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Sony has announced the launch of the PlayStation Mobile Developer Program, allowing developers to create content for PlayStation Mobile. This comes after the PlayStation Mobile launch back in October, a platform where users can play games on PlayStation Certified devices, including the Vita and certain Android smartphones. With the launch of the Developer Program, users can expect to see the catalog of available content rise in the coming months.

Via the Dev Portal, developers can access the resources needed to start creating content for PlayStation Mobile. Users can download the PlayStation Mobile SDK for free, and can create and test content before buying a license. In order to put content up on PlayStation Mobile, there’s a $99 fee, which allows for an unlimited number of app publications annually.

Some of the Android devices that are PlayStation Certified include the Xperia Play, Xperia Arc, Xperia S, Xperia Ion, Xperia Acro (and Acro HD), Sony Tablet S/P, as well as the HTC One X, One X+, One S, and One V. The PlayStation Mobile platform can be used on up to three devices. While a decent enough number, this limitation seems to put a damper on the idea of playing games across multiple devices, which is the basis for the network.

Developers can set up an account by registering over at the PSM DevPortal page. You’ll need to sign into the Sony Entertainment Network; if you don’t already have an ID, you’ll have to create an account, then sign-in with it. After that, it’s straightforward: agree to the terms and conditions, fill out the registration form, and verify your email.

[via PlayStation Blog]

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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — President Barack Obama dispatched Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Middle East on Tuesday as the U.S. urgently seeks to contain the bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Clinton hastily departed for the region from Cambodia, where she had joined Obama for summit meetings with Asian leaders. The White House said she would make three stops, meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Palestinian officials in Ramallah, in the West Bank, and Egyptian leaders in Cairo. Clinton was expected to arrive in Israel on Tuesday night and return to Washington late Wednesday or very early Thursday after making all three stops.

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Maybe Taylor Armstrong should have just stayed at home, rather than attending Yolanda Foster’s extravagant dinner party. She appeared to have had too many drinks, and then she just got kind of mean on “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”

First, she started trash talking Brandi Glanville, who wasn’t even there to defend herself. “Tonight, actually we’ve got a pretty good table because my arch nemesis isn’t here. Otherwise she would be going down right now. She’s slept with everyone in Beverly Hills,” Taylor said. The comments were unnecessary, and no one was enjoying Taylor’s cruelty.

When Yolanda’s husband, songwriter David Foster, wanted to perform a song for the assembled guests, Taylor had some choice words about that as well.

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YouTube has been experimenting a lot with its look of late, but an intriguing new spin on its video player has really grabbed our eyes. By right clicking on any video on its desktop website (control clicking for Mac users) and selecting “Pop Out,” you may see a minimalistic new player, and by then clicking on the “home” icon, a YouTube Trends selection along with a column of new icons. So far, those don’t seem to function, and we haven’t heard from Google yet as to whether this look presages something more permanent for the site. Considering the way Mountain View’s been futzing lately with its “broadcast yourself” portal, don’t get comfortable just yet.

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ISLAMABAD, Nov 20 (Reuters) – A Pakistani court dismissed on Tuesday a blasphemy case against a Christian girl which had drawn international condemnation and concern about the rights of religious minorities in the predominantly Muslim country.

Rimsha Masih, believed to be no older than 14, was charged with burning pages of the Koran in August but was granted bail in September after a cleric was detained on suspicion of planting evidence to stir up resentment against Christians.

Masih’s lawyer, Tahir Naveed, said the Islamabad High Court’s decision to throw out the case was based on the fact that no one had seen her burning pages of the Koran.

The case provoked international concern and she could, in theory, have faced execution under Pakistan’s blasphemy law despite her age and reported mental problems.

Muslims consider the Koran the literal word of God and treat each book with deep reverence. Desecration is considered one of the worst forms of blasphemy.

The blasphemy law enjoys widespread support among ordinary Pakistanis even though critics say it is often abused by people involved in disputes or against members of religious minorities.

Over the past two years, two senior government officials who had suggested reform of the law were shot dead, one by his own bodyguard. Lawyers threw rose petals at the killer and the judge who convicted him was forced to flee the country.

The number of blasphemy cases brought under the law is rising. Since 1987, there have been almost 250 cases, according to the Center for Research and Security Studies think-tank.

Convictions are common, although the death sentence has never been carried out. Most convictions are thrown out on appeal but mobs often take the law into their own hands.

The think-tank said 52 people had been killed after being accused of blasphemy since 1990. (Reporting by Mubasher Bukhari; Editing by Robert Birsel)

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