Today Ikari released the first version of 'freeBOOT' for xenon (v1) and falcon (v3) consoles with JTAG/SMC-Hack. This hasn't been tested yet, so try/use at own risk for now.

Download: FreeBOOT v0.01 for XBox 360

To quote: A 'rebooter', allows to 'reboot' the 360 into an MS kernel after starting it with the JTAG Hack... in this case (freeBOOT v0.01) it should reboot the console into MS...

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It appears Microsoft is now including the most recent major Dashboard Update on new game discs, specifically the Summer/Fall 09 update that brings the NXE dash to 8498.

As a result, they are closing the exploit used for the Free60 JTAG/SMC XeLL (Linux homebrew) hack.

To quote: "The first game confirmed to have this update on the disc is Cars Race-O-Rama. They...

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Today Tmbinc has released Imgbuild along with some documentation for use with the upcoming Homebrew JTAG XBox 360 Hack.

To quote: As a first step toward a "release", I've committed the tool to build an image suitable for the hack, as well as some additional information and a description of "how it works".

I understand that not all of the required binaries are available right now, but we'll work on...

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Today xZool2k9 has released a video demonstrating the upcoming Free60 Homebrew Exploit for XBox 360 consoles.

The video is available below, and to quote from the caption:

This is the confirmation that the hack announced by Tmbinc is actually working. I have used a sample Cygnos360 V2 I got from Team Cygnos and flashed the hack onto the second NAND. The onboard NAND was untouched by that....

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Today Naughty Dog Multiplayer Designer Justin Richmond has announced news that a new Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Beta patch is coming soon.

To quote: The Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Beta is about to enter its second week, and we’re already making some tweaks to improve your experience. We are preparing a patch for release in the next few days.

Properly applying this patch...

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A few weeks ago we posted news of some PS3 DualShock 3/SixAxis x64 & Windows 7 Drivers.

Over the weekend, Motion-in Joy has released a PS3 Driver Update with Remap and Vibration Enable Options.

Download: PS3 DualShock 3/SixAxis Windows 32bit Driver Update / PS3 DualShock 3/SixAxis Windows 64bit Driver Update

Guides:

PS3 SixAxis/DualShock 3 USB and Bluetooth Driver for 32bit and 64bit Windows

1. Restart your Windows with key F8 (select 'disable driver signature enforcement'), this step is very important for x64 system.

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Last week we saw a PSP 5.03 (HEN) Demo from Team Typhoon, and today a new PSP-3000 Homebrew Demo video is available courtesy of GraniteLife via YouTube.

To quote: This is a demo of the official 5.03 firmware running the tiff exploit and booting into a HEN environment on a PSP 3000. This will silence the doubters ;)

It clearly shows homebrew launching.

Yes im aware of the...

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A new video has emerged on the Internet from Team Typhoon, showing off a new HEN exploit for the semi-recent 5.03 firmware.

Here’s his little note about the video:

This is a demo of the 5.03 firmware running the tiff exploit and booting into a HEN environment on a PSP 2003 (3000 Support also) on 5.03 Official Firmware.

This proves that the code...

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To quote xorloser: I’ve finally gotten around to finishing my SelfTool for manipulating Self and Sprx files. Self files are like exe files for the PS3 and Sprx files are like dll files for the PS3.

Among other things, SelfTool can be used to print out information stored in the file in a readable format to make studying them easier.

Download: PS3 SelfTool v1.0 / SelfTool (MGS4) Example Results

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According to MattCutts via YouTube:

I decided to see how fast Jaunty Jackalope (Ubuntu 9.04) would boot with a solid-state hard drive.

I used Intel's new X25-E Extreme, which uses faster single-level cell (SLC) memory chips instead of slower multi-level cell (MLC) memory chips.

Total boot time from pressing power to Firefox loaded was about 22.5...

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