Nintendo 3DS hacked to use a PSP analog stick

According to several reports, a Japanese website has apparently modded a 3DS to install a PSP analog stick. This like quite a bit more clumsy than the Circle Pad Pro set to release in North America soon.  The Circle Pad Pro works over IR, and no IR transmitter is apparent in any of the photos [...]

PlayStation 3 debug firmware 4.01 leaked

Word on the street is that the PlayStation 3 test/debug firmware was leaked on various websites yesterday. That means if you own a test/development PS3 console, you might be able to find something interesting to play around with. Note – this will not work with retail consoles. No change list has been released yet, nor [...]

Thumbs up to update your PS Vita firmware to 1.52

According to source wololo.net, PS Vita's latest firmware update to 1.52 does *not* pack Tech4's exploit. Mamosuke confirmed today that Teck4′s exploit for the PSP Emulator in the vita is still working on 1.52. Note that it doesn’t guarantee 100% that some of the techniques used to get HBL to work on top of this exploit [...]

Raspberry Pi, a $25 computer, hits manufacturing phase

Hardware homebrewers and hackers should be excited for the Raspberry Pi – a credit-card sized ARM GNU/Linux box for $25 that’s on the horizon. It’s a full computer running a real OS, and is capable of interfacing with your keyboard, TV, and even network via ethernet (for the deluxe model that will run you a [...]

SaveGame Manager GX r117 released (Wii)

SaveGame Manager GX r117 for the Wii was released. SaveGame Manager is a save game and Mii manager for the Wii with a GUI based on LibWiiGui by Tantric, WiiXplorer, and UsbLoaderGx sources. The project allows you to install and extract save games, and is based on Wanikoko’s SaveGame Manager.

NeoGamma R9 beta 55 released (Wii)

NeoGamma R9 beta 55 has been released. NeoGamma is a Wii and GameCube disk loader by developer WiiPower. This new beta adds the "Autodetect" function to choose the correct IOS base to load a specific game. There were also some fixes added as well as an annoying warning.

PS Vita homebrew updates and exciting news

Developer Wololo has made some significant progress on his work with the Vita HBL. According to his blog, je has “stabilized HBL for Teck4’s exploit and got some major homebrews to work”. He’s posted a video of some of these homebrew apps running on the Vita, which you can see below. Among the homebrews is [...]

Hidden system menu found on the PS Vita

Japanese website emuonpsp reported that via a combination of special keys a hidden system menu could be launched on the PS Vita. Some interesting information is displayed on this menu, including the firmware currently installed, build, repository, and revision. It's not particularly useful, but neat nonetheless.

Progress report on HBL on the PS Vita

Developer Wololo has been making progress on the porting of HBL to Vita.  According to his blog, he’s been unable to get syscall estimated to work, however some homebrews such as Doom already are running well. He’s currently working on porting HBL to the EU version of the exploited game. This of course works on [...]

Flaw found in PS Vita encryption (SKFU)

According to developer SKFU, a flaw has been found in PS Vita’s encryption functions allowing him to use them to decrypt some test files (presumably via the system itself). His blog post does not say anything technical regarding the flaw at this time, although surely more information will be provided when he is ready to [...]