Tivo is now supporting PSP and Ipod, heres the detail:

"This feature is for TiVo® Series2™ Digital Video Recorders only! DIRECTV DVR with TiVo, and TiVo Series1 DVRs are not eligible for this update.

Only DVRs with TiVo Service Numbers beginning with the following characters are eligible for this software:
110, 130, 140, 230, 240, 264, 275, 540, 565, 590, and 595

(You can find your TiVo Service Number by going to:
TiVo Central -> Messages and Setup -> System Information.
or
You can also log into: Manage My Account)

Your DVR must be connected to Windows PC via a Local Area Network. If you need more information on how to set up your DVR to connect via your home network, please see tivo.com/getready

You must have the latest generation iPod with video support or a Sony PSP (system version 2.0 or later) for the duration of the Beta period.

The Beta software will automatically expire at the end of the Beta period. At that point, you can download the final version of Desktop 2.3 with auto-transfer support. You'll need to purchase the iPod and PSP support separately." ...

Tivo is now supporting PSP and Ipod, heres the detail:

"This feature is for TiVo® Series2™ Digital Video Recorders only! DIRECTV DVR with TiVo, and TiVo Series1 DVRs are not eligible for this update.

Only DVRs with TiVo Service Numbers beginning with the following characters are eligible for this software:
110, 130, 140, 230, 240, 264, 275, 540, 565, 590, and 595

(You can find your TiVo Service Number by going to:
TiVo Central -> Messages and Setup -> System Information.
or
You can also log into: Manage My Account)

Your DVR must be connected to Windows PC via a Local Area Network. If you need more information on how to set up your DVR to connect via your home network, please see tivo.com/getready

You must have the latest generation iPod with video support or a Sony PSP (system version 2.0 or later) for the duration of the Beta period.

The Beta software will automatically expire at the end of the Beta period. At that point, you can download the final version of Desktop 2.3 with auto-transfer support. You'll need to purchase the iPod and PSP support separately." ...

The PSP has been around for just over a year now and this site is near on 19 months Old, what a fantastic time thats been, since nems Hello World release to the Quake Release today we have seen some fantastic software and also we have seen some fantastic sites for the PSP, sites that even if you dont like their practices are good sites that fully support the scene as it stands, Sites like us at PSP News, PS2Dev Forums, PSP Vault, PSP Hacks and even my mates at PSP updates , whether you hate a site or love a site for whatever reason you can respect that they like you are their for the scene and wont leave just because its the inthing at that time.

Then you get the less apealing side of any scene, thats the side that via forums has warez downloads (yes they do have an effect on the console and the scene), the sites who arent really there for the scene but just occasionally post or just blatently steal every bit of news going, (No ones perfect on that score but some really take the mickey).

Support the real PSP scene and community ...

Two MP3 player makers today demonstrated their decision to compete with Apple's iPod Nano by... er... announcing virtually identically styled products. Step forward Samsung and SanDisk, whose YP-Z5 and and Sansa e200 players elicited immediate 'it looks like a Nano' calls from assembled hacks.

Ah well, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em...

Samsung's YP-Z5 is the least Nano-like of the two, but since it comes in shiny silver and black models, in both 2GB and 4GB Flash capacities, it's clear where the company's designers got their inspiration from. It's pretty much the same size as a Nano, too, as is the SanDisk device.

Samsung's pitch for its player as a Nano killer is a claimed battery life of 38 hours, rather more than the 14 hours Apple claims for the Nano. The YP-Z5 also sports a 1.8in colour LCD, in portrait orientation rather than the Nano's 1.5in landscape display.

The Sansa e200 also boasts a 1.8in display, similarly configured. SanDisk's player has 6GB of storage, but it's also available in, yes, 2GB and 4GB forms. SanDisk being a purveyor of memory cards has equipped its player with an SD card slot for additional memory.

Like the YP-Z5, the e200 supports MP3 and WMA audio files, the latter with DRM support. Both will also hold photos and display them in slideshows.

SanDisk claimed a massive 128 hours' playback time for the 6GB player - double that of the 4GB model and four times what the 2GB model offers. So either it's shipping different sized batteries in each model - or it's simply stating that's how long it takes to play all the songs on a full player. Whether the 6GB model's battery will last 128 hours isn't clear at this stage.

SanDisk said its Nano clones will ship in March, in both the US and Europe. Samsung's player will arrive in February, a company official said. ...

Two MP3 player makers today demonstrated their decision to compete with Apple's iPod Nano by... er... announcing virtually identically styled products. Step forward Samsung and SanDisk, whose YP-Z5 and and Sansa e200 players elicited immediate 'it looks like a Nano' calls from assembled hacks.

Ah well, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em...

Samsung's YP-Z5 is the least Nano-like of the two, but since it comes in shiny silver and black models, in both 2GB and 4GB Flash capacities, it's clear where the company's designers got their inspiration from. It's pretty much the same size as a Nano, too, as is the SanDisk device.

Samsung's pitch for its player as a Nano killer is a claimed battery life of 38 hours, rather more than the 14 hours Apple claims for the Nano. The YP-Z5 also sports a 1.8in colour LCD, in portrait orientation rather than the Nano's 1.5in landscape display.

The Sansa e200 also boasts a 1.8in display, similarly configured. SanDisk's player has 6GB of storage, but it's also available in, yes, 2GB and 4GB forms. SanDisk being a purveyor of memory cards has equipped its player with an SD card slot for additional memory.

Like the YP-Z5, the e200 supports MP3 and WMA audio files, the latter with DRM support. Both will also hold photos and display them in slideshows.

SanDisk claimed a massive 128 hours' playback time for the 6GB player - double that of the 4GB model and four times what the 2GB model offers. So either it's shipping different sized batteries in each model - or it's simply stating that's how long it takes to play all the songs on a full player. Whether the 6GB model's battery will last 128 hours isn't clear at this stage.

SanDisk said its Nano clones will ship in March, in both the US and Europe. Samsung's player will arrive in February, a company official said. ...

Source - Gamespot

[UPDATE] Take-Two announces that its best-selling PSP game is coming to Sony's current-generation console; hints next handheld edition might be original.
As part of its earnings report today, Take-Two Interactive made a rather surprising announcement. While announcing the roster of games for its 2006 fiscal year, which ends on October 31, 2006, the company revealed it is porting a PSP game to a "current-generation console."

It doesn't take a Wall Street game analyst to guess that the title is Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, the most popular PSP game to date. According to Take-Two, which owns GTA publisher Rockstar Games, the game will be released on a "current-generation console" during the company's second quarter, which ends on April 30, 2006.

However, since Take-Two did not specify which console the game would be coming to, it has opened up the floodgates of speculation. [UPDATE] However, the scuttlebutt was scuppered by comments by Take-Two CEO and president Paul Eibler during a post-earnings announcement conference call. In that call, he told analysts, "We are very pleased that we have been able to extend Liberty City Stories into the PS2 environment."

In other news, Take-Two also announced that the next PSP GTA, first revealed last year, would be an "all-new property." The company did not specify whether that means it will be a new adventure set in an old locale, like LCS was, or a completely original game and setting. ...

My good friend and Developer for the Dreamcast and Nintendo DS Scenes, GPF aka Troy Davis posted this awesome news:

""Defendguin" is based loosely on William's classic arcade game, "Defender." Some recognizable stars in the realm of modern operating systems should be fairly obvious.
Based on Defendguin by Bill Kendrick
[email protected]
http: //www.newbreedsoftware.com/defendguin/


just a quick SDL port using my SDL lib, no sound yet but controls are working.



download the binaries and source from my website
http://gpf.dcemu.co.uk

Enjoy
Troy(GPF)"

awesome news for the DS Scene ...

A wrestling game for the DS has seemingly creeped up out of nowhere. According to the European Nintendo website, a WWE title is due for a March release. This is something of a confirmation for a title that looks like it has been in the making for some time.

The World Wrestling Entertainment has been making games for various console for years, with there being recent releases of WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw 2006 for both the PS2 and PSP. This recent game is coming on the back of a 2005 DS promotion at WWE's official website. According to another WWE source, this new game by THQ's game will be titled WWE: Superstar Aggression.

No other information is known at this time. Despite the some of the skepticism leveled at such a development on the DS, we can only really wait and see for what actually happens. ...

Alot of cool gadgets are hitting the floor of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) today, and among them is the Z800 3D Visor, an interesting looking pair of goggles that doesn't look anything at all like the old virtual reality machines of the early 90's that I remember. Nintendo has apparently shown an interest in these devices, buying several units of the VR specs. Could this mean that Nintendo will take the innovation of it's new controller to the next level and offer some sort of immersive visual accessories? We'll have to wait and see
http://revolution.ign.com/articles/678/678757p1.html ...