2w ago - Following up on their previous revision as hinted HERE, PlayStation 3 developers Estwald and D_Skywalk (with assistance from Miralatijera) have updated the PS3 backup game manager known as Iris Manager to version 2.40 with the changes detailed below.

Download: Iris Manager v2.40 for v4.XX PS3 CFW / Iris Manager v2.40 (Animated Icon) / GIT

Iris Manager v2.40 Changelog, roughly translated: New: Version 2.40

1) Updated Italian language (thanks AcidBuRn1)

2) Fixed error in the definition of a variable in the FTP which made the console will turn off when not using the remote, but was transferring files

3) Further improvement for PSX emulator that eliminates the need to modify usleep() changing it to a method that allows syscalls redial as often as desired [crappy] (and thus be able to step calls...

2w ago - Today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer spacemanspiff has released OpenSCETool (OSCETool) v0.9.2 which is an open-source clone of the original SCETool followed by the SCETool source code by naehrwert with details below.

Download: OpenSCETool (OSCETool) v0.9.2 / GIT / SCETool Source Code / GIT

To quote: OpenSCETool is a clone of scetool under an open source license. SCETool was reverse engineered and analized to produce this program, and copied his behaivour.

OpenSCETool (OSCETool) Changelogs:

Version 0.9.2

• Fixed rap/rif/idps/act.dat management. Now it works fine.
  

Version 0.9.1

• Fixed a segfault decrypt some SELFs.
  
• Added option -p to patch the sys_process_param when signing an ELF. This is the same as applying FixELF.exe before signing.
  
• Added support to klics.txt. If the klicensee is not specified, it is looked up in the data/klics.txt automatically (only for decrypt).
  

Version 0.9.0

• First...

2w ago - Following up on his previous release, today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer nathanr3269 (aka Nathan_r32_69) has made available PUAD GUI v1.5 which is a PS3 PUP Unpacker & Decrypter for Windows.

Download: PUAD GUI v1.5 Simple x86 / PUAD GUI v1.5 Simple x64 / PUAD GUI v1.5 Installer x86 / PUAD GUI v1.5 Installer x64

To quote: After some weeks of hard work I finally finished the new PUAD GUI, aka PUP Unpacker and Decrypter. Works without Cygwin, directly from Windows, if anyone see any issue please tell me.

Notes:

• Pictures created by J-Martin
  
• Tested by largand79 y Dantezteam
  
• cospkg and cosunpkg modified by Estwald
  
• KaKaRoTo and ZiNgA BuRgA for RCOMAGE
  
• Thanks to all
  

Features:

• Unpacks/Repacks PUP file
  
• Decrypts/Unpacks/Repacks CORE_OS
  
• Decrypts/Unpacks/Repacks...

2w ago - Today some videos surfaced from Haxck ODE / juansbeck hacks demonstrating what appears to be a HaxckODE ODE (Optical Drive Emulator) for the PS3 Super Slim 4000 (4K) series of consoles with details incoming.

Below are the videos as well as some related information, as follows:

• Video #1: HaxckODE Jailbreak PS3 Super Slim 4000 Series - this is the haxckODE jailbreak PlayStation 3 Super Slim is the first device that emulates the PS3 hard drive is an internal drive solution storage.
  
• Video #2: PlayStation 3 Slim CECH 3001b Programada - This is the programming model of the PS3 cech 3000 and should work the same way on a super slim ps3 the programming for the team juansbeck hybrid is an initial demonstration games version 4.31 running on the latest version as of today console Sony PlayStation 3.
  

From haxckode: HaxckODE characteristics far.

• It is an internal memory device to initiate original hard drive requires an embedded system that decrypts the original hard drive to start and it keeps doing that encryption dump its internal memory of the haxckODE, then act as a mirror to the system accepts as yet maximum storage unit supplanting 16gb original hard disk.
  
• No soldering required, connects to the bay hdd via SATA interface...

2w ago - Following up on his previous release, PlayStation 3 developer LMAN (aka theleecherman) has made available an update to his PSN PKG Decryptor & Extractor bringing it to version 1.71 with the changes below.

Download: PSN PKG Decryptor & Extractor v1.71 / .NET Framework 2 / .NET Framework 2 (x64)

About PSN PKG Decryptor & Extractor: PSN PKG Decryptor & Extractor is designed (Specially for the PSP) to help you decrypt PS3 & PSP PKG file and extract the files from it.

For PS3 it can extract PKG files only. For PSP it can extract and (decrypt, dump, verify the dumped ISO, generate KEYS.BIN from PSOne EBOOT.PBP file) and prepare the extracted files to be ready for use ONLY on the PSP system.

PSN PKG Decryptor and Extractor Changelog:

1.71:

+Stable Release.
+New Button and Confirmation message to verify the PKG files if it's corrupted...