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real? web browser software found in wipeout pure.
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Buro Destruct
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Uh, neat, I guess.
IoriYagami n8
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I don't know why everyone is so eager to browse the web on their PSPs. It sucked doing it on the DC, why is it going to get any better now?
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I think it would be fucking sweet not having to carry my laptop around with me to check my email or browse the forums. I can't wait until I don't need a copy of Wipeout. 
IoriYagami n8
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I suppose that would be good for people. I've had a WiFi capable PDA for quite some time now and simply haven't found much use for it aside from standard PDA function.
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If simple internet browsing is supported in the PSP, I'm sure as hell buying one. Anyway I'm wondering up to which point it would be possible to use it here in Barcelona, I'm not sure if wi-fii free spots are common here. I know I could do it better with a PDA, but a videogame console would be more useful to me.
Anyway, don't you think the DS, with the touch screen, would be much more suited to this?
Anyway, don't you think the DS, with the touch screen, would be much more suited to this?
From what I understand, you're not gonna be able to use it at starbucks or anywhere not your house (after you set it up, of course).
What he did was create a DNS server - which in as simple terms as possible - is like a yellow pages for the internet. A domain name is looked up and returned with an IP address (the same way you'd look up Ray's Pizza and come back with a phone number).
He made a 'fake' phone book that told his PSP that the sony page he was looking for was actually 'slashdot.com' or whatever.
So only if you have a PC that is intercepting the transimssion that the PSP is trying to make with scea and feeding it 'incorrect' info...
You won't be surfing anything anytime soon from anyplace other than right next to your computer.
Then again...I'm no haxor, so what do I know?
What he did was create a DNS server - which in as simple terms as possible - is like a yellow pages for the internet. A domain name is looked up and returned with an IP address (the same way you'd look up Ray's Pizza and come back with a phone number).
He made a 'fake' phone book that told his PSP that the sony page he was looking for was actually 'slashdot.com' or whatever.
So only if you have a PC that is intercepting the transimssion that the PSP is trying to make with scea and feeding it 'incorrect' info...
You won't be surfing anything anytime soon from anyplace other than right next to your computer.
Then again...I'm no haxor, so what do I know?
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You hit the nail on the head, however, it does look like the browser is built into the firmware, but currently only accessible via wipeout pure. Once its figured out how to access the browser, or sony unlock it (as thier fake firmware that was floating around the internet suggested they may do) we should be able to use it whereever.Blaine said:
Mawdsley said:
Yeah. It's at least able to render some HTML, but not all. Not sure how useful it'd be. It's lacking a few bells and whistles people are accustomed to. It may be stripped down but still functional. Maybe the key will be someone figuring a way to run other apps on the PSP and writing a web browser from scratch.
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From the fake firmware, it looks like sony is going to add web browser functionality to the PSP at somepoint. If the wipeout browser represents an early version of that, it could very well be used as a tool to enable homebrew using its flaws.Blaine said:
Im gonna reread the article again to see what method hes using, DNS or Proxy. As a modified proxy could be the answer to enableing browsing from starbucks. You can specify a proxy in the wireless network setup on the psp. If you could specify a modified proxy that was running on your comp (assuming you had static IP and was accessible on the net) you could potentially intercept requests for sonys wipeout site and serve your own content.
On a side note, people have already developed scripts that insert an address bar at the top so you can browse to any site without having to link to it from your web server.
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That said, if he was using a proxy then... really creating your own DNS server isn't necessary because one person, or people, could just create thier own DNS servers that anyone can access via proxy that just serves up a page with an address bar so you can go where ever you want.
You could create your own DNS server, but I'm sure enough people would have generic servers that give you a blank page with an address bar, that you won't need to.
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I reread the article, he did use DNS, but PDC suggested using proxy (I didnt steal his idea, honest, ive been thinking about using proxy since the fake firmware was posted as a means of serving your own firmware to the psp). Im going to see what I can throw together in .NET as far as a HTTP proxy goes. Anyone whos interested in this should check out here to keep updated on psp web browser news.Blaine said:
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http://fugimax.base2.org/
Can somebody with Wipeout tell me if this works? If it does then I'll buy.
Can somebody with Wipeout tell me if this works? If it does then I'll buy.
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It worked for me!
Yup... It worked for me... Surfed the net with it some time ago today... it moves around the speed of 56K or greater (when I got around 75% signal strength)... and I am not even using my own connection since I letch off of my neighborhoods!
I know I will find this useful... for checking my mail when I don't have a computer available... cause I don't own a laptop.
This feature is cool.
Can't wait til emulators come out for this bad boy
Yup... It worked for me... Surfed the net with it some time ago today... it moves around the speed of 56K or greater (when I got around 75% signal strength)... and I am not even using my own connection since I letch off of my neighborhoods!
I know I will find this useful... for checking my mail when I don't have a computer available... cause I don't own a laptop.
This feature is cool.
Can't wait til emulators come out for this bad boy 
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IoriYagami n8 said:
the DC is ancient hardware.
max 56k speed, unless you have broadband adaptor.
shitty 640x480 and DC color pallete, blown up to the size of your TV screen.
very little support for any new web standards.
no comparison.
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Well I don't know what your expecting form the psp, but its nowhere near 640x480, nor does it support much more than basic html and images. It currently doesnt support frames. The wipeout browser is far from a complete web browser. I believe its just an early version that wipeout was allowed to use.Igniz v2 said:
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OMG I'm buying Wipeout tomorrow!