It looks like homebrew possibilities on the PS3 have yet to die out. StreetskaterFU has informed us that he has released a USB logger that could help devs get more info on the USB traffic of a PSP or PS3 port. Hit the full article for details.

And we have a "Hello World!" PSP homebrew devs MaTiAz and FreePlay have released a Hello World version of the GripShift exploit along with a binary loader and an SDK so that other devs can make their own homebrew using the exploit.

Download: GripShift Hello World
Download: Sparta SDK v1
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development forum

Damn, it's so cool to actually see this beauty working - and on a PSP-3000 no less! The PSP scene was buzzing the other day when MaTiAz found an exploit in GripShift! See the full article for a video demo - complete with flashy lights!

Download: GripShift savegame exploit POC
Download: GripShift savegame exploit POC v2
Visit: QJ.NET PSP development forum

Homebrew dev ccpspita seems to be making a lot of headway into building a working PSP phone. QJ.NET reader zero-one has informed us that the dev has managed to attach a Telit GPRS module to a PSP, going one step closer to letting users send and receive calss and text messages on their PSPs. More info, pics, and a video after the jump.

Forum member Mapache has released an encryption library on the QJ.NET PSP Development forum called pspCrypter lib. According to the dev, this lets you use SHA-1 and SHA-256 (normal ones) or SHA-512 (custom algo) for encryption purposes.


Download: pspCrypter lib
Visit: QJ.NET PSP Development forum

Here's a quick news update from Dark AleX's webmaster Alek. He wants to make it known that 5.00 M33-4 is making an incoming in the next few days, sporting new features. Of course, we'll be sure to update you when that happens.

Thanks to CJ for the heads up!

As anticipated - and warned - by Alek and the rest of the gang at the Dark_AleX forums, the oober-hyped Datel batteries, the "savior of the PSP 3K", turned out to be nothing more but that: oober-hyped. Check out Alek's update on the "wonder-batt" and on the 88v3 IPL.after the jump.

"No, I didn't choke on a mince pie :)," writes StrmnNrmn in his blog. Yes, he's back in action, folks! He finally makes his presence felt but talking about what's been going on for the past couple of months: he's busy with work ("work" here being a "high profile game"!), the DaedalusX64 team and their efforts, future plans, and his top-secret project of porting Daedalus to an entirely new platform!

We missed you StrmnNrmn! Godspeed! There will be cake!

Woot! Yes, indeedy: StrmnNrmn is back in the scene! We just got confirmation from Kreationz that StrmnNrmn is joining the DaedalusX64 team - not full-time, mind you, but more as a consultant with some minor contributions. We also get news that he's working on a port of the original Daedalus project too!

*Update* Kreationz has clarified certain matters and given some new info.

According to the creator of the PSPOSK Library v1.5, PEB, this is a library that allows you to integrate the Sony on-screen keyboard in just a single line of code. Also, it can be used to retrieve information about your PSP.

Download: PSPOSK Library v1.5