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Every once in a while when Sony releases a new PSP firmware to block modded PSPs from running new games or homebrew apps, the PSP modding scene beats it into submission.  Though this time the release of CFW has slowed down considerably.

Anyone who might be trying to run new games releases are blocked from doing so because those new releases require either 5.55 or 6.00 firmware to launch.  Since the latest custom firmware only goes up to version 5.50 (5.50 gen b-2) we’re going to decrypt those game images rather than updating our custom firmware.  Note that this method is not a long term solution since Sony can easy block this method.  Also, not all games can be decrypted.

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Skype for the iPhone was a highly anticipated app recently released in the Apple App Store. Disappointingly, it did not allow use over the more prevalent 3G network, limiting itself to wifi only even though 3G had the necessary throughput for it. Apple claimed this restriction was imposed simply because it was a carrier-dependent decision since transferring data over the 3G could be costly for carriers (yeah right).

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Nintendo’s system menu 4.0 update provided a long-awaited storage solution in the form of SDHC support up to 32GB. Whoopee. Now we’ll tell you how you can actually load Wii game backups off a hard drive with this Wii hard drive hack for a real storage solution. Taking advantage of Nintendo’s 4.0 update support a costly solution since you are required to buy pricey SDHC cards, and it’s limited in size as well. With the Wii hard drive hack we’re about to discuss, you can load games off any USB hard drive with much higher storage capacities. Expensive 32GB flash? Psh, try cheap 320GB HDD. And not only that, if you’ve got any USB stick pen drives lying around, they will work just as well. Plus to top it all off, you will see a huge performance benefit as your games will load much faster as they’re being read off the hard drive compared to the slower DVD disc drive.

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If you own Rock Band 2, you may be keenly interested knowing how to import Rock Band songs into Rock Band 2 so that you can effectively double the number of songs to play. We personally find the original Rock Band songs a little more “accessible,” meaning there are more songs in the original that are familiar than in the sequel so if you just jumped straight into Rock Band 2, so do yourself a favor and import the original game songs. The trick is having a Rock Band 1 game disc available and buying something called an export key from the PSN (PlayStation Network) store. The process isn’t clearly documented anywhere, and game forums telling you “just get the export key” are vague and mysterious so we’re documenting the step by step instructions for PS3 with screenshots on how to import Rock Band songs into Rock Band 2.

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Thanks to the advances made by the iPhone Dev Team, the iPod Touch 2G is finally jailbreak-able without requiring tethering to your computer or fiddling with boot modes. This is an unofficial redsn0w release for 2.2.1 firmware as the Pwnage and QuickPwn tools haven’t yet incorporated this unlock into the tool flow just yet, but eager iPod Touch owners who don’t want to wait can follow these relatively simple instructions to jailbreak and untether your iPod Touch 2G on 2.2.1 firmware.

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Think this is impressive? Want to play StarCraft on your PS3 as well? It’s definitely possible. The requirements? You need to take advantage of your PS3’s little known capability to run Linux. Linux you ask? Yes, because that’s the only way to run Windows. Since StarCraft came out way back in the day when Windows 95 was king, that’s all you need to install on top of Linux through an emulation layer. Fortunately, the PS3 has enough horsepower to run Windows 95, even via software emulation, so StarCraft is actually playable. Just imagine it, playing StarCraft on your big screen TV! Read more »

Dircmp is a great Linux tool that allows users to compare the directory contents of two similar directories in order to spot differences in between subdirectory structures or file content. However, dircmp is not a luxury afforded by all Linux distributions. CentOS, for example, does not include the dircmp tool and the source code is not easily available. Plus even if it was, who would want to spend time to build it when you can do the exact same thing with your trusty friend: diff.

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Guerrilla striked a deal with gamespot that gave them exclusive Killzone 2 demos to give out to those who preordered the game.  The rest of the people who did not preorder the game will have to wait until release date (2/26).  The only way for those in the America to play the demo early is to make a PSN account that belongs to a  different region.  Simply go to the UK PSN page and make an UK account.  Log into your UK account on the PS3, and the Killzone 2 demo should be on the download list.  Enjoy!

The latest iPhone 2.2.1 firmware was recently unleashed to the world by Apple and just mere days later, the iPhone Dev Team provides the PwnageTool unlocking software. We’ve covered the PwnageTool upgrade steps before, but since QuickPwn 2.2.5 does the same job a lot easier, this guide will show you how to upgrade, jailbreak, and perhaps unlock your beloved Apple iPhone to run on the latest and greatest 2.2.1 firmware.

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Animal Crossing: City Folk is the latest Animal Crossing iteration out on the Nintendo Wii. With huge successes first on the GameCube and later the Nintendo DS, Animal Crossing City Folk offers the same aimless fun that fans have come to expect. The problem with the latest Animal Crossing is that it isn’t a straightforward burn and play for WiiKey users. Animal Crossing itself ships with the 3.3 Wii menu update, which is safe to install with WiiKey. However, the update alone is not sufficient to get your backup copy of Wii Animal Crossing to play nice with WiiKey. The missing step is actually getting the IOS38 wad installed on your system before it will work with the WiiKey.

This guide covers all the steps from how to burn the Animal Crossing ISO image to how to install the Wii Homebrew Channel via Twilight Princess hack to how to use Wii WAD Manager to install IOS38 to enable compatibility with WiiKey. This was testing working on Wii 3.3 firmware update but should work on 3.2 as well.

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