IgpSP, an iPod port of Exophase's gpSP Game Boy Advance emulator has been given another update. This port is based on gpSP's latest open-source code and uses hotdog for faster graphics rendering. Hit the full article for a full features list.

Download: igpSP v0.9-2xb K3

It's probably not time to go running for the hills with your mp3 player, but a little information about everyone's favorite music machine is probably in order now. It seems that someone's managed to create the first virus that actually infects an iPod.

Of course, as with any proof of concept, it's not as devastating as one might think. The virus, known as "Podloso" or "Oslo.zip," infects only iPods running the iPod Linux software. When saved to the iPod's memory, the virus scans the hard disk, infecting all the .elf format files. Using the infected files comes up with the message, "You are infected with Oslo the first iPodLinux Virus".

The only bright side so far to this news is that it doesn't have a destructive payload as of yet. Furthermore, iPod Linux is only present in less than one percent of all iPods in the world, due to the specialized nature of using Linux as an OS.

This isn't the first time the device has had a problem with viruses, however. RJump, otherwise known as RavMonE.exe, was a trojan that opened up back doors in Microsoft Windows and was installed into a number of video iPods prior to their shipping.

  

Today we are on hand to dish out yet another homebrew game from a developer brand new to the homebrew scene, Ipodlinux. He has brought us PSPLife today, a homebrew game clone of 'ConwaysGame Of Life' which may remind some of you of the classic electronic handheld game Lights Out. Here's a short explanation of how the game works if you think you have the brainpower to conquer this on your PSP.

The universe of the Game of Life is an infinite two-dimensional grid of cells, each of which is either alive or dead. Cells interact with their eight neighbours, which are the cells that are directly horizontally, vertically, or diagonally adjacent. At each step in time, the following effects occur:

1. Any live cell with fewer than two neighbours dies, as if by loneliness.
2. Any live cell with more than three neighbours dies, as if by overcrowding.
3. Any live cell with two or three neighbours lives, unchanged, to the next generation.
4. Any dead cell with exactly three neighbours comes to life.

More information on the Game of Life can be found here. Now let's get back to the PSP version; it is in a beta form so you can expect a few bugs to be present in both the GUI and the algorithm. IpodLinux has tested PSPLife on firmware 2.71 using Dark_Alex's HEN C loader, firmware 2.60 with Fanjita and Ditlew's 0.99 eLoader and on the good old 1.5 . We are proud to say that it works perfectly on each. But this homebrew game doesn't end here, IpodLinux has major plans for the future of this game and here are some of the improvements that you can expect to see over the next few weeks:

• Ability to choose the planet size (right now it's 10x10).
• Ability to restart.
• Ability to remove cells.
• Ability to change the cells during 'game'play.

1.0 binary and 1.5 Kxploited binaries have been included in the download but remember, if you are using Dark_Alex's 2.71 Custom Firmware SE-A you can use either format!

Download: [PSPLife Beta]
Discuss: [Forum release thread]