Programming homebrew apps and games for the PlayStation Portable can be a gritty thing. Aside from having to contend with horrendous compilation times, you need to allocate a lot of hard disk space just to get these programs up and running. Fortunately, developer jsharrad was able to compile a homebrew SDK which puts together all the important tools and toolchains for developing programs for the PSP.

Download: Premade PSPSDK and toolchain Linux VM
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Since a lot of people liked Poison's earlier HostCore release, the developer has dropped an update aimed for PSP users running custom firmware 3.80M33 on their handhelds. Hit the full article for details.

Download: HostCore 1.1

If you're a PSP users who enjoys turning your handheld into virtual extensions of your PC, then you'll surely get a kick out of this new homebrew application from Poison. More in the full article.

Download: HostCore 1.0
Download: HostCore 1.0 USBHostFS_PC (Windows version)
Download: HostCore 1.0 NetHostFS_PC (Windows version)
Download: HostCore 1.0 USBHostFS_OSX (MacOSX version)
Download: HostCore 1.0 NetHostFS_OSX (MacOSX version)

Developer Art has recently announced the release of Time Baby version 15c. Among other changes, this new build will be implementing BenHur's Intrafont lib. Details on the other changes are in the full article.


Download: Time Baby v15c
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A supposed "fetish programmer" is currently working on the next custom firmware project for the PlayStation Portable. Based on the work of Team M33 and the recently released 3.95 official PSP firmware, custom firmware 3.95 will include many familiar features to get your PSP to run all your homebrew applications and homebrew games without a hitch. More details regarding this in our full article.

We're letting the readers know that Romane93, £ ight, and julientheboss38 have released version 1.2 of their LRJ System shell application for the PSP. Aside from bug fixes, this build carries a couple of new modes. Further details are available in the full article.


Download: LRJ System v1.2

Those who follow billylee8's PSP Kanji Learner can now grab the latest set in the series (previous set here): PSP Kanji Learner Set 9. Once you're through with your kanji, you can follow it up by giving yourself a kana refresher with the PSP Kana Learner. Details in the full article!

Download: PSP Kana and Kanji Learner Set 10
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If you have been taking tabs of the work of developer Cooleyes on the homebrew media application PMPlayer Advance, you would know that it can play PMP videos which runs only on 66mhz therefore conserving your Sony PlayStation Portable's battery. Today, dev Cooleyes upgraded PMPlayer Advance to build 20080512. Check the improvements over at the full article.

Download: PMPlayer Advance build 20080512 - 3.xx CFW
Download: PMPlayer Advance build 20080512 - 1.5 CFW

The talking graphic alarm clock for your Sony PlayStation Portable, Time Baby, is back again with an update. Working on the previous build's Intrafont addition, developer Art has just released the upgraded Time Baby version 15b. What are the changes this time? Head over the full article for more details.
   
Download: Time Baby v15b
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Homebrew developer Raisen has released Todo en Uno PSP Hw v1.0, a new homebrew app that lets users dump and restore their PSP's IPL, eeprom, IdStorage, and more. Hit the full article for the app's full list of features.

Download: Todo en Uno PSP Hw v1.0
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