Fanjita of the Noobz received a new official Sony battery, and it seems it can’t be converted to Pandora.
Fanjita said:
I recently received an official Sony PSP-110 battery (the original fat PSP battery), as new from Amazon. It seems to be a completely genuine Sony part, but it can’t be successfully converted to Pandora - the […]

Update: Version 2 is now available for download. Also, the button combination for taking screenshots has been changed to L+R+Start.
Coolj has announced the release of a new plugin that will allow you to take screenshots on 3.71 M33. There weren’t any working screenshot plugins so he, with the help of Ketchup, decided to […]

The wait is over and Team M33 has released custom firmware 3.71 M33!
However, 1.50 kernel enabled homebrew will no longer work because the main installer won’t install the 1.50 kernel anymore. But don’t worry as a 1.50 kernel addon will be released in a few days (for fat only).
Changes in 3.71 M33:

Now uses 3.71
VSH […]

weltall has released CWCheat 0.1.9 Revision E — a cheat device for both PSP and PSX emulated games.
New optimizations have reduced the size of the prx by about 2kb, various fixes have been made to the pointer codes, and values used by the brightness function have been reworked to unlock the brighter level on the […]

Team M33 has finished developing custom firmware 3.71 M33, but we’re going to have to wait awhile before they release it:
After a hard discussion between every member of M33 (3 votes against 2), we have decided to take a little break before releasing anything else. (Take it as the russian winter that might come […]

Zx-81 is back with a new version of PSPMSX bumping it up to version 1.2.0.
As the name implies, PSPMSX can emulate the MSX, MSX2, and MSX2+ 8bit home computers.
Changes:

Huge speed improvements, it runs now faster than 60 fps using only 222Mhz PSP clock frequency
IR keyboard support !
New graphics and eboot icons
Display and save thumbnail images […]

Cpasjuste has released Custom Firmware Extender 1.4 — a set of two plugins that will add some extra features to your PSP, such as screenshot and video capture.
Here’s a full list of all the features:

Record some in-game videos.
Start and stop a ftpd server while under the VSH (PSP Menu) to transfer files via WIFI (WEP,WPA).
Reset […]

kgsws has released three new updates for the classic first-person shooter games — Hexen, Heretic, and Doom. Improved Ad-Hoc multiplayer support has been added for 3, and hopefully, 4 players (8 for Hexen).
In Heretic and Doom multiplayer, you can now select your colors, too.
Changelogs:
PSP Heretic version 0.8

multiplayer update

PSP Doom version 0.7

fixed multiplayer code
fixed chainsaw […]

Akop (aka uberjack), with the help of neopop_uk and PSMonkey, has released NeoPop PSP v0.71.1 — a NeoGeo Pocket and Pocket Color emulator.
This is its initial release so there are some known problems with this emulator.
Installation instructions, controls, and other additional information can be found in the readme.
Download: NeoPop PSP v0.71.1
[Source: Akop]

Zx-81 has been busy lately adding new compatibility to his homebrew applications. This time it’s PSPColem v1.0.9, the ColecoVision emulator for PSP. Just like the PSP2600 and PSP7800, this new version is compatible with firmware 3.XX meaning it can be used on the PSP Slim.
Changes:

Compatible with custom firmwares 3.x and PSP-slim
Add a simple […]