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UPDATE: iPhone Dev recommends against updating it to the latest firmware for those seeking a soft unlock. Does that mean the magic tool is on its way?
Here we have it. Apple has released v2.2 firmware for iPhone which brings Google Street View, over-the-air podcast downloads, improvements in Safari, few dropped calls and loads of other [...]

 
Sony is releasing firmware updates for its consoles as if it were releasing anti-virus definition updates. The PlayStation blog has announced the new PSP firmware v5.02 that will claims to improve “system software stability during use of some features, including the PlayStation Store”. The other “some features” are still not known.
The update is expected [...]

 
Nintendo has announced a firmware update to its Wii console. The new update moves to version 3.4 that promises to give USB keyboard support in Mii channel, Enhanced parental controls, improved disc read speed and better read/write speed for SD cards. However, Nintendo’s cunning mind has also decided to pull the plug off the [...]

 
Sony PlayStation Blog posted an announcement of a new firmware update for PS3. It is a minor update with couple of changes.
- The playback quality of some PS3 format software has been improved.
- A text entry issue that occurs when using the on-screen keyboard, USB keyboard or Bluetooth keyboard with some PS3 format software has [...]

 
UPDATE: The firmware is available for download.
This is not a mandatory update. The firmware upgrade is actually related to the issue cropped up while using higher capacity memory cards. There seemed to be an error showing ‘insufficient disk space’ while downloading content on 8GB or 16GB cards from PSN Store and this firmware helps to [...]

 
All PSP custom firmware diggers have a reason to rejoice. Withing 48 hours of the official firmware released by Sony, Dark_Alex released his iteration of the custom firmware for PSP.
Changes:
- 4.01 to 5.00
- Bug fix: when changing speed in xmb, and the psp turned the brightness to 0 automatically the speed was reseted to 222 [...]

 
Just a quick heads up. PSP and PS3 users can now upgrade their firmwares to v5.00 and v2.50 respectively. Check out a small video from Grace giving a walkthrough of the PSN Store on PSP.
A new feature added to the PS3 is the inclusion of Flash Player 9 support. For the whole list of [...]

 
It seems a good day today for PlayStation users. Sony has announced that the PSP and PS3 consoles will undergo a firmware update pretty soon. They have also given a changelog of what can be expected from these updates. Despite the rumored updates, PSP users will have to suffice with couple of changes with one [...]

 
Frenchsite, PSPGen managed to get their hands dirty on the Beta V5.0 firmware of PSP which is only meant for the developers. Unfortunately, the video is being narrated in French so we have no clue whatsoever what the guy is trying to explain. However, according to earlier reports by PSPGen, the new firmware will carry [...]

 
Windows iPhone and iPod Touch users looking to jailbreak the latest 2.1 firmware won’t have to wait now as the smart guys at iPhone Devs have brought the Windows based Quickpwn out of beta to make things easy for you. It can jailbreak both the iPhone generations as well as the first-gen iPod Touch. iPod [...]