released.

Installation:
You can install it in the seplugins folder, and make an entry in VSH.txt. Thus it will be active in the XMB. Its also possible to use it in games by adding it to GAME.txt, but some games may crash etc., if the CPU is underclocked to such a low value.

Optionally, its also possible to install it in your PSP's flash0 so that it will work without a memory card. For this you can use FreePlay's "NewBTCFNedit" and enable it for VSH mode in the all the PSPBT?NF.bin files.