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This one is probably going to be painful to watch for all of you who had this happen to them “for real” and don’t have access to this “probably-not-legal-in-most-countries” Ta88v3 downgrader. Developer Yoti shows us a video of him installing 5.50 Gen D3 on a ta88v3 (a guaranteed brick, since apparently the installer doesn’t check the motherboard type), and then unbrick it with a Pandora and a magic memory stick.



Of course, if you’re the owner of a Ta88v3, you probably already know that the Magic Memory Stick + Pandora battery combination don’t work on your motherboard, the kit in this video is a different one, allegedly based on some leaked content from Sony’s official unbricking tools (and therefore, you won’t easily find download links). ...

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Ok, I’m seriously late on this one, especially since I’m the first one who actually blogged about it when it was still work in progress, besides Davee himself. Well it seems to be tough for me to handle my everyday life, as well as blogging here, and keep working on Wagic at the same time

Anyways, I won’t go into details, if you want to, check Davee’s blog entry, or my own post on the subject. The bottom line is, if you’re the owner of a PSP 3000 with motherboard 9g (if you’re not sure what motherboard you have, the tool PSP Everest will let you know), you can now downgrade your PSP to firmware 6.20 (while the previous version of the downgrader would only allow you to go down to 6.35). What’s the point you ask? Well, among other benefits, 6.20 is the firmware that will allow you to flash a permanent Custom Firmware to your PSP (something that I personally don’t recommend, but I know people like this feature)

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It is a well known limitation that recent PSPs cannot be downgraded below the firmware they shipped with. For example if you bought a PSP that initially had firmware 6.35 on it, you can’t go below that firmware (the real limitations are a bit more complex and motherboard-related but that will do for this article).You can’t for example, go down to firmware 6.20, a firmware that many people enjoy because it is (for now) the last firmware on which some PSPs can install a permanent Custom Firmware (by opposition to a Light Custom Firmware which gets “uninstalled” every time you turn the PSP off, a limitation that some users don’t really like).
So, the rule was that recent downgraders wouldn’t let you go down to firmware 6.20 if your PSP motherboard is of type “9g”… this is going to change soon, as Davee announced (here and here) he has a Beta version ready for a downgrader that allows these recent PSP models to downgrade to firmware 6.20. This is still under testing but I am assuming it is just a matter of hours before we see a release. Thanks Davee! ...

Sony has announced the lineup of games it will be showing at the Tokyo Game Show later this month. In addition to an extensive list of titles that have already been announced, the company says it will show three new PS3 games, one for PSP, and 18 for its upcoming handheld, PlayStation Vita, which is set for release in Japan before the end of the year.

http://www.next-gen.biz/news/sony-show-22-new-games-tgs ...

Howard Stringer, president of Sony Corporation, has said that PSN is "better than ever" following its six-week outage earlier this year.
Stringer cut a bullish figure at a Berlin news conference yesterday, in which he said PSN users and purchases were up, Sony was over its bumpy start to 2011, and even argued that it was better positioned than Apple.
"I'm pleased to tell you that PSN is more secure and better than ever," he told reporters. "We are aggressively expanding its content. We have more than three million new customers since the network came back online, and sales are exceeding what we had before the cyberattacks."
Sony endured a dismal start to 2011 when the PlayStation 3 washacked and opened up to piracy. The platform holder's aggressive response - taking legal action against George "Geohot" Hotz, the hacker who published PS3's root key online - incurred the wrath of the hacking community.
While the culprits are still yet to be identified, it is widely accepted that the group of hackers whose attack on PlayStation Network resulted in a six-week outage, the loss of 100 million users' personal details, and Kaz Hirai's humble apology at a Tokyo press conference. That, Stringer believes, is ancient history.
"This year, we at Sony have been flooded, we've been flattened, we've been hacked, we've been singed," he said. "But the summer of our discontent is behind us. The past is a prologue to future possibility."
Stringer's attitude is worlds apart from his apology for the PSN outage, Sony's handling of which prompted several fund managers to call on him to step down. Indeed, so confident is Stringer in Sony's current state, and its wide reach, that he argued the firm was in a better position than Apple, saying: "Yes, yes, Apple makes an iPad, but does it make movies? Warner Bros and Fox produce fine movies, but what about their cameras and smartphones? Sony is where art meets technology."
Sony revealed its release plans for two new tablets at the IFA electronics show in Berlin yesterday, and Stringer believes the devices, which run on Google's Android operating system, can take on and beat iPad. "We want to prove it's not who makes it first that counts," he said, "but who makes it better."
The company also announced the formation of Sony Entertainment Network, which will coalesce its online services - including PlayStation Network, the Qriocity music and video services, and those provided by thirdparties - into one, all-encompassing brand

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Console-maker Sony has rebranded its PlayStation download services, including PSN, as the 'Sony Entertainment Network.'
Audio download service Qriocity will also move under the new umbrella, but will be retiled to Music Unlimited. The PlayStation 3's Video On Demand channel, meanwhile, is to be renamed Video Unlimited.
PSN for both PlayStation 3 and PSP (and presumably Vita come the new handheld's launch) will retain its name but be 'realigned' as part of the new platform, which is intended to "accelerate the integration of hardware, content, and network," according to Sony's consumer products boss Kazuo Hirai.
"We're leveraging the biggest asset, the Sony brand, to establish a comprehensive, global platform called Sony Entertainment Network," stated Hirai at the IFA trade show last night (as reported byCNET).
Sony plans to open up the service to third-parties, as well as taking it to other of its consumer electronic devices. Music Unlimited is already available for most Android phones. "The whole of Sony is greater than the sum of its parts," claimed Hirai.
More details on the Sony Entertainment Network are available on its new website.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...brella-article
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The PlayStation Network has added 3 million new customers since hackers brought it down earlier this year, CNET reports.
Speaking at the IFA conference in Berlin, Sony CEO Howard Stringer proclaimed the PSN "more secure and better than ever."
"We are aggressively expanding its content," he said. "We have more than 3 million new customers since the network came back online, and sales are exceeding what we had before the cyber-attacks."
"This year, we at Sony have been flooded, we've been flattened, we've been hacked, we've been singed. But the summer of our discontent is behind us."
Stringer also revealed launch information for Sony's Tablet S device, which will be priced at $499 and $599 at launch - the same as Apple's market-leading iPad.
The PlayStation Network was taken offline in April this year. Service did not resume for several weeks, costing Sony an estimated $170 million.

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Kenma9123 back to update the developer for his more complete plugin utility Krap-psp, through which various functions are available to better manage and monitor various aspects of our PSP easily, all in rapid keystrokes or default choices customized.



The version 1.21 , we propose here only to PSP-ITA pack full of sounds, is also presented in the lite version be activated via the file loader.ini for a lower consumption of resources (good choice for FAT PSP owners) are more fixed several bugs, make their appearance two new options, the first mode allows noUMD, the second one will allow us to change the background of the XMB quickly choose the images on Memory Stick. Finally, the folder structure is changed, it is necessary therefore, for owners of previous versions, the removal of Krap-psp folder.
A complete list of features and full changelog below. [Additional Info: Features, changelog, installation and download]



.: Features:.

Enable / Disable from charging psp
Automatically set cpu / brightness to low
Automatically Sleep On A Certain Battery Percent
Easily execute Shutdown, Sleep, Reboot (VSH) on a key combo
September auto timers for sleep and shutdown
More options Idle Feature
Manipulate CPU speed
Manipulate Brightness level
Manipulate LEDs psp
Easily detect the PSP motherboard version
Take screenshots
Text battery warning
Sound battery warning
Uptime
Put PSP in music mode (CPU goes to 80MHz, brightness / off LED is inspired by Hold That plugin)
Reset a game on key combo (ISO only)
A game paused on key combo (ISO only)
Display the battery / cpu / and psp information
Easily customizable

.: Changelog:.
v1.21
- Change file structure (delete your old folder Krap)
- Created lite version
- Set loader.ini which one to load on boot eg full or lite = 1 = 1
- Fix rare bug in music mode
- Fix rare bug in you can not disable FUll where some threads
- Remove cpu manipulation
- Added change wallpaper (480x272 *. bmp files only) on boot by Hellcat (Full version)
- Clean up codes

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