So we finally got the R2 version of Team Typhoon's ChicHEN exploit, and yes, homebrew is now most definitely enabled. Wondering what Dark AleX has planned? Or not planned, rather. Well, this doesn't come from DAX himself, but here's something close enough: webmaster Alek gives us updates on the ChickHEN exploit and clues us in on Team M33's plans.

And here we are once more with our Tuesday goodie, the QuickJump QuickGuide now at Issue 3. As promised, we will be continuing the (already-long) PSP Firmware Database. We left off with 3.40 IE in Part 1. Today, we give you Part 2, starting off with the OFW 3.50 from Sony, all the way to 5.30, and of course including the brilliant CFWs and other exploits by the gods-that-be of Homebrew. This piece needs no more introduction; the stars of the show are already tabled below:

There seems to be a rumor going around that FW 5.0 blocks PSPs with custom firmwares from accessing the PlayStation Store. Alek, Dark AleX's webmaster, squashes this out as just rumor.

Good news? The PSP Gen team has decrypted Sony's official 4.05 firmware update (that was fast). Not much has been changed from 4.01 though. Will we see an update from Dark AleX as well? We'll have to wait and see. More details in the full article.

Thanks to Gilberto Jimenez for the tip!

Nope, you aren't seeing things. There are indeed two separate PSP Weekend Warrior articles for this week. Considering the enormity of the PlayStation Portable homebrew community, we've decided to separate the PSP Weekend Warrior into two separate articles. To find out the latest homebrew news over the past week, check out our full article on QJ.NET's first issue of the PSP Homebrew Weekend Warrior.

Ready for another serving of QJ.NET's PSP Weekend Warrior? It's been a busy week for homebrew developers, with them trying to keep pace with Team M33's CFW 4.01 launch. Sony's also got its hands full thanks to a new patent they've got lined up, and some pretty sticky stuff that's happened at their official site. Details are available in the full article. 

One word for this post: Poisonhzkj. You'll probably know the name, because the developer behind it was responsible for delivering the CXMB plugin to the last Custom Firmwares prior to 4.01. Well, would you know that coder Miriam took the plugin and updated it so that CXMB v4.0 would allow the use of unofficial XMB themes in CFW 4.01 M33? If you care to know more, you know where to go. For first timers, that's the "read more" link below.

Download: CXMB plugin v4.0 for CFW 4.01 M33

It's the first week for QuickJump QuickPeek's second year! Some things never change, while others... well, they get quite a pretty make-over too. Debuting this week are our blog-specific Weekend Warriors, marching all over the QJ.NET blog with their very own in-depth recaps for a full seven days' worth of industry news. Take a gander... some of you may have only seen your preferred blog's Warrior, but now, it might pay to see how everything went for everyone else in the community.

It looks like Dark AleX is showing no signs of letting up! A day after 4.01 M33 rolled out and with the newly-released 1.50 kernel add-on still glowing hot, Dark AleX has released a quick bugfix update for custom firmware 4.01 M33. The complete changelog is available in the full article.

Download: CFW 4.01 M33-2 update

First off, we welcome you to the new and improved QuickJump QuickPeek feature specially designed for this week's PSP-related news. We've got a lot to cover with this debut, with topics ranging to the upcoming already released(!) CFW 4.00 from Dark AleX, to Sony's brave new plans for the PSP. Head on over to the full article when you're good an ready.