PlayStation 4 supports remote play on PlayStation Vita

Sony is eking more out of its Gaikai acquisition than we thought -- it's using the streaming game technology to allow for remote play on the PlayStation Vita, advancing what we saw with the PS3. From a brief demo on stage, the company showed gameplay of the PS4 title Knack on the Vita with little apparent degradation in the visual quality -- it's not leaning on the smaller system's processing, after all. There was also a hint that remote play might not be exclusive, although there's nothing specific in this regard. Not every game will support remote play, either, so don't expect it to be a ubiquitous feature -- but it may help justify the Vita as a companion.

Check out our liveblog of Sony's event to get the latest news as it happens!

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Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/20/playstation-4-supports-remote-play-on-playstation-vita/

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VW Golf plug-in hybrid launched

This is the Volkswagen Golf Mk7?plug-in hybrid, which will go on sale in 2014. It uses the same drivetrain as the Audi A3 e-tron, also announced today.

This means a combination of a 148bhp 1.4-litre TFSI petrol engine and a 100bhp electric motor for a combined 256lb ft of torque, a 138mph top speed and a 0-62mph sprint time of 7.6sec. According to the official EU test cycle, the Golf achieves 188mpg or a CO2 rating of just 35g/km.

The MQB platform has been engineered to have a modular rear structure into which a number of different drive systems can be fitted into the same space, including all-wheel drive, natural gas tanks and the battery packs for the hybrid version.

The hybrid transmission combines a petrol engine and electric motor with a six-speed e-S Tronic transmission. This Golf will run on petrol only, electric only and with the two motors combined.

The latter mode is called ?boosting? , while the drivetrain can also go into fuel-saving ?coasting? mode when both motors shut down. In pure electric mode, the Golf can travel up to 31 miles and has a maximum speed of 81mph.

Source: http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/geneva-motor-show-2013/vw-golf-plug-hybrid-launched

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Pakistan versus South Africa Test series: Analysing our loss at Cape Town

Saeed Ajmal's 10 scalps is a clear indication of the need for a second regular spinner. PHOTO: AFP

So we lost to South Africa in the Test series held in Cape Town. The debacle in the first?match in Johannesburg was still?digestible, due to the uncongenial conditions, lack of match practice, and the fact that Pakistan normally doesn?t play well in their first?match in a series.

However, the fiasco in Cape Town is simply not tolerable, and for obvious reasons.

It was Pakistan?s best chance to level the series, particularly after reaching 338 in the first innings, and limiting South Africa to 110 for 5. It was Pakistan?s game to win, and they squandered the opportunity. Winning or losing is part of sports, but professional teams always analyse the factors behind their losses. Unfortunately, Pakistan keeps on reinforcing the failures.

Here are few reasons why Pakistan lost the Test match:

Poor team selection:

Let me start with the team selection. From ball one, the pitch offered?assistance?to spin bowling; and Pakistan let Abdur Rehman ? who ranks among the top five Test bowlers ? warm the benches. Instead, they opted for Tanvir Ahmad, which is utterly mind-boggling.

Firstly, he never merited to be in the 16-men squad at this late age (34). In Cape Town, his bowling speed was?embarrassingly?low (125 kilometres per hour) for any medium pacer, let alone a fast bowler of Pakistani tradition. I bet Younis Khan can bowl faster than him. With Decision Review System (DRS) in action, Abdur Rehman deserved to play on the abrasive, dry, and turning surface.

Saeed Ajmal?s 10 scalps is a clear indication of the need for a second?regular spinner. Rehman is accurate and he takes wickets on such surfaces. Unfortunately, Pakistan had no other bowler to help Ajmal out.

Secondly, the selection of Sarfraz Ahmad is not impressive as well. It is true that he scores heavily in domestic cricket, but it is unfair to expect too much from a young keeper in an important tour.

Adnan Akmal was doing reasonably well and he should have been persisted. At the moment, Sarfraz cannot score 20 runs, which puts extra burden on an already-fragile batting line-up.

Poor captaincy:

Before this series, Misbah had been doing a reasonable job with the leadership. However, this tour has been a horrible experience for Misbah as a captain; not to mention his poor batting form.

Apart from his influence on the team selection, he made several ordinary decisions, in terms of fielding positions and bowling changes. In the first innings, he allowed too many open spaces for Pietersen and didn?t attack the tail-enders. More importantly, he did not bowl Hafeez on a turning track, especially in the second?innings. On a track that offered enough help to Ajmal, it is brainless to give only one over to Hafeez in the second?innings, especially if we consider his excellent record against left-handers with the new ball.

Negative/defensive batting mindset:

Tuk-Tuk rings the bell when you see the Pakistani batting line-up. Barring Younis Khan and Nasir Jamshed, all other batsmen have got a?lackluster?and defensive mindset. They consume too many deliveries, and score virtually nothing. Consequently, when they are dismissed, they put the incoming batsmen under immense pressure. For instance, in the second?innings, Misbah (44 off 111 balls) and Azhar Ali (65 off 193 balls) built up a reasonable yet sluggish partnership.

In the match scenario, if they had scored a bit briskly, and added a few more runs, Pakistan could post a decent fourth?innings total. Pakistan should revisit this mindset, and call back Umar Akmal in the Test team, who has the ability to score quickly in the middle order.

The Gul factor:

It?s time to realise that Umar Gul is not a good Test bowler. It?s time to stop calling him the spearhead of Pakistan?s Test bowling attack. He might bowl yorkers but he does not bowl them in Test matches, and he did not bowl a single in Cape Town and Johannesburg.

Can anyone ask him, why?

Additionally, he is a liability as a batsman, always playing an irresponsible stroke (for example, his first-ball duck in the second?innings).

Our long tail:

Pakistan has the long tail. When Pakistan loses four or five top-order wickets, its tail begins. Sarfraz Ahmad contributes nothing, and then the last five are the most vulnerable, who can get out within the space of 10 balls. Perhaps, this is the right time for Pakistan to find some bowling all-rounders.

Lack of planning:

Is there anything like planning in Pakistan?s team management?

In the previous two or three team tours, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selected Anwar Ali, Haris Sohail, Zulfiqar Baber, Asad Ali, Hammad Azam, Ahmad Shehzad, Umar Amin, Usman Salahuddin and Sadaf Hussain. These youngsters were either not tried or given limited opportunities, only to be dropped in the next team tour. On the other hand, some players, such as Imran Farhat, Mohammad Sami, Yasir Arafat, and Faisal Iqbal were given numerous chances, despite their continuous failures.

As an example, the third One Day Innings (ODI) against India was a dead-rubber, but the team management didn?t try new players, only to drop them for the South Africa tour.

Fielding and discipline:

Is there any need to mention the fielding and the bowling disciplines? In Cape Town, they dropped at least three catches, and took a wicket off a no-ball.

Ironically, this is precisely the margin of victory; South Africa won by four wickets.

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Source: http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/16142/pakistan-versus-south-africa-test-series-analysing-our-loss-at-cape-town/

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100,000 Dolphins Sensing The Apocalypse? ?Super Mega-Pod? Stampede Echoes ?The Hitchhiker?s Guide To The Galaxy? [VIDEO]

The enormous pack caused quite a spectacle for viewers.

?They were coming from all directions. You could see them from as far as the eye can see,? the Daily Mail?was told by Joe Dutra, who saw the wonder first hand.

The Hornblower Cruises captain was on a tour when he and the nature watchers saw the thousands of dolphins.

The rare gathering of marine mammals was given the name ?super-mega-pod.??Typically dolphins swim in pods of 15 to 200.

?I?ve seen a lot of stuff out here? but this is the biggest I?ve ever seen, ever,? Dutra told the local NBC affiliate.

The trail of dolphins was nearly seven miles long and five miles wide, Dutra estimated.

Experts have not been able to explain why so many dolphins were seen traveling together.

?They?re definitely social animals, they stick together in small groups. But sometimes, the schools come together,? marine expert Sarah Wilkin told NBC.

Though this is an extremely rare occurrence, huge numbers of dolphins were seen flocking together this time last year.

A YouTube video called ?Dana Point Dolphin Stampede Dana Wharf? went viral, with some saying the dolphins were sensing the apocalypse in California.?

The idea of the intelligent sea mammals having a connection to the end of the world dates back to ?The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.?

The film is described by the Internet Movie Data Base:

?Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect.?

The Douglas Adams book was made into a movie in 2005 and the opening scene describes how dolphins tried to warn humans of the apocalypse, but left when they realized mankind wasn?t receiving their message.

?It's an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem,? the movie opens with.

?For instance, on the planet Earth, Man had always assumed that he was the most intelligent species occupying the planet, instead of the *third* most intelligent. The second most intelligent creatures were of course dolphins who, curiously enough, had long known of the impending destruction of the planet earth. They had made many attempts to alert mankind to the danger, but most of their communications were misinterpreted as amusing attempts to punch footballs or whistle for tidbits. So they eventually decided they would leave earth by their own means. The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double backward somersault through a hoop while whistling 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' but in fact the message was this: So long and thanks for all the fish.?

When the Dana Point story was reported in 2012, people were quick to blame their strange behavior on the end of the world. But since humankind generally seems to be quick to "cry apocalypse"; see the Mayan calendar prediction of Dec. 21, 2012, the pope's resignation, the meteor that hit Russia and various other occurences.?

Check out the video of the Dana Point stampede below:?

Source: http://www.ibtimes.com/100000-dolphins-sensing-apocalypse-super-mega-pod-stampede-echoes-hitchhikers-guide-galaxy-video

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Silver and Gold Prices: The Gold Price Up and Poised to Rise ...

Gold Price Close Today : 1,683.40
Change : 14.50 or 0.87%

Silver Price Close Today : 31.498
Change : 0.418 or 1.34%

Gold Silver Ratio Today : 53.445
Change : -0.252 or -0.47%

Silver Gold Ratio Today : 0.01871
Change : 0.000088 or 0.47%

Platinum Price Close Today : 1688.00
Change : 31.70 or 1.91%

Palladium Price Close Today : 712.60
Change : 10.05 or 1.43%

S&P 500 : 1,472.34
Change : 1.66 or 0.11%

Dow In GOLD$ : $166.21
Change : $ 7.50 or 4.73%

Dow in GOLD oz : 8.040
Change : 0.363 or 4.73%

Dow in SILVER oz : 429.71
Change : -4.89 or -1.13%

Dow Industrial : 13,534.89
Change : 27.57 or 0.20%

US Dollar Index : 79.77
Change : 0.268 or 0.34%

The GOLD PRICE rose $14.50 (0.87%) by Comex closing time to finish at $1,683.40. That came after a high at $1,698.50 and a low at $1,648.

Let's get our bearings. Where standeth gold? ABOVE its 200 DMA ($1,662.79), its 150 DMA ($1,678.06), its 20 DMA ($1,666.81) but below its 50 DMA ($1,696.57). MACD has turned up, RSI is rising, lark's on the wing and snail's on the thorn. It's springtime, come early. And today gold burst through the downtrend line from the November $1,755 high.

Yet stands in gold's road more resistance. Downtrend line from the October high at $1,798 stands about $1,715, and the GOLD PRICE ain't nothing till it clears that barrier.

But clearly it's working on it.

The SILVER PRICE rose 41.8 cents (1.34%) to close at 3149.8c and leave 3100c resistance in the dust.

Where in the world is silver? From a spike low to 2920c on 4 January silver has made a 45 degree rise up through its 200 DMA (3068c), its 300 DMA (3121c), its 20 DMA (3058c), and stands not far from its 50 DMA at 3198c. Yesterday it broke through the downtrend line from the November 3449c high.

That 50 DMA and 3200c resistance are the next hurdle.

Every day brings more and stronger confirmation that the 4 January lows were the bottom of the correction. I have been buying and buying. Silver above 3200c and gold above $1,685 is a buy again tomorrow.

Big doings in today's markets, with news out of Germany about repatriating gold reserves and platinum running past gold for the first time since May 2012.

News out of the Deutsche Bundesbank announces they will re-arrange their gold storage (now 45% in New York, 13% in London, 11% in Paris, and 31% in Frankfurt). Exactly how they will re-arrange this storage wasn't declared. Gold shot up on this news because loads of suspicious folks believe that central banks have loaned out most of their gold and thus a large German repatriation would put pressure on the phantom supplies of central banks, including the Federal Reserve.

Now in America we always know how to tell when a federal government or Federal Reserve official is lying: his lips are moving. In Germany, however, government officials act differently. They lie in German.

What meaneth this hubbub about platinum rising above gold's price? Simply that the smaller, more volatile platinum GENERALLY (not always) trades higher than gold. It went below gold in August 2011, struggled into May 2012 to rise back to even, then couldn't hold there and fell to a July 2012 low of 85% of gold. That correction and struggle to advance generally signals trouble for silver and gold since folks expect platinum to trade above gold. When it doesn't, there's trouble in the air. By the same token, strong platinum promises strength in silver and gold, too.

But one chigger maketh not a summer. Platinum must continue rising against gold or this signal stops flashing green.

Meanwhile the contemptible, scabby US dollar index rose 26.8 basis points (0.34%) to 79.767. Right now 79.80 resistance is stopping it like a Flit gun stops cockroaches. Not impressed: only bounced off the downtrend line it broke out of first of the year. Wait to see if it can come back. Bernanke cannot want a sharply higher dollar squeezing off American exports. When it comes to a choice between common sense and politics, politics always trumps.

After three days of sprinting, the euro backed off today to 1.3307, down 0.55%. Unless it closes below $1.3200 it's targeting $1.3500.

The Japanese Nice Government Man in charge of the economy (yes, this precisely resembles putting an alcoholic in charge of the wine cellar) caught markets by surprise by warning against a weaker yen. Since nothing happens in politics unless it's meant to happen, only an investor in government bonds would believe that this NGM just shot his mouth off accidentally. NGM feel the yen has fallen enough. Gained 0.82% today to 112.62 c/Y100. With a huge short position on board, any yen reversal should climb quick and mean as the shorts panic.

Aren't you glad you own silver and gold, so you don't have to worry about all the shabby tricks played by the gabby crooks who run these scabby currencies to dupe their victims into holding their flabby currencies?

Stocks inched up a little more today. Dow tested ground at 13,450, then climbed the rest of the day. Advanced 27.57 (0.2%) to 13,534.89. S&P gained only 0.11% (1.66) to 1,472.34.

I'm still puzzling over that Dow in gold chart. It made what looked like an island reversal top, then fainted like your self-confidence when somebody points out that lettuce stuck between your front teeth. But rather than follow through lower, in the first days of the year it soared, even gapped up to the downtrend line, where it has since bubbled like stew when the propane tank is nearly empty -- lower and lower all the time. And very gappy. Looks very indecisive and timid. If the Dow in Gold closes below 7.99 oz, the 20 DMA, then the plunge will be something to behold.

A similar pattern has painted the Dow in Silver chart, but it hath already broken down below the 20 dma (now 435.14), closing today at 431.53.

One final confirmation by the Dow in Gold will have both these indicators SCREAMING that silver and gold are about to surge against stocks.

Argentum et aurum comparenda sunt -- -- Gold and silver must be bought.

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? 2012, The Moneychanger. May not be republished in any form, including electronically, without our express permission.

To avoid confusion, please remember that the comments above have a very short time horizon. Always invest with the primary trend. Gold's primary trend is up, targeting at least $3,130.00; silver's primary is up targeting 16:1 gold/silver ratio or $195.66; stocks' primary trend is down, targeting Dow under 2,900 and worth only one ounce of gold; US$ or US$-denominated assets, primary trend down; real estate bubble has burst, primary trend down.

WARNING AND DISCLAIMER. Be advised and warned:

Do NOT use these commentaries to trade futures contracts. I don't intend them for that or write them with that short term trading outlook. I write them for long-term investors in physical metals. Take them as entertainment, but not as a timing service for futures.

NOR do I recommend investing in gold or silver Exchange Trade Funds (ETFs). Those are NOT physical metal and I fear one day one or another may go up in smoke. Unless you can breathe smoke, stay away. Call me paranoid, but the surviving rabbit is wary of traps.

NOR do I recommend trading futures options or other leveraged paper gold and silver products. These are not for the inexperienced.

NOR do I recommend buying gold and silver on margin or with debt.

What DO I recommend? Physical gold and silver coins and bars in your own hands.

One final warning: NEVER insert a 747 Jumbo Jet up your nose. No, I don't.

Source: http://silver-and-gold-prices.goldprice.org/2013/01/the-gold-price-up-and-poised-to-rise.html

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Family Escapes Fire At Sacramento Home ? CBS Sacramento

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ? Smoke detectors are being credited with waking a sleeping family to a fire at their Sacramento home.

It was around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday when smoke detectors started going off at the home on Arbor Crest and Kelton ways.

The family managed to get out of the home as flames and smoke filled the garage. Firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading to the rest of the home.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Source: http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/01/16/family-escapes-fire-at-sacramento-home/

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Twitter (for iPhone)

Despite recent user uproar over the loss of Instagram images displaying on Twitter (photos posted via Instagram now open in a separate window), Twitter remains one of the most active and attractive social networks. And the mobile experience is key to its success. The official Twitter iPhone app (free) balances simplicity with essential features, such as the ability to maintain more than one account from the app, well enough to keep it relevant among contenders. It also doesn't hurt that Twitter purchased its main competitor TweetDeck thus preventing that app from outpacing its own.

Stability and reliability also count for something, and, while Twitter delivers well enough on both counts, it's still far from perfect on either?that's a big reason we've scored Twitter a four out of five stars. Drafted tweets sometimes hang in the ether until you delete them and start afresh. The site goes down from time to time. But, all in all, the app loads and refreshes quickly and smoothly, particularly on Apple's Phone 5, with the help of that amazing little A6 processor.

Professional social media-ites, however, continue to load their smartphones with a social aggregator app, such as Hootsuite (free, 4 stars) or Seesmic, a one-stop-shop for keeping pace with not just multiple Twitter accounts, but multiple accounts across various social networks.

Design and New Features
A clean user experience and smart design put the Twitter iPhone app in the big leagues. In the early days of Twitter, its own apps weren't as competitive and feature-rich as those third parties built for the 140-character network. The iPhone app was Twitter's first mobile version to fully mature, and after five major iterations (this review looks at version 5.2) the official Twitter-branded app is the way to go for many users. Best of all, if you don't have a Twitter account and aren't interested in joining, you can still use the app to search and read the site.

No Account and Multi-Account Features
After downloading and installing the Twitter app from the iTunes Store, you can start using the app immediately, even before you authenticate an account. The app mimics Twitter's website by allowing even non-members to search and read the site, a token feature that will surely win over lurkers far and wide.

More likely than not, though, if you're downloading the app, you do have a Twitter user name and password, and perhaps more than one. Sign in with one of them to start. To add more accounts, you first have to be logged in?then tap the options button (three circles at bottom right), select Accounts & Settings, and use the plus sign at the top right to add more accounts). After you've set up all your accounts, you can toggle between them using the Accounts button. Switching among accounts is easy, fast, and efficient.

Design and Photo Effects
Rather than bombard your eyes with a cacophony of color, the Twitter app sticks to a more sophisticated color scheme of black and white, reserving muted shades of digital bluebird blue for the top spanner only. It looks practical without being too serious, a simple design that takes into consideration the growing number of business users and content on the site. The app's look is sharp enough to still be appealing to people who use Twitter for personal or casual reasons, too.

A nice touch on the interactive side: Double-tapping the home icon at the lower left forces the window to scroll back to the top automatically, which means less finger flicking for users.

The newest feature, photo filters, mimics the basic functionality of photo-sharing site Instagram to a large extent, and it's only available on Twitter's mobile apps, not the website. Snap a photo using your iPhone, and Twitter offers dramatic filter effects, cropping and resizing tools, and an auto-enhance button.

Twitter has eight photo effects in all: vignette, black and white, warm, cool, vintage, cinematic, happy, and gritty. A ninth option in the interface is "No Filter," which I'm going to say doesn't count. You can see all the photo filters applied to the same image in a grid, helping you decide which one is best among your choices, which is quite different from the Instagram experience in which you swipe through previews but can't see side-by-side comparisons. Twitter also does offer the ability to page through the images one by one in a slideshow, if you prefer (I don't).

Drafts
Each account has its own options panel, where you can access your profile, account settings, user lists that you follow, favorite tweets, and drafts of tweets that haven't been sent yet. Drafts would be one of my favorite features of the Twitter app, except that it's slightly confusing when you look at the options that are available.

It seems as if you can enter the draft area and write a message (pen-on-paper icon) to save as a draft. But once you compose your message, the options are "send" or "cancel." There's no "save as a draft" immediately apparent; there is an option to "save as draft" if you select cancel, but I hate that it's not where I expect it to be. If you select send, the message goes live immediately. Tweets also save as drafts when the site goes down or you have connectivity problems. But in my experience, these drafts can sometimes hang in limbo for eternity, never posting no matter how long I wait after regaining service. All that's left to do is copy the text, delete the original message, and paste the content into a new tweet.

Twitter's iPhone app doesn't have the ability to schedule tweets to post at another date and time, a highly desired feature. Social media power users who need this feature can find it in an aggregation app, like Hootsuite and Seesmic.

The Twitter-Branded App
The official Twitter app for iPhone is a well-established and reliable app for the site, and it will be the one I continue to use for my Twitter account. It loads and refreshes quickly, seldom crashes, and covers the essential things a non-professional tweeter would want to do on Twitter from an iPhone, like post photos and receive notifications of new @ messages. It's not flooded with features, as some of the aggregator apps are, but balances goodies with functionality well for a mobile app.

The Twitter app for iPhone is ideal for average or casual Twitter users, but for handling accounts across multiple social media sites?such as Facebook, Foursquare, LinkedIn, and the rest?aggregator tools like Hootsuite and Seesmic are still more efficient. Professional tweeters should stick with those apps.

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Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ziffdavis/pcmag/~3/ViEtsAxGm4A/0,2817,2391634,00.asp

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