We just caught wind of a rather sneaky custom firmware release for the Sony PlayStation Portable. Taking cues from the work of Dark AleX and Team M33 comes CFW 3.93, which also credits Hellcat and Mathieulh. Learn more about it at the full article.

Download: Custom Firmware 3.93
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Users of the UPMSInstaller will be very glad to know that The U.P.M.S. Team, a group of homebrew coders who owns the project, has just released version 4 of the application. There have been many changes since the last build so you may want to check out the full article for the complete details.


Download: UPMSInstaller v4

PSP Homebrew developer Red_Squirrel has released the latest version to M33xEver, drastically outliving its original purpose. The program can now customize the info displayed on your unit's System Info page. You can even customize the speed of the waves on the dashboard now. Details after the "read more" link below.

Download: M33xEver v3
Visit: QJ.NET M33xEver Forum Thread

(Editor's Note: Happy April Fools'! You'd think we'd run skimpy with all the non-news items, but actually, this might be our biggest issue yet!)

Y'know how notorious the gaming community could get during this time of the year. But in between rumors and Metal Creed Solid gags, this here QuickPeek 41 is one heck of a colossus. Dark AleX is back, Jade Raymond makes a cameo, and Niko Bellic's got quite a lot of action cut out for him in GTA 4. Mind the Whoopie cushions! Wohoo!

 Find it problematic that Red_Squirrel's M33xEver plugin keeps setting your calendar to April 2? Worry not - the dev dropped by our forums earlier to release an updated version. Details on what it does are in the full article.


Download: M33xEver v2
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If you're interested in keeping with the interesting look that was pasted on your PlayStation Portable last April 2, then Red_Squirrel has developed a small homebrew plug-in to relive Dark AleX's special "birthday surprise". Entitled M33xEver, it permanently sets the date of your handheld to April 2 every time you boot it up using the 3.90 M33-3 custom firmware. For more details, check out our full article.

Download: M33xEver plug-in

Today is worth celebrating if you've got a Sony PlayStation Portable, since Dark AleX just unleashed a combo of releases. Here, you can find the universal unbricker Despertar del Cementerio version 5 which installs 3.90 M33-3 and brings integration with Dark_AleX' other homebrew app, the Time Machine.

Download: Despertar del Cementerio v5

If you had any problems with the NO-UMD driver included in the previous release of Dark AleX and Team M33's custom firmware, now's the time for you to update your CFW (previous update here). Dark AleX just released the newest version of custom firmware 3.90 M33, upping it to M33-3 and improves compatibility for the NO-UMD function. Hit the full article for more specifics on this update.

Download: Custom Firmware 3.90 M33-3

Homebrew developer Yellow_Rain has released an unofficial patch that updates several .prx files found in the most recent custom PSP firmware version released by Dark AleX.  More in the full article.


Download: Patch to use 3.93 features in 3.90 M33-2
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It's been a few weeks since Red Squirrel first released the initial version of the Time Machine Configurator. Since the developer has been hard at work since then, Red Squirrel now presents the fruit of his labor of love: Time Machine Configurator  v.2.0. More on the latest version of this software after the jump.


Download: Time Machine Configurator v2.0