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07 Jun 2011 10:43

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Tech: Sony’s PlayStation Vita: A great opportunity to change the subject

  • Sony just had a rough month, and it continues to be kinda rough. So a console launch like the PlayStation Vita comes as a breath of fresh air for the company, which needs something to take the focus off their security problems and back onto their bread and butter. So, with a brief apology — “I want to apologize both personally and on behalf of my company,” as Sony’s North American head Jack Tretton, put it — it was onto the new console. And what a console it is: An OLED screen, touchpads in the back, and multiple cameras for augmented-reality gaming. Will it be enough to bring gamers back into the fold? source

07 Jun 2011 10:24

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World: Official: Ali Abdullah Saleh’s injuries not minor by any stretch

  • His face was quite charred. The burns are serious; he is not as well as his aides are portraying it.
  • A western official, speaking under condition of anonymity • Describing the condition of Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who took a leave of office last week to receive medical care in Saudi Arabia after an attack on his presidential palace. Saleh could still return to power at some point (whether people in Yemen want him to is another story), but based on his current condition, recovery could take a few months. Another possible injury — on top of the burns and the wooden shrapnel that hit close to his heart — might be a punctured lung, which some sources have reported was a side effect of the shrapnel. source