Here's an update for all of you PlayStation Portable owners who upgraded to yesterday's Custom Firmware 3.93. It's the 1.50 Kernel Addon for PSP Fats and it packs a couple more additions requested by users. Hop on to the full article for more info.

Download: 1.50 Kernel Addon for CFW 3.93
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Dark AleX's Time Machine is now out for the PSP! If you remember, we were shown how it could install 1.50 kernel on the PSP Slim, and PSP FW 2.70 also on the Slim. It can load more FW and CFWs than we previously thought, actually. Check out the full article for the rest of what this program can do.

Download: Dark AleX Time Machine v0.1
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After a few months since the last release, Dark AleX has finally updated his Despertar del Cementerio universal unbricker. The app now stands at version 4 and now installs 3.80 M33-5 instead of 3.71 M33-3. Check out the changelog in the full article.

Download: Despertar del Cementerio v4
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We're letting you guys know that developer Dark AleX has just released Custom PSP firmware 3.80 M33-3. This latest build carries some new improvements as well as an equally new Popsloader release. More details are available in the full article.

*Update* 3.80 M33-4 is now out. Fast, huh?

Download: Custom Firmware 3.80 M33-4
Download: Popsloader for CFW 3.80 M330-3

Man, that was quick. PSP homebrew icon Dark AleX has just released the first update for the new 3.80 M33 custom firmware. Note that 3.80 M33-2 requires 3.80 M33 to work. This update brings a fix for the new custom firmware's icon issue as well as a necessary fix for homebrew that report the PSP's CPU speed. The full changelog in the full article.

Download: CFW PSP 3.80 M33
Download: CFW PSP 3.80 M33-2

FreePlay has come out with an interesting installer for expert PSP users who, for one reason or another, want to revert their PSPs to Firmware 3.60. It's called the PSP Slim Firmware 3.60 Installer and with a bit of setting up, it allows users to revert their PSP firmware down to 3.60.

Like we said though, it's not newbie-friendly. FreePlay intentionally made it so due to the risks involved in flashing an entire firmware. Feel free to head to full article if you want to learn more.

Thanks to Seanpaul223 for the tip!

The highly-anticipated homebrew from Dark AleX is finally here. Yes, the PSP 3.80 M33 Custom Firmware for the Sony PlayStation Portable has just been released, and you can check out the entire details via the full article. Hop to it!

Update: 1.5 kernel for PSP Phat incoming

Download: CFW PSP 3.80 M33
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* Article originally posted Jan 14, 2008 at 07:03AM

A new PsarDumper with KL4E/KL3E decompressor has been released for 3.80 firmware. The app is reportedly from _HellDashX_ but users are warned before using it as no readme or changelog was provided in the archive.

Thanks to luis5 and exter for the tip!

Download: 3.80 PsarDumper + KL4E/KL3E decompressor

 Wondering what may or may not run on Sony's recently released PSP firmware version 3.80? According to P1R473_H4X0R's note in YouTube, one essential tool that works with the update is Noobz and C+D's Pandora unbricker. Those interested in seeing the demo video will want to visit the full article.

One of the better features of PSP firmware 3.80 is its Internet Radio Player. It's not surprising then when the PSP hacking scene shifts its focus towards this. FreePlay has introduced the QJ.Net population to a new hack that'll allow users to bypass the lock of the Internet Radio Player, allowing you to use something other than Shoutcast or Icecast for listening to music.

Want learn how to do it? Read the full article for directions!