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The PSP-Dev team appears to be at it again. This is directly from their website: “Several days ago we released the swaploit (15-Jun) , some of sceners got satisfied but some of you tell us to do it better. Today we are proud to announce that in a few days you will get a new hit from Killer-X and PsP-Dev Team…” The release is scheduled for June 22nd 12:00 GMT+2. They’ve also released a video demonstrating the direct boot method – no swap trick! Our previous HOWTO. Link.

New site/update from SYSTM! Small wireless cameras have become increasingly popular in the past few years. They are used to monitor activity around homes and businesses in an effort to attain an extra hint of security. Most of these types of cameras, however, are unencrypted so their signals can be picked up by anyone with a compatible, off the shelf, receiver. Link.

Misticriver.net has the specs of the new iRiver u10- it’s a little video/music player but a couple things caught my eye. It plays OGG and it also can play TXT (text files) as well as support Flash Lite 1.1. This is a bit of a big deal. Anyone can not only throw ebooks on this little fellow but, with Flash Lite 1.1 you could potentially develop a lot of games, applications and interactive learning content. Anyway, glad to see there’s an easy way to make applications for a portable media player finally coming out. Link.

One more Sony Librie hack for the day….Having to plug the librie to the AC power adapter AND the USB port seems kinda stupid since the AC adapter is outputting 5.2V, nearly the same than a USB port.So I decided to get rid of the adapter and get the required power from the USB. It is very easy to do but you will have to cut the power connector from the original adapter. To do it just follow this scheme… Link.

Getting Google maps on a phone with a GPS. The launch of Google Maps in the UK this week has coincided with the desire to write some Python code for my Nokia 6630 mobile phone. As Matt Croydon’s PythonForSeries60 shows, there are an increasing number of interesting projects written using the Python SDK for the Nokia phones. Link.

Interesting use of the Unreal Engine. Tactical Iraqi is a computer-based, self-paced, learning program that in about 80 hours teaches English-speaking people totally unfamiliar with Iraqi Arabic how to speak enough to accomplish tasks and missions in Arabic. [via] Link.

A lot of people are talking about those fancy TV/LED belt buckles, I unfortunately even built one that displays searches from the web. Both have an interesting novelty factor, but there are more useful things you can do with the buckle real estate- like making a wallet out of a cigarette case. Link.