Sony admits PSP ‘update’ is genuine

Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation Portable (PSP) updater that leaked onto the web this past weekend is genuine.

However, it publicly warned owners of the handheld console not to run the software, which it said will “cause the PSP hardware to stop operating”.

The updater is configured to install a number of bug fixes, along with a text-to-speech utility, a calculator, web browser, email application and - most interesting of all - a word processor and spreadsheet tool.

However, the update installer as posted does not yet contain all - or indeed any - of these software components…

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