Sony pulled a fast one, we tell you. But not fast enough that people couldn't catch the news before it became reality. The games division of the consumer electronics corporation has announced in the official PlayStation Blogs that PSP owners will be prompted to update to firmware 4.01 in a few hours time. Somehow, the new quick update is only focused on the new features that PSP firmware 4.00 added to the handheld. More at the full story, but this won't rock your world.

*UPDATE*: It's out. And it's apparently what Sony says it is.

(And once again we welcome the dawning of a new era... er, QuickPeek issue!)

Game launches, release updates, 10-year plans, hacks, attacks, crackdowns, bomb disposal robots, inter-company business drama, insanely early April Fools' pranks, console-moving games and... magic regenerating powder? All that and more in QuickPeek 40! Let's get it on!

The last release for PSP homebrew coder lefbe's Unlimited Video for PSP featured a beefier list of CPUs detected. Well, the dev has just released version 1.5.2 and you can certainly expect more changes and additions on this release of the converter. Check out the full article for more info.

Download: Unlimited Video for PSP v1.5.2

Here's another program for those who are keen on converting videos and uploading them on their preferred gadgets: Called Universal Video Converter. This application is currently on version 6.0.2, and was created by Victorious from DivxTurka.Net

Know more about this program via the "read more" link below.

Download: Universal Video Converter v6.0.2

QuickJump QuickPeek has already reached more than half a year old. We've had thirty three issues, not including the special editions that cropped up from time to time. Here's the latest, and probably the greatest - it's our token of appreciation from us to all of you, it's Valentine's after all. Judging from the title alone, you probably know what to expect: every single Comment of the Week, all compiled and neatly packed in one huge compendium! Ever wondered who won the first ever Comment of the Week? You'll be very much surprised indeed...

Take this next bit of big info with a grain of salt, folks. We've just found out a juicy new rumor that should have interesting repercussions should it prove true.

The subject of said rumor? DivX. The rumor: it's coming to the PSP in a future firmware update.

It's a pretty big rumor, right? Find out more in the full article.

The current generation of consoles on the market today are powerful machines and carry a lot of features so sometimes it's a little hard to keep track of what they can do. Here's one feature a lot of you may not have been aware of but may find useful: you can stream media (music, video, photos) from your PC to your PS3 and then using Remote Play, stream it to your PSP. In effect, you get to watch and listen to media from your PC from anywhere with a Wi-Fi hotspot. Find out how to connect these devices in the full article.

PSP Homebrew Developer pspgorrister has released Kpsp Convert v0.3.0, an app that can convert videos to play on the PSP. Unlike other converters though, this one uses Linux. The app supports the popular formats: mpeg, mpg, avi, and even YouTube videos (straight off the YouTube link).

Details and download link in the full article.

Homebrew developer lefbe has released a new version of Unlimited Video for PSP, the Windows video encoder for formatting videos to Sony PlayStation Portable friendly format. Version 1.4.0 now includes real-time information encoding, a progress bar indicating memory use, and increased compatibility for MKV encoded videos.

Depending on your firmware, you can convert WMV-formatted files (or even AVI, MPG, MPEG, MP4, VOB, 3GP, 3G2, MKV, MOV, and DIVX) down to resolutions of 368x208 (firmware 2.0 and above), 480x272 firmware (custom firmware 3.03 OE-B and above), or 720x480 (firmware 3.30 and above). PSP homebrew application Unlimited Video for PSP version 1.4.0 can also extract system information to display, aside from a totally new interface for the app - even for ImageToPSP.

Users of Vista will want to know that certain fixes have been made to assure error-free WMV encoding in the operating system, though some problems still exist. The video encoding homebrew application comes in a Windows Installer executable (MSI) and rounds up to at least 6.8 MB in size.

Download: Unlimited Video for PSP v1.4.0

bhv Software">X-OOM, a division of international software publisher bhv Software, circulated a press release earlier today regarding Movies On PSP 3, a new application that'll allow PlayStation Portable owners to watch movies by converting DVD media content to a PSP-compatible format.

Aside from the usual features, Movies On PSP 3 also sports an "Expert Mode" that lets users edit and manipulate selected DVD and even TV clips. Here are the application's most notable features:

• New AVC-codec for high quality
• Comprehensive video format support including DivX, XviD, Real, MPEG2, MPEG4, WMV, 3GP, and more
• Convert single files or batches (TV series, fun clips, etc) to a common file format
• DVD ripper allows you to copy individual files from DVD
• Expert mode expedites video cutting and processing

If you are interested, the Read link below should take you to X-OOM's product page for Movies on PSP 3. It is currently on sale for US$ 29.99.