It's been a while since the last version of prxutility - that homebrew  plugin known for being everything you need for system info, and then some. With roughly around four months of no updates, you can expect huge changes in this release. The biggest of which is 5.0-M33 compatibility.

Download: prxutility v5.0
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I've seen some pretty wild mods before - I'm still not over the Haier/PSP crossbreed - but this latest one from alien_x bowls me over. Basically he disassembled a PSP and arranged its innards on a sheet of plexiglas. It's beautiful in an Andy Warhol or Picasso kind of way.

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Drool. A one-of-a-kind PlayStation 3 modded with a Metal Gear Solid 4 theme is up for grabs on eBay. The console, signed by Hideo Kojima and Yumi Kikuchi, also comes with full-blown swag. Get it while it's hot!

If that doesn't get you, then know that part of the proceeds also go to Child's Play, Penny Arcade's hospital charity. Details after the link.

After last week's v2.64, we now find Hold + v2.71 on our laps. All previous features that made this battery-saving plugin popular is still in this version, plus a couple fixes and improvements, one of which is a little feature of flashing LEDs so that the PSP is not mistaken to be powered off.

Download: Hold+ v2.71
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Homebrew dev Torch has released a new version of his battery saver plugin, Hold+. This plugin has several functions that can help your unit save on juice, like switching off the LCD screen and the backlight, and can underclock the CPU to 61 MHz. Changelog after the link.

Download: Hold+ v2.64
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With only a couple of weeks since the release of the LuaPlayerHM8 drivers, the official release of the homebrew application has finally gone live. Developer homemister recently dropped by and informed us that we can now download the new build through the project release thread on the QJ.NET forums. Read our full article for details on all the new changes since our previous coverage of LuaPlayerHM.

Download: LuaPlayerHM8
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Developer Torch has released version 2.61 of the Hold+ homebrew plugin for the Sony PSP. This new build should address a problem some of you may have encountered with the previous release. Further details are available in the full article.

Download: Hold+ v2.61
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We all know how sucky it can get when you can't wait to get your hands on your Sony PSP to play your favorite games while, say, waiting for the bus, because your battery just ran out. Now, conservation is key, and that's where Torch can help you out. His brewed app, Hold is now on v2.0 and we're sure you'd want to check out what's new. Go on, click on "read more".

Download: Hold v2.0
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If you're looking to get the best bang out of your professional high definition camera's buck, then we suggest you look out for Sony's first color professional camera viewfinder based on the Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology that will be rolled out later this year. The HDVF-EL100 viewfinder is Sony's first non-consumer application which will make use of an OLED panel. For more details regarding this "l33t" photographer's tool, check out our full article.

Willcom and Sharp Corporation managed to come up with one of the sleekest UMPCs created in the market. They just unveiled Willcom D4, also known as WSO16H.

Having physical stats of 470g and sizing up with 84x188x25.9mm, this little gadget pack quite a punch. Find out more on this baby in the full article.