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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PlayStation Store back online]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sony flipped the switch tonight to bring the last remaining piece of itsPlayStation Network back online, the PlayStation Store.The company announced the service's return in a blog post, saying that customers once again have access to the store to buy games and movies, rent movies, and download other content for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. Music Unlimited by Qriocity, Sony's streaming music service, is also back online. The service's restoration comes two days later than Sony initially promised last month, when it said all services of PSN would be fully accessible by May 31.As the company warned earlier this week, customers in Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea still do not yet have access to any of the restored services.The return of the PlayStation Store follows a partial restoration of some PSN services two weeks ago, after Sony spent more than three weeks rebuilding the security of its online entertainment network following a massive security breach. Now that the store is accessible again, Sony has also updated its premium paid service, PlayStation Plus, with new trial versions of games, and other free games and avatars.What's not ready yet are the free games and downloadable content promised as part of the &quot;Welcome Back&quot; program already announced. That will be &quot;available to download soon,&quot; wrote Grace Chen, director of the PlayStation Store.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Upercool-say! Aussie Lingodroids create own language]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 07:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lingodroids agreed on randomly created words to represent location, distance, and direction with surprising accuracy.(Credit:Screen capture by Eric Mack/CNET)I've always felt like Australians had their own language going on, what with all the Vegemite and Walkabouts and such, but now some Aussie researchers have set a few robots loose on the linguistic landscape. The result is that the Lingodroids have actually managed to create their own language. Using only their shared understanding of some apparently nonsense words, the Lingodroids more-or-less successfully communicated directions to each other and even created fairly accurate maps of their surroundings.Here's the basic gist of how it works. The Lingodroids assign a randomly chosen syllable combination to name a specific location. Once they've agreed on the meaning of that initial word, they have the foundation for a language. From there the robots continue to make up and agree on words for different spots, directions, and approximate spatial distances (near, far, medium-far, and so on). The result is this exceedingly polite conversation in Lingodroidese:In a paper (PDF) presented this month at a robotics conference in Shanghai, the researchers note that further study could lead to systems that can give directions without the aid of an existing map. They also note that an important next step could be giving the Lingodroids more flexibility in the concepts they can develop and communicate, giving them the ability to, essentially, say, &quot;Hey, out of my way, bro! I'm running late and I've still got a ropi way to go to get to kuzo!&quot;Via IEEE Spectrum.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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