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History of Play Station Sony first announced development of the PlayStation Portable at a press conference before E3 2003. Although mock-ups of the system were not present at the press conference or E3,[23] Sony did release extensive technical details regarding the new system. On October 17, 2004, Sony announced that the PSP would launch in Japan on December 12, 2004 at a price of US$181 for the base model and US$226 for the Value System. The console's launch was a success with over 200,000 units sold the first day.

PSP Hardware Technology The system includes two shoulder buttons and a USB 2.0 mini-B port on the top of the console and a WLAN switch and power cable input on the bottom. The back of the PSP features a read-only UMD drive for movies and games, and a reader compatible with Sony's Memory Stick Duo flash cards is located on the left of the system. Other features include an IrDA compatible infrared port built in stereo speakers and headphone port, and IEEE 802.11b Wi-Fi for access to the Internet, ad-hoc multiplayer gaming, and data transfer.

The PSP includes an 1800 mAh battery that will provide about 46 hours of gameplay, 45 hours of video playback, or 811 hours of audio playback. Official accessories for the console include the AC adapter, car adapter, headset, headphones with remote control, extended-life 2200 mAh battery, battery charger, carrying case, accessories pouch and cleaning cloth, and system pouch and wrist strap.

PSP System Software Sony has included the ability for the operating system, referred to as the System Software, to be updated. The updates can be downloaded directly from the Internet using the Network Update feature. System software updates have added various features including a web browser, Adobe Flash support, additional codecs for images, audio, and video, PlayStation 3 connectivity, as well as patches against several security exploits, vulnerabilities, and execution of homebrew programs.

PSP Web browser The PSP Internet Browser is an embedded microbrowser. It is a version of the NetFront browser made by Access Co. Ltd. and was released for free with the 2.00 system software update. The browser supports most common web technologies, such as HTTP cookies, forms, CSS, as well as basic JavaScript capabilities.

PSP Remote Play Remote Play allows the PSP to access many features of a PlayStation 3 console from a remote location using the PS3's WLAN capabilities, a home network, or the Internet. Features that can be used with Remote Play include viewing photos and slideshows, listening to music, watching videos stored on the PS3's HDD, and several other features. Additionally, Remote Play allows the PS3 to be turned on and off remotely and allows the PSP to control audio playback from the PS3 to a home theater system without having to use a television.

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Egypt's president has picked three former leaders at state news organizations during the era of deposed autocrat Hosni Mubarak to lead new media watchdog agencies, part of measures to tighten his control over the country following a pair of horrific Islamic State church bombings last weekend.

The move comes just days after President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi publicly criticized media coverage of the deadly suicide bombings in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria north of Cairo, which killed at least 45 and injured scores. In televised comments just hours after the attacks, he said the media must keep the country's national interests in mind.

It raises concerns that the government plans to tighten its already firm grip on the media, in a country that already locks up journalists and has fallen to the bottom of press freedom indexes since el-Sissi overthrew the country's first democratically-elected president, a divisive Islamist.

Two of the men Makram Mohamed Ahmed, the former journalists' union head and Karam Gabr, former editor-in-chief of a state-owned newspaper were driven from their positions amid the 2011 uprising that ended Mubarak's 29-year reign. The third is Hussein Zein, who held a senior post at the Radio and Television Union in the Mubarak era.

El-Sissi made the picks for the chairmen of the Supreme Council for Media Regulation, the National Press Authority, and the National Media Authority based on a law that was passed in December, but which received new impetus after last Sunday's killings.

"The boards in their current form are dominated by executive authority representatives, to guarantee its control over state-owned and private media," said journalist Karem Mahmoud, who helped draft an early version the law.

But Mahmoud said that original draft it had since been amended by ministers and members of a heavily pro-el-Sissi parliament to further pare back press freedoms. The state-run al-Ahram newspaper said all but four of the 596-member unicameral legislature voted in favor.

"This isn't the law the committee proposed," Mahmoud told The Associated Press, noting that the final version had only 89 articles as opposed to an original 230 many of which had sought to lay out freedom of speech in line with Egypt's constitution.

Mahmoud believes the move, along with a similar draft bill that would allow el-Sissi to pick the nation's highest judges, would give the executive branch the authority "to silence any dissenting voice."

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Amazon is giving parents more control over what their kids access through its children's entertainment app.

On Wednesday, Amazon debuted Parent Dashboard , a free website for parents to monitor the movies, TV shows, and books their children access through Amazon's FreeTime service. Amazon FreeTime, used by 10 million children, is a paid app for children under 13 that provides access to over 13,000 kid-friendly movies, TV shows, books, and YouTube videos.

With the Dashboard, parents can see a snapshot of their child's screen time on a given day. They can also see how much time was spent reading books, compared to TV shows, apps, or videos, or which websites their children visited.

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Amazon is also trying to help parents spark conversations about what their children do online through a new feature called Discussion Cards. In the dashboard, parents can click on a specific book or video to get a summary of what the content includes as well as sample questions they can ask children about it.

For example, a parent who clicked on a National Geographic book about pets may see a question like whats the difference between a canine and a feline? or which pet would you like and why?." Another suggestion might be to volunteer at the local animal shelter to help homeless dogs and cats.

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Amazon said that Discussion Cards have been created for thousands of the app's most popular titles. More cards will be added daily, the company says.

Amazon is adding parental controls as incentive to encourage more people to buy Amazon's Kindles , tablets, and media streaming services. The company is no longer just the "everything store" for toilet paper and books, but also an entertainment hub for people to buy and stream movies, TV shows, games, and music.

FreeTime is available as a mobile app on Amazon Kindles, as well as its line of Fire tablets, including its kids-focused edition, and its Fire TV media streaming stick. It's not available for Apple or Android devices.

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Former U.S. President Barack Obama will take part in a discussion event with Chancellor Angela Merkel at a Protestant conference in Berlin next month as Germany marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, organizers said Tuesday.

The May 25 event will take place in front of Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate, where Obama delivered a speech as president in 2013, Germany's Lutheran church and organizers of the German Protestant Kirchentag conference said.

The discussion is being organized jointly by the conference, which is held every two years, and the Obama Foundation.

Obama spokesman Eric Schultz confirmed the former president's plans to join Merkel for "a moderated conversation on the importance of democracy and taking on responsibility locally and globally."

Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Germany's top Lutheran bishop, said Obama's participation "underlines how internationally we are celebrating 500 years of the Reformation." Bedford-Strohm invited Obama last May to visit Germany for the anniversary.

Martin Luther's revolt against Catholic Church practices started in Germany in 1517.

Obama was in Berlin in mid-November on his last European trip as president.

Schultz said that "additional details" about Obama's upcoming visit to Europe will be relayed in the coming weeks.

Also Tuesday, German market research group Media Control said Obama has been awarded its German Media Prize for 2016 for embodying a "vision of a world in which there is hope and change for the better is possible."

It said Obama will receive the prize in Baden-Baden in southwestern Germany following his Berlin appearance on May 25, news agency dpa reported. Previous winners include Merkel and, in 1999, President Bill Clinton.

Obama's successor, Donald Trump, is expected to visit Germany for the first time as president when Merkel hosts the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg in July.

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