Today PlayTV, the Digital TV/DVR addon unit for Sony's PlayStation 3, has been updated to version 1.21.

A minimum of PS3 Firmware 3.0 is required to receive the update, and changes include the following:

• Support for Dolby Digital + for HD channels
• The recording of HD channels is now possible
• Multi-channel audio replay.
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Russian PSP hacker mc707 has released EBOOT Patcher v1.0 for Sony's PlayStation Portable, which will allow you to play 5.55 / 6.00 games on 5.00 M33-6, 5.03 MHU, 5.03 GEN-A and other Custom Firmware.

Note: It doesn't work alone, as you'll need the 5.55 & 6.00 PSP Game Decrypter v2 and PRXdecrypter v2.3.

Download: PSP EBOOT.BIN Patcher v1.0

To quote, roughly translated:

Instruction
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Update: PSP Firmware 6.10 is now available, and those interested can grab it from either the PSP Firmware 6.10 (US) or PSP Firmware 6.10 (EU) server!

Today Sony's Director of PlayStation Network Operations Eric Lempel has announced that PSP Firmware Update 6.10 is imminent, and that a new SensMe Channels will also be available.

To quote: PSP update v6.10 will be available soon. This is a big update for us in...

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After Sony's Keynote address, Kazunori Yamauchi has just announced at the Sony Computer Entertainment Japan press conference at the Tokyo Game Show that the official release date for Gran Turismo 5 is March 2010.

Additionally, the following GT5 modes and features were revealed:

• GT Mode: World Map, My Garage, Car Dealer, Tuning Shop, Championship Race, and License...

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Today crediar has released Freedom Public Beta 2 for the Nintendo Wii console.

Freedom REPLACES the system menu COMPLETLY, there is no way to access the system menu as long as Freedom is installed.

The installer requires and IOS with both the fakesign bug and the ES_DIVerify functions working. The installer will try to load the following IOS and will use the one...

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OK, do you remember the OLD PS3 Backup Tool? I've updated it, and now you can successfully write mixed backups on your PS3.

The new method mixes not all parts like before, but only half. Doing so, the PS3 recognizes the backup and restore, not only the "Integral" part, but even the part (50%) you added.

So the new formula is:

archive.dat + archive_XX.dat = INJECTOR
archive2.dat + archive2_XX.dat = DATA...

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Today NIS America, Inc. PR/Marketing Coordinator Nao Zook has announced that Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! for PSP is making its way to Sony's PlayStation Store next month.

To quote: NIS America has decided to release Badman exclusively on the PlayStation Network on July 16, 2009. The reason we’re going this direction is because the demo version of Badman on PSN was so...

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PlayTV Producer Mark Bunting has detailed some updates today on the European PlayStation Blog, including a Product Presentation video.

To quote: For those of you who are new to PlayTV, here is a little bit of background for you: PlayTV is a combination of a USB tuner and software that you install on your PS3 to watch your favourite free-to-air TV channels and listen to your...

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Below you will read about many of the secrets of E3; secret in that they did not come with a press release or a screenshot, nor was the information released to anyone walking by.

It was heard whispered behind backs, imparted across beers or was pried out via targeted questioning. Nothing can be considered anything more than a rumor as some of it may never eventuate when...

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A few weeks back we reported news on PS3 Remote Play being reverse-engineered with a Portable API in the works.

Today Dashhacker has released Open Remote Play v1.0 BETA (for Mac OS X), with a Windows version still in the works.

Download: Open Remote Play v1.0 BETA (for Mac OS X) / Open Remote Play v1.0 BETA (for Mac OS X) [Right-click, Save As]

You will need access to a hacked PSP to export the remote play settings. All that’s...

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