72w ago - Over the weekend PlayStation Vita developer Virtuous Flame has made available OpenCMA, an open-source homebrew application that prevents the PS Vita Content Manager from connecting to the Internet to bypass online and the latest OFW checks.

OpenCMA r1 for PS Vita / OpenCMA r2 for PS Vita / OpenCMA r3 for PS Vita / OpenCMA r4 for PS Vita / OpenCMA r4 for PS Vita (1.80 Fix) / OpenCMA r4.5 for PS Vita (Unofficial) / OpenCMA r5 for PS Vita / OpenCMA r5 for PS Vita (Mirror) / SVN / YifanLu's OpenCMA GIT

To quote, roughly translated:

Open CMA...

72w ago - Following up on the PS Vita HBL Demo, today PlayStation Vita hacker wololo has shared details on the PS Vita Content Manager and the related security concerns as outlined below.

To quote: A few days ago I posted my concerns about the “Content Manager” tool, a tool that is compulsory to install and use if you want to copy files from and to your vita. Some people said I was paranoid (see my answer to that at the end of the article), and others shared my concerns and started digging. Interestingly enough, that article gathered almost as much attention as my much more spectacular (in my opinion) video of a Megadrive emulator running on the vita.

Some sites took my words out of context and said that I had proof Sony is spying on us when we copy files. This is not true, I don’t have any proof, just lots of concerns. Because of that I decided to call Sony’s customer service in order to get more information. Read along.

First of all, a piece of relatively good news: some users on French site psvitagen mentioned that it is possible to copy Movies...

74w ago - Update: Sony has now released PS Vita 1.51 Firmware Update (JPN), and although no official changelog is available according to PlayStation Japan the update fixes an issue with Dynasty Warriors Next that prevented players from progressing further.

With the Japanese release of PlayStation Vita slated for tomorrow, Sony has now released a PS Vita 1.50 Firmware update which allows for PSN feature access including the PlayStation Store alongside a Content Manager Assistant application for updating via PC.

Download: PS Vita 1.50 Firmware Update (JPN) / PS Vita 1.50 Recovery System Data (JPN) / PS Vita 1.50 Recovery PreInstall Data (JPN)

Some PS...