Sony PSP Hacks

Sony’s new PlayStation Portable (PSP) is turning into a great tool for Web browsing, comics reading and online chat — and it also happens to play video games, movies and music, if you prefer that sort of thing.

..Hacking new video game hardware is old hat — rare is the console that does not get its own version of the Linux operating system from enterprising developers. But the gaming and hacking communities embraced the PSP with speed rarely seen in the console world — a nod, perhaps, to its portability.

Other "hacks" include a way to transfer TV shows recorded by the TiVo digital video recorder to the PSP (http://www.zatznotfunny.com/ttg.htm#psp); a program for reading ebooks, (http://gamefries.blogspot.com/2005/03/how-to-get-e-books-on- your-psp.html); and a viewer for comics downloaded from the Internet (http://www.8bitjoystick.com/archives/jake_how_to_read_web_ comics_on_a_playstation_portable.php).

Much of the new PSP functionality comes from using the Web browser built into the racing game "Wipeout Pure," which was meant to go to a Sony site. By changing some of the PSP’s network settings, the browser can be pointed to an Internet portal.

A number of people have already set up such portals, formatted to fit in the PSP’s screen and offering links and a place to enter Web addresses. The technology blog Engadget has rounded up a number of those links.

Reuters