Custom PS3 Boot Logo

Figured out how to do this.  Still not 100% sure how the transparency works, other than #000000 is always 100% transparent.  It's weird because the tutorials i followed online didn't mention anything about what color-mode to use when working with the image, and the PS3 (as of yet) only supports a greyscale image, but when i open the original .dds files in Photoshop it always opens them in RGB color...  And i'm too chickenshit to try a few things out and potentially brick my PS3.

Yes, that's Kefka from Final Fantasy 6.  It seems appropriate.  .dds files available upon request.

AsBestOS 2.0 -> BootOS 2.01

http://psgroove.com/content.php?812-BootOS-2.01-AKA-AsbestOS-v2.01-(Installer)-Released 

I can't wait to get my thumbdrive and check this out!  AsBestOS, the unofficial PS3 OtherOS loader, has been redubbed BootOS, and this new version is said to less prone to error.  It has also been said, though, that 1.5 works better for Ubuntu, and 2.0/2.01 work better for Debian.  I can't personally verify either, yet.

Police Raid Graf_Chokolo's House

Graf_chokolo, who has contributed countless things to the PS3 scene, had his private home raided by police this morning. They confiscated all of his "accounts" and anything related to PS3 hacking. Some of you may remember that graf_chokolo promised if he was pushed, that he would release all of his PS3 hypervisor knowledge to the world. He kept good on this promise releasing what is being dubbed as the Hypervisor Bible. "The uploaded files contains his database which is a series of tools for the PS3′s Hypervisor and Hypervisor processes. It will help other devs to reverse engineer the hypervisor of PS3 further."

http://psgroove.com/content.php?801-Police-Raid-Graf_Chokolo-s-House-Then-He-Releases-Hypervisor-Bible

SNES9X-PS3 4.4.5

http://psgroove.com/content.php?774-SNES9x-PS3-4.4.5-Emulator-Released-Includes-New-HD-Version-with-4xSoft

" SNES9x PS3 4.4.5 (FW 1.92+/FW 3.15/FW 3.41/CFW 3.55) changes:

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Build 4.4.5 (14-02-2010)
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* New HD Version - every game runs at the SNES' high-resolution mode (512x448 interlaced mode). Try this with the right shader on (4xSoft) and this can make the games look beautiful. Both progressive (1080p/720p/480p/576p) and interlaced modes (480i/576i/1080i) work with this - try interlaced for best results.

* 4xSoft combined with this HD version also beautifies the pseudo hi-res transparent background layers in Kirby's Dreamland 3.

* Triple Buffering option added - enabled by default. Faster graphics/shader performance with triple buffering turned on - some potential input lag with triple buffering on - turn it off in case you experience problems of this nature.

* USB/Bluetooth mouse can be used now for Mouse/Super Scope games.

* Primal Rage works again."

Can't wait to test it, but i gotta get some sleep first!

EDIT:  Got to mess with it before work, briefly.  It looks awesome on my little 720 monitor; i can't wait to see how nice it looks on my friend's big-ass 1080.  The CRT video filter is beautiful...  it even morphs the screen so it looks bowed out like a CRT television!  Now i can swear at Gradius III in glorious high-def!  :oP

EDIT 2:  The hd version looks kinda weird...  if you leave the PS3 set on a progressive video mode, there'll be interlacing artifacts, and if you switch it to an interlaced video mode, there'll be less interlacing artifacts, but a lot of the video filters will look like butt...  i should try the non-hd version, maybe.

PS3 Channels Creator 2.0 - Now in English!

Courtesy psgroove.com:

"NEWS:

* Now you can choose the icons you want (even add icons added)
* Works in all regions
* You can choose the name of the folder containing the xil.xml (Not all consoles have the same name)
* Different languages (English, Spanish and Catalonian)
* You can choose the order of channels
* All times are displayed in the channel list"

http://psgroove.com/content.php?771-PS3-Channels-Creator-2.0-Released-Now-in-English

PSChannels Creator 1.0

Xesc, from Elotrolado, has released PSChannels Creator 1.0. The app generates an XML file, which allows you to make "shortcuts" on the XMB to various TV channels or Websites. Please note, currently the app is only in Spanish.

PSGroove.com - PSChannels Creator 1.0 Released

Sony Demanding Identity Of Anyone Who Saw PS3 Jailbreak Video On YouTube

"Sony continues to massively overreact to the news that a hacker figured out how to 'jailbreak' the PS3 in order to re-enable the functionality that Sony had deleted from PS3s. Beyond getting a far overreaching gag order on George Hotz, who figured out the jailbreak, and playing Whac-a-Mole to try to take down the code anywhere it appears, the company has now asked a judge to order Google to provide the IP addresses and other identifying info of anyone who viewed or commented on the video about the jailbreak that was hosted on a private YouTube page."

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110207/23320513000/sony-demanding-identity-anyone-who-saw-ps3-jailbreak-video-youtube.shtml

Mother of God.