So it's finally here, the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit. Today is the day. It will last until the 16th. But what can you expect for the next few days? Well, for starters, you won't here anything today about Sony. Microsoft and Electronic Arts will be dishing it out at 10:30 am PT / 1:30 pm ET and 3:00 pm PT / 6:00 pm ET respectfully. But tomorrow on the 15th, we'll see what Sony brings to the table.

For the PS3, you may hear new information about games like God of War III or possibly Heavenly Sword 2, but don't hold your breath on the second one. You may also hear about future firmware expectations as well as coverage on the new 2.41 firmware. If I had to put my money where my mouth is, I'd say Sony will also discuss the "Greatest Hits" collection. Japan already has it, and Europe is getting it soon, so it seems like a worthy mention.

For the PSP developments, things are very up-in-air. I think we will definitely be hearing about a Patapon 2 and/or Loco Roco 2 in the works since Sony wants to show it cares about UMD sales.I think we'll also hear big developments from Ubisoft. They are planning to release a whopping 12 PSP titles this fiscal year, and so far these have remained secret. Rayman is expected, but what else? I think we're going to find out! I also expect that Sony will talk more about downloadable content. Sony seems like they are aiming to make the PS Store accessible directly from the PSP itself instead of only on computer. It would be interesting if Sony revealed a "PSP Trophy" system similar to PS3 Trophies and Xbox Achievements, but that's not likely. Lastly, I'm wondering how Sony plans to market the PSP through the holiday season. New colors, bundles, accessories? I guess we'll have to wait until the 14th! Gamespot will have live coverage here, so enjoy!

Via [ Gamespot ]  [ PSPFanBoy ]  [ Joystiq ]  [ Sony ]  [ e3summit08 ]

The new hotly anticipated "trophy-type" accomplishments system and in-game XMB were added to the 2.40 firmware. However, as most of you know, 2.40 was pulled rather quickly and replaced with 2.41 due to reports of system failures and similar crashes. I've been trying to search for video of these failures or photographs but I haven't seen anything reliable. It seems that, at least for the most part, these reports of system failure and crashing have been blown widely out of proportion. It seems that these issues, whether real or not, are completely resolved in the 2.41 firmware release, so don't believe the rumors! And if you DO have video or picture evidence of these crashes, let us know with a comment. Until then, start "leveling up" – PS3 style, and don't spend too much time worrying about crashes.

For all of the curious people out there who haven't updated to iTunes 7.7, here is some screenshots inside the store:

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(more screenshots will be added)

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Features (For those who are too lazy to read the blog):
-Firmware 2.0 support
-Spotlight file indexing of .ipsws
-Canned websearches
-Installer custom configuration,
-Custom root partitions

Enjoy and have a video.

The Supercard team has announced their new update on their DSONE cart.  There changes are listed below:

1. Added: Enlarge the save size to 128Mbits
2. Added: Multi-Skin. (Copy the new skin folder into scshell\skin)
3. Added: Add new language CHT for Chinese version cart
4. Updated: Updated ndsinfo.dat to #2404
5. Fixed: Some games cant work in PATCH mode

Head on over here for a direct dowload —>

                                         
The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association, according to MCV, is looking at the possibility of removing flashcart retailers in the UK. Their point is that a flashcart can be used to work around the copyright protection, which can open the door for piracy.

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"The supply of these items is an infringement and an offence under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and the Trade Marks Act 1994. ELSPA’s IP Crime Unit works closely with the enforcement agencies to stop this supply and prevent instances of intellectual property theft."

Certainly interesting news, and something to keep an eye on if you are one of our UK readers.

Via [qj.net]

For all of those iPhone users, 2.0 is out! But this is NOT for iPod Touch.

Note that this is Apple's official Firmware.

[Download]

Thanks to RoxFox we know about this new release title. I would tell you what it is…but Rox said it best!

 Date: 2008-07-09 

Coded Red has released a fun Lua Game called "Deer Avenger Mini" 
Its a Lua clone of Simon & Schuster Interactive's 'Deer Avenger' For PC and Mac. 

You play as Bambo, a kick butt deer who's looking to serve up some revenge. 

Heres a quick list of game controls: 

In the menu: 
  D-Pad = Move 
  X Button = select 

In game: 

  O Button = Back to menu 
  X Button = Fire gun/Select 
  D-Pad = Move Cursor/Crosshair

To install it just Place the foldor named "Deer Avenger Mini V2.00" in PSP/GAME 

Enjoy! 

Thanks RoxFox64!

Source

I'm sure most of you iPhone/iPod Touch users are waiting for the big day.. July 11th. Now for those of you who don't have a clue on what July 11th is SO special about heres a little re-cap.

Now back in June 9th, another big day, Apple had a WWDC 2008 Conference in SanFrancisco. That was the day the the "2.0" and iPhone 3G became a reality. June 9th was suppose to be the release date of iPhones' new software version 2.0.  But on that day, Steve Jobs announced that the actual release date is on July 11th. He ran us through some very important details and updates. Here is a list of the updates he announced:

iPhone:                                                                                                                                        

-New 2.0 is coming out

-New Model of iPhone is coming out

-New Features such as "Microsoft Enterprise" is coming out 

-Mobile AppStore is coming out

-The new iPhone SDK (Software Development Kit) is coming out

iPod:

-All if the Features on iPhone 2.0 is coming out on iPod 2.0

Macs:

-A sneek peak at Mac OS X 7.7 "Snow Leopard"

Other Apple Stuff:

-iTunes 7.7 is coming out.

Now when we heard the moment he said "Now this will all be availible at July 11" we were dissapointed. June 9th was suppose to be the date it all happens. But it was said, "July 11". Now we all are looking forward to Friday. But now a question has raised. Is 2.0 Jailbreakable? We will find out Soon.