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New PSP Firmware with Built-In Web Browser

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the bet-it's-harder-to-hack dept.

Volksport writes "Sony has released a new major firmware update for the PSP, bringing it to v2.00 (This link points to the install file). This new version offers updates such as a built-in web browser (User agent says it is Mozilla/4.0) and Korean language support. Although it was only released in Japan so far, it installs normally on US PSP systems." This version apparently breaks all hacks so far too.

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  1. Hardest Decision Ever... by TJ_Phazerhacki · · Score: 5, Funny
    To update, and lose the SNES9x and e-reader features I love, or to just go out and buy another one to play games on....

    decisions... decisions...

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    1. Re:Hardest Decision Ever... by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 2, Funny

      To update, or not to update: that is the question:
      Whether 'tis nobler in the PSP to suffer
      The browsers and patches of outrageous Sony,
      Or to take mods against a sea of PSPs,
      And by opposing hack them? To crash: to turn off;
      No more; and by turning off to say we end
      The video-game and the thousand electric shocks
      That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
      Devoutly to be wish'd. To hibernate, to sleep;
      To sleep: perchance to DreamWeaver...

  2. Knowing hackers... by Mad_Rain · · Score: 4, Funny

    This version apparently breaks all hacks so far too

    Hmmm... knowing the rapid pace of hackers versus the Slashdot editors, which will come first: the hack to get the latest firmware to work, or the dupe of this story? ;)

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    1. Re:Knowing hackers... by Tackhead · · Score: 2, Funny
      > > This version apparently breaks all hacks so far too
      >
      >Hmmm... knowing the rapid pace of hackers versus the Slashdot editors, which will come first: the hack to get the latest firmware to work, or the dupe of this story? ;)

      Well, it was also released only in Japan, and in addition to the browser breaking the hacks, it has Korean language support. I'll bet someone will come up with a Firefox plugin to detect (or even auto-hide) the Slashdot duplicates. You'd probably have to be a really antisocial guy to spend your time porting that sort of thing to PSP firmware. You'd have to be someone very ronery. Which is to say that in Soviet North Korea, only old people's hacks break the browser.

      /one ticket to hell, please. First class, extra grits.

  3. Re:Browser? by scaverdilly · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh, so you want us to fry ours so you don't have to check it out?

  4. Re:Browser? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Has anyone tried out the browser yet?

    I want to know how it performs, and how easy it is to use before I go ahead and cripple the modability of my system.

    Thank you.

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  5. Re:480x272 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Boo-hoo, someone does not like my fucking japper-toy, boo-hoo.

    PSP sucks. Get a good American brand like Nintendo instead.

  6. Finally.. by kronchev · · Score: 4, Funny

    Finally, we can stop those goddamn hackers from stealing Sony's money by running a Nintendo emulator on their $250 unit combined with the $60 memory stick they bought! Stupid kids want everything for free, god bless Sony for taking back what was theirs!

  7. Re:It ain't just the PSP... by nightgeometry · · Score: 2, Funny

    But i can't get hold of Killer 1 to 6, so how will I know if i like it?

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