PSP software update coming Wednesday

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. will begin offering a software update for the PlayStation Portable on Wednesday that allows it to interoperate with the recently launched PlayStation 3.

The update, which will take the PSP's system software to version 3.0, includes Sony's "remote play" function. This allows media files on the PS3's hard disk drive, such as movies, to be streamed across a wireless LAN for viewing on the PSP.

The new firmware also allows games for the original PlayStation to be downloaded from Sony's online store to the PlayStation 3 and then transferred to the PSP. Sony will begin offering nine titles in Japan from Wednesday for download to the PSP all priced at