'Battlestar Galactica' Writer Working On Script For Sony Santa ...

And it?s not God of War.

Seasoned television screenwriter??Michael Angeli has been writing the script for an unannounced Sony Santa Monica game for the last two and a half years.

Speaking to Polygon at Comic-Con, Angeli added that?After the studio wrapped development on God of War: Ascension for PlayStation 3, the full team of about 150 staffers transitioned to work on the new and still unannounced project.

However due?to the unannounced nature of the project, Angeli said he couldn?t elaborate on the game or the platform, but said that his Battlestar Galactica work, as well as his journalism background, helped him land the writing gig.

So it seems as if Sony Santa Monica and Naughty Dog have taken up the same business model of becoming studios with two teams working on tried and true franchises like Uncharted and God of War, and new work like The Last of Us, and whatever Santa Monica is forging.

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Can any tablet OS challenge Android and iOS?

Based on Microsoft's latest earnings report, its Surface RT is a flop. This, in turn, means that Windows RT has failed. But, there are many other would-be tablet operating system challengers to Google's Android and Apple's iOS. Seriously, though, do any of them have a real shot?

There are hundreds of millions of tablets out there, but will any significant number of them ever run anything besides Android or iOS?

Just over a third of Americans now own tablets. As time goes on, more and more of them will be buying tablets over PCs. By 2017, market research firm NPD predicts that we'll be buying six tablets for every single notebook. Of these tablets, most experts agree it's only a matter of time before Android is on top of the tablet mountain.

That's not to say Microsoft has no hopes for the tablet form factor. I believe Microsoft has a real shot of being a viable third tablet choice if they elect to place its Windows 8.1 family operating system across all devices?PCs, tablets, and smartphones.

Does anyone else have a chance? Blackberry may have given up, but there are many others who want to dethrone Android and iOS. Here, are the leading contenders in the order I rank their chances.

1) Firefox:?Firefox is actually ahead of Ubuntu on smartphones?with its Linux-based Firefox operating system. For applications, Firefox will rely upon Web-based HTML5 apps. It's an unproven route, but as we put more and more of our apps on the Web and the cloud, it may be a workable one.?

Unlike its other Linux-based rivals, Firefox OS smartphones, such as the Alcatel One Touch Fire and ZTE Open, are already shipping. Thanks to its Web browser, Firefox is better known outside of techie circles than Ubuntu and that's where the tablet audience lives.?Mozilla, Firefox's parent organization, has long ?had its eye on tablets?and, partnered with?Foxconn, its first engineering sample tablets have started to appear.

2) Ubuntu:?Ever since Canonical introduced the Ubuntu Unity interface I thought it had the potential to be a great tablet interface. While much of the news lately has been about Ubuntu's efforts to win supporters for Ubuntu on smartphones, Canonical has big plans for the Ubuntu tablet ?as well. Indeed, Ubuntu's founder, Mark Shuttleworth, has promised us that he'll be making a big announcement on July 22nd. I strongly suspect he'll be announcing major Ubuntu tablet news.

I've always been fond of Unity on devices, and I think Ubuntu has a real shot. For now, Firefox is ahead in actually shipping units. We'll see it's that still the case by year's end.?

3) Sailfish: When Nokia turned its back on the MeeGo mobile Linux project and bought into Windows Phone, five Nokia staffers started their own company, Jolla, to keep pursuing an open-source operating system approach, Sailfish OS. Unlike Mozilla and Tizen, Sailfish relies on the old Linux stand-by Qt QML, instead of HTML5 for its apps.

Sailfish is on the verge of shipping its first smartphone in the Asian market. After that, Jolla would be more than happy to ship tablets.

4) Tizen:?Tizen, like Firefox is an open-source, Linux-based mobile operating system that relies on HTML5 for apps. In theory, Tizen has Samsung's support. In practice, it's been an unwanted step-child without a clear roadmap. With its first device, a Samsung smartphone, pushed back from July to the fourth quarter, I doubt Tizen will ever live up to its promise.

That's a lot of potential players in the tablet space. All of them, except Microsoft, still aren't even really ready to compete yet. Perhaps in 2015, there will be a viable third-party tablet OS, but I really can't see it happening until then. In the meantime, Android and iOS will remain the top tablet dogs.

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Source: http://www.zdnet.com/can-any-tablet-os-challenge-android-and-ios-7000018313/

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Microsoft Clears the Air on the Xbox One and NSA Spying Concerns

While much has been made of Microsoft's next-gen console, and it's laundry list of PR stumbles, most of those instances could be written off to inept management, or a lack of message focus.

The much more serious issue, one that goes beyond memes and corporate misscommunication, is the very real concern that Microsoft may have been forced to hand over confidential user data at the behest of the U.S. Government. Microsoft, and very specifically features to be bundled with the Xbox One,?were recently named by The Guardian?as participating in the United State's PRISM program. The government program requires companies like Yahoo, Apple, Google, and Microsoft to hand over massive caches of user data in the name of national security. Obviously, this doesn't engender the warmest feelings from users.

Leaked memos purport a continuing collaboration between Microsoft, the NSA, and the FBI. Microsoft, alongside the other companies mentioned, isnsists the leaks are innacurate. Microsoft has even gone as far as stating that the leaked reports of information-gathering are false and they have provided no 'direct data' to the government. The problem with that statement is Microsoft's ownership of Skype.

According to The Guardian,?Skype signed on with PRISM in 2010, before its absorbtion by Microsoft.?"The audio portions of these sessions have been processed correctly all along, but without the accompanying video. Now, analysts will have the complete 'picture'."?

Microsoft releaed a statement on?technet blog?clarifying their role in the PRISM program:

?We do not provide any government with direct access to emails or instant messages. ?Like all providers of communication services, we are sometimes obligated to comply with lawful demands from governments to turn over content for specific accounts, pursuant to a search warrant or court order.?

Furter elaborating the role Skype plays in government surveilance,

?Looking forward, as Internet-based voice and video communications increase, it is clear that governments will have an interest in using (or establishing) legal powers to secure access to this kind of content to investigate crimes or tackle terrorism??Microsoft remains committed to responding only to valid legal demands for specific user account information. We will not provide governments with direct or unfettered access to customer data or encryption keys.?

What do you think? Does this put any worries you may have had to rest? Let us know.

RELATED:?Microsoft Finally Reveals Xbox One Details, It's Mostly All Bad News

RELATED:?Microsoft's Answer to the Xbox One and its Internet Requirement: Get a 360 (Video)

[via The Guardian, Technet]

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Islamabad quizzes N. Delhi on Indian officers claim India staged Parliament Mumbai attacks

Pakistan News.Net - Friday 19th July, 2013

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called on for flexible media laws to enable Pakistani channels to be viewed in India. Talking to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Zee TV Subhash Chandra, Sharif called relaxation of laws to facilitate media outlets and reach out to a maximum number of people in India and Pakistan. According to the Express Tribune, he said that media had the power of bringing the ...

Amarnath Yatra halted curfew imposed in Kashmir Valley

Pakistan News.Net - Friday 19th July, 2013

The annual Amarnath Yatra has been halted, as the Kashmir valley continues to remain tense, after clashes between local protesters and Border Security Forces (BSF) killed at least six people in Ramban on Thursday. Authorities today imposed a curfew in all major towns of Kashmir to thwart plans of separatist and religious groups to stage protests against the Ramban firing incident that left at ...

Curfew imposed in Kashmir valley following Ramban firing by BSF

Pakistan News.Net - Friday 19th July, 2013

Authorities today imposed a curfew in all major towns of Kashmir to thwart plans of separatist and religious groups to stage protests against the Ramban firing incident that left at least six persons dead on Thursday. "Curfew would remain in force till further orders from tomorrow (Friday) morning onwards in Srinagar and all other major towns of the Valley. The step has been necessitated to ...

Islamabad quizzes N. Delhi on Indian officers claim India staged Parliament Mumbai attacks

Pakistan News.Net - Friday 19th July, 2013

Pakistan has asked India to clarify its stand after an Indian government officer claimed that the 2001 Parliament and 2008 Mumbai attacks were engineered by New Delhi. Foreign ministry spokesperson Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry said that Pakistan's High Commissioner in New Delhi contacted the Indian government over the startling disclosure. The issue was also raised by Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas ...

Pakistan Britain discuss security economic ties

Pakistan News.Net - Thursday 18th July, 2013

Visiting British Foreign Secretary William Hague Thursday met Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and discussed ways to revitalise Pakistan's economy, deal with the energy crisis, create a pro-investment climate and improve the security situation. The two leaders discussed how Britain can contribute in these areas and benefit from investment and business opportunities in Pakistan, Xinhua ...

Sharif confirms Pak has revived backdoor diplomacy with India

Pakistan News.Net - Thursday 18th July, 2013

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has reportedly said that Pakistan has revived backdoor diplomacy with India and looks forward to have better relations with all countries. According to The Express Tribune, Sharif in his meeting with British Foreign Secretary William Hague discussed the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan's role in the country if American forces are withdrawn by 2014 and assured ...

Pakistani accused of 22 poisoning deaths

News.com.au - Friday 19th July, 2013

POLICE say they have arrested a cook accused of poisoning to death 22 people in central Pakistan in a political feud between two branches of the same ...

Coffins of Chinese victims in attack sent to Islamabad Pakistan

SINA - Friday 19th July, 2013

A coffin of a Chinese victim was taken into a car in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 23, 2013. Two Chinese nationals and one Chinese American were among the 11 people killed in a pre-dawn terrorist attack in Pakistan's northern area of Gilgit-Baltistan on Sunday, the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan told ...

US cannot defeat al-Qaida without Pakistan support US general says

Times of India - Friday 19th July, 2013

WASHINGTON: A top American general has said that the US cannot defeat al-Qaida without the support of Pakistan, as he underlined that Islamabad's cooperation on counterterrorism issues have not been on the expected lines. "Our strategic and national security goals remain to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaida and to prevent the return of safe havens in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This ...

The Battle for Islamabad - By Arif Rafiq

Foreign Policy - Thursday 18th July, 2013

told various Western news outlets this week. But claims that the TTP are involved meaningfully in the jihad against the Bashar al-Assad regime are most likely overblown. They also obscure an even more dangerous reality: The TTP and its allies in Pakistan are gearing up for a long war at home, and Pakistan's civil and military leadership have no coherent strategy to prepare for ...

World Briefing | Asia Protesters Killed in Kashmir

International Herald Tribune - Thursday 18th July, 2013

Government forces in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Thursday fatally shot four villagers and wounded 25 others who were protesting what they said was the desecration of the Koran by border guards, the police said. The protesters accused the Indian Border Security Force soldiers of entering a seminary on Wednesday night while looking for Kashmiri militants in Dharam, 140 miles south of ...

Cook arrested for poisoning 25 people over political rivalry in Pakistan

India Today - Thursday 18th July, 2013

A cook has been arrested in Pakistan for killing 25 people by mixing poisonous insecticide in the food prepared at the house of a provincial lawmaker in a tragic case of political vendetta, police said on Thursday.The incident occurred on June 8 in Mailsi area of Vehari district in southern Punjab but police launched probe only after media highlighted the deaths which occurred between June 10 ...

China Pakistan talks to facilitate economic cooperation

MENAFN - Thursday 18th July, 2013

(MENAFN) China urges with Pakistan on Wednesday to facilitate Chinese companies' work in Pakistan, on the two countries meeting on bilateral economic cooperation, reported Xinhuanet News.Pakistan-China Institute (PCI) has planned this meeting in Islamabad, where Chinese businessmen addressed some of the obstacles their companies face, to mention, increasing inflation and taxation.It's ...

Dynamic Shipping Agencies - New Partner in Pakistan

Journal of Commerce - Thursday 18th July, 2013

- United Shipping, Inc. (USI), the premier Worldwide Association of Independently owned Freight Forwarders and Customs Brokers with over 410 globaloffices and representation in 84 countries is pleased to ...

6 protesters killed by Indian forces in Kashmir

Global Post - Thursday 18th July, 2013

Six protesters were killed and dozens more injured in Kashmir after Indian Border Security forces fired into a crowd of protesters, who claimed that the soldiers had entered a religious seminary and desecrated the Quran. There were conflicting reports of the cause of the clash. The Associated Press reported that the clash occurred after Border Security ...

Taliban peace talks the focus as Pakistan to try to mend fences with Afghanistan

New Europe - Thursday 18th July, 2013

Pakistan to try to mend fences with Afghanistan by KATHY GANNON, Associated Press - 18 July 2013 13:38-04:00 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan is sending a top official to the Afghan capital this weekend to try to mend fences with its uneasy neighbor, and hanging in the balance are U.S. efforts to arrange peace talks with the Taliban. The trip comes roughly two weeks after the Taliban ...

Supporting Syria is a Duty on the Pakistani Military not just the Taliban

Khilafah - Thursday 18th July, 2013

"Pakistani Interior Ministry spokesman Omar Hamid Khan said provincial authorities throughout Pakistan deny that militants have left the country for Syria. But three Pakistani intelligence officials based in the tribal region that borders Afghanistan, as well as militants themselves, say the fighters leaving Pakistan for Syria include members of Al Qaeda, the Pakistani Taliban and the ...

In Kashmir police open fire on protesters

Christian Science Monitor - Thursday 18th July, 2013

Kashmiri protesters throw stones at Indian paramilitary soldiers during a protest against the killing of four villagers Wednesday night, in Srinagar, India, Thursday, July 18. Police in the Indian portion of Kashmir say government forces have killed at least four people and injured dozens more who were protesting the alleged desecration of the Muslim holy book by border ...

NATO Planes Involved in Controversial Event in Pakistan

Prensa Latina - Thursday 18th July, 2013

Islamabad, Jul 18 (Prensa Latina) Pakistani authorities denied today that NATO planes had violated the air space of the Asian country, while others affirm otherwise. Military sources quoted by The Express Tribune newspaper assure there was no transgression of the sovereignty by NATO planes, stationed in the neighboring Afghanistan. The publication responded to intel reports that denounced two ...

Explain CBI ex-officers statement Pakistan to India

New Kerala - Thursday 18th July, 2013

Islamabad, July 18 : Pakistan has sought an explanation from India over a statement made by a former CBI officer regarding the terror attacks on the Indian parliament in 2001 and in Mumbai in 2008, a minister said ...

Pakistan apex court suspends MPs membership over fake degree

New Kerala - Thursday 18th July, 2013

Islamabad, July 18 : The Pakistani Supreme Court has suspended the membership of Ghulam Sarwar Khan from the National Assembly for holding a fake degree, a media report said ...

Pakistani lawmakers guards clash with police

New Kerala - Thursday 18th July, 2013

Islamabad, July 18 : Private security guards of a Pakistani provincial lawmaker Thursday clashed with policemen at the entrance of the Balochistan assembly, a media report ...

Source: http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/215926874/scat/8c3d7d78943a99c7

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Thrillist: Ranked: The Best Wedding Passed Appetizers

Summers tend to be packed with weddings, and that's a great thing, because it means people can still connect meaningfully in this increasingly isolating world of ours, and that those people are likely going to hire waiters to walk around with trays full of glorious foodstuffs.

But which of these passed morsels of appetizer-y goodness should you seek out with the greatest fervor? We've taken the liberty of figuring that out for you, but first some ground rules and criteria. First, the committee attempted to identify the most commonplace options that tend to repeat themselves across multiple weddings. From there, the factors weighed in ranking them, in no particular order, were: Ease of consumption, consistency of execution, ability to remain appealing in the face of cooling temperatures, and flavor. On with the rankings!

12. Caprese Skewers: These are a staggeringly common choice to appease the vegetarians in the crowd. They can be perfectly pleasant, particularly if tomatoes are in season, but no one's exactly salivating wondering when the salad on a stick guy is coming back around with his tray. Also, you're awkwardly left holding the skewer afterwards, and once you accumulate a few of them it's a dead giveaway that you're the fatty who can't lay off the free apps.

11. Chicken Skewers: Sometimes these are satay-style with some peanut sauce, and sometimes folks go teriyaki because anything with peanuts served to a large group is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Regardless, the chicken tends to dry out a bit, there's a fair amount of gnawing to do before you can go back to conversing like a normal person, and again there's the leftover skewer problem.

10. Mini Quiche: Whether standing in as another vegetarian option or mercifully studded with tiny flecks of bacon or some other pork product, these little bundles of Frenchiness leave a little something to be desired, especially if they've cooled a bit any you start getting that "scrambled eggs that have been left out a bit too long at the free hotel buffet that you weren't all that excited about but it's like, you already paid for it so whatever" taste, know what I mean?

Check out the top 9 passed wedding apps on Thrillist.com, including A CONTROVERSIAL PICK at #1!

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Samsung May Soon Release Snapdragon 800 Equipped GT-I9506 Galaxy S4 Globally

At the risk of severely annoying early adopters, Samsung may be poised to offer a new and more powerful version of the Galaxy S4 later this year. Recently we have seen Samsung release an amped up version of the SGS4 in their home country of South Korea. It contained Advanced LTE (LTE-A) and the more powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor on board. For the most part international markets weren't too bummed out about it because it was after-all a limited release in the home country of the product. That may be poised to change soon however.

According to a report from a Korean news site, a new global version of this more advanced, Snapdragon 800 equipped Galaxy S4 is likely to be coming to market before the end of this year. An AnTuTu benchmark for a device with the model GT-i9506 just showed up online and it contains a 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 processor inside. According to the report, this device is likely to be launched at IFA in September at the same time as the Galaxy Note 3.

Of course, in the long run, the fact that this device scores a few thousand points higher in some benchmark probably doesn't really translate into a real-world difference in user experience. More than likely, if you put both versions of the SGS4 next to each other, 99% of folks would not be able to tell which one was which unless you told them. Still, for hardcore tech-head junkies we can see feeling a bit miffed by this. What do you thin? Is it too soon for Samsung to release an improved "refresh" of the SGS4?

Source: GalaxyS4Forums.net via UnwiredView

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Baseball league for kids with "mild challenges" grows

BROOKHAVEN, Ga. --? Registration is underway for a unique baseball program run by Murphey-Candler Little League.?

It's designed for kids described as having mild life challenges, like ADD, ADHD and Dyslexia.

RELATED STORY: Frontier League Begins at Murphy-Candler

This will be the third season for the Frontier League, and it's grown since it started this time last year.

It's low-stress baseball that's open to kids ages 7 to 12 across metro Atlanta.

To Qualify, a player must be diagnosed with ADD, ADHD, Appraxia, Auditory Processing, Speech delays, Dyslexia, and Other Executive or Sensory Challenges.

The teams meet once a week on Saturday mornings for practice and games.

All experience levels are welcome.

For more information, call Adam Wickley at 770-722-4837 or Adam@SullivanWickley.com

To Register go to http://www.murpheycandler.org.?Click on Register Now, Then Frontier

Source: http://dunwoody.11alive.com/news/news/336042-baseball-league-kids-mild-challenges-grows

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