Sony PlayStation Portable homebrew developer Cpasjuste visited the QJ.NET PSP Development Forums earlier and announced the release of Custom Firmware Extender version 1.8 software to the public. As the name suggests, this application adds some very interesting features to your  CFW 3.71 M33 Sony PSP with a set of plugins that will give it an entirely new attitude.

We must say that the array of features in Custom Firmware Extender version 1.8 is pretty hefty, and a lot of changes have happened since the previous versions. Here's the changelog:

• New usbhost iso redirection method, if a UMD is in the drive, "normal" mode will be selected automatically. If there is none, "oe isofs" will be selected automatically. Note that the "normal" mode seems to have some bugs. It may not work at times.
  
• No more save game problems while using usbhost iso redirection.
• Remotejoy is working again under game. This allows users, in addition to the use of the included remotejoy_gui, to make some in-game videos.
• Vsh menu hook: you can set some "vsh menu icons" to load a specified homebrew, take a look at the cfe.config file for examples on how to use it.