Yes, most of us think that SCEE London's Beats is awesome, and it's about time that someone from the homebrew community thought up of letting PSP owners play the game with their own customized "beats." Yes, here's Beats Off, where you can load and play custom compiled BJS files. Important details in the full article!

Download: Beats Off v0.1

Among the most convenient homebrew applications for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch is Touchpad Pro. It allows the smaller gizmos to act as remote control for your computer whether it be running on Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux. The latest update even brings more functionality with the introduction of a new feature that should prove to be useful. Learn about it at the full article.

Previously, the iPhone Dev Team was able to boot the iPhone on two separate firmwares. Now, they have found a way to let you load any firmware you want, even unsigned ones, with the iPhone Pwnage Tool. More details over at the full article.

After helping out in ports of PC games to other platforms with its products, TransGaming Technologies rolls up its sleeves once more with the release of SwiftShader 2.0. Video game developers in need of a 3D rendering system based entirely in software for their projects on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X may want to consider licensing this engine. Find the details at the full article.

If you put pit laptops running on the Mac OS, Windows Vista, and Linux against hackers, which OS do you think would last the longest? Apparently, it's Linux. In this year's PWN 2 OWN contest, no one was able to hack the laptop running on the Linux OS. Which of the other two went down first? Better read the full article to find out.

Just when you thought that touchscreen technology can't get any cooler, developer Jahanzeb Serwani made a new homebrew application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch which allows you to use your Apple gadget's touchscreen as a remote touchpad which can control your PC's mouse pointer. For more details about this nifty homebrew app, read the full article.

Jiggy is more than just five letter word with a jelly groove to it. Apparently it's also the name of a new application authoring suite for the Apple iPhone, and it could make some serious waves in the Apple homebrew community. And maybe after that little dance party you're throwing to get the mood swinging, you can hop over to the full story for the lowdown on PsyKoh LLC's offering for the budding Apple homebrew developer.

The collaboration between CCP and TransGaming, Inc. we reported on a couple of months back has finally borne fruit. CCP's interstellar MMORPG title, EVE Online, is now available on all three of the most widely used operating systems in the world: Microsoft Windows, Macintosh and Linux. Gamers can now enjoy cross-OS play with other EVE Online players around the world. Learn more at the full article.

In an attempt to block other media players from synching with the new iPod models, Linux users now find themselves unable to use their third-party software of choice to load songs into their new iPods.

An article in the ipodminusitunes blog states that there is a code embedded in the iPod, locking the iTunes database to a specific iPod. Any attempt to do modifications on the code will result with the iPod thinking that there are "0 SONGS" in its memory, even if there are songs uploaded into the iTunes database.

Other online sources think that this is not a measure to prevent piracy in itslef, but rather to eliminate competition of the iTunes store. Since most major music labels have eliminated DRM from their digital tracks, the likelihood of other music players that automatically load DRM-free music is very high, thus competing with iTunes Store.

This new move limits the choices of software to be used with the iPod, and since iTunes doesn't work on Linux, Linux users may need to either change to Windows or Mac, or not buy the newer iPods. Does Apple really want to lose its iPod Linux users? More updates as they come!

Thanks to a deal with TransGaming Inc., CCP games has announced that it will be bringing EVE Online to Mac and Linux platforms later this year. The game joins a growing list of titles available for the Mac platform.

"EVE Online has always ranked highly with our Linux users and there is significant demand for it among other platforms, including the rapidly growing Mac base," said Vikas Gupta, CEO of TransGaming Technologies.

"As EVE takes place within a single-server persistent universe, it's vital that the game is identical in every way across different platforms. This challenge is what makes the partnership with CCP both important and rewarding."

The game is already playable on Linux through the use of TransGaming's Cedega Windows compatibility layer. The new Linux version will have Cedega directly integrated into the game, while EVE Online's Mac version will utilize TransGaming's Cider portability engine.