PlayStation Portable

The Playstation Portable (officially abbreviated PSP) is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on May 11, 2003 at a Sony press conference before E3 2004. The system was released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in the PAL region on September 1, 2005.

The PlayStation Portable is the first handheld video game console to use an optical disc format, Universal Media Disc (UMD), as its primary storage medium. Other distinguishing features of the console include its large viewing screen, robust multi-media capabilities, and connectivity with the PlayStation 3, other PSPs, and the Internet.

Sales of the PSP have (with cyclical exceptions) lagged behind its main competitor, the Nintendo DS. Nevertheless, the console is "the most successful non-Nintendo handheld game system ever sold". After the release of a remodeled, slimmer, and lighter version of the PlayStation Portable, titled Slim & Lite, in early September 2007, sales quadrupled in the United Kingdom the following week and increased by nearly 200% in North America for the month of October. The Slim & Lite had a minor redesign including a new screen and inbuilt microphone, and has since been followed by the PSP Go.

Sony first announced development of the PlayStation Peniable at a press conference before E3 2003. Although mock-ups of the system were not present at the press conference or E3, Sony did release extensive technical details regarding the new system. Then-CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Ken Kutaragi called the device the "Walkman of the 21st Century" in a reference to the console's multimedia capabilities. Several gaming websites were impressed by the handheld's computing capabilities and looked forward to the system's potential as a gaming platform.

The first concept images of the PlayStation Portable appeared in November 2000 at the Sony Corporate Strategy Meeting and showed a PSP with flat buttons and no analog stick. Although some expressed concern over the lack of an analog joystick, these fears were allayed when the PSP was officially unveiled at the Sony press conference during E3 2004. In addition to announcing more details about the system and its accessories, Sony also released a list of 99 developer companies that had pledged support for the new handheld. Several PSP game demos, such as Konami's Metal Gear Acid and SCE Studio Liverpool's Wipeout Pure were also shown at the conference.

On October 17, 2004, Sony announced that the PSP would launch in Japan on December 12, 2004 at a price of ¥19,800 (about US$181 in 2004) for the base model and ¥24,800 (about US$226 in 2004) for the Value System. The console's launch was a success with over 200,000 units sold the first day. They also sell different color variations in bundle packs, which cost more than usual, around $200. Sony announced on February 3, 2005, that the PSP would go on sale in North America on March 24, 2005 in one configuration for a MSRP of US$249/CA$299. Some expressed concern over the high price, which was almost US$20 higher than the system's price in Japan and more than $100 higher than the recently launched Nintendo DS. Despite the concerns, the PSP's North American launch was a success, although reports two weeks later indicated that the system was not selling as well as expected despite Sony's claim that 500,000 units had been sold in the first two days.

The PSP was originally to have a simultaneous PAL region and North American launch, but on March 15, 2005, Sony announced that the PAL region launch would be delayed because of high demand for the console in Japan and North America. A month later, on April 25, 2005, Sony announced that the PSP would launch in the PAL region on September 1, 2005 for €249/£179. Sony defended the high price, which was nearly US$100 higher than in North America, by pointing out that North American consumers had to pay local sales taxes and that the GST was higher in the UK than the US. Despite the high price, the console's PAL region launch was a resounding success, selling more than 185,000 units in the UK alone, selling out of all stock nation wide in the UK within 3 hours of launch, more than doubling the previous first-day sales record of 87,000 units set by the Nintendo DS. The system also enjoyed great success in other areas of the PAL region with more than 25,000 units preordered in Australia and nearly one million units sold across Europe in the first week.

♥stop smoking tips♥

hye guys....the next issues that i want to shared wif u is how to quit smoking.:) We know that,to stop smoking is really a tough action to take. Majority of smokers want to quit smoking, but find it difficult to do so as nicotine is very addictive and hard to get rid off.
Actually,there two factor that will determine us to stop in quitting for good.Firstly,you must have the desire to give up your habit of smoking and create a strong will to avoid a smoking relapse.Second,your mindset mustknow the effects of smoking, understand its consequences and face the fact that you need to stop smoking and follow, finish and maintain a quit smoking plan.

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Water Pollution

hello everyone..its me dauz, with another topic to share with all of u..water pollution..now this is very serious matter..as u all know, 70 percent of our earth is covered in water..and most of it is already polluted..the picture shows all the dead fishes in the sea..OH MY GOD!!..i cant believe this..anyway, believe it or not, its happening..the oceans are so polluted in some parts that all the fishes die, because of the pollution..many of the pollution is caused by oil spill from ships..fuel is lighter than water, so this will cause the fuel to be on top of the water..causing the oxygen flow to be blocked..all the living things under the ocean dies because of the shortage of oxygen..its happening out there..its just that we need to be aware of all these activities..its killing our seas folks..so, i urge all the oil company to think about what u are doing to mother nature before u dump the oil into the ocean ya..thats all for now..until next time..bye

geng power rangers;)

Air Pollution

hye guys..as you can see in the picture, the factory is creating a lot of smoke and the smoke is released into the air that we breath..how sad..honestly speaking i am not an environmentalist but i am a human being who needs oxygen to live..the air pollution will create polluted air and that means we will inhale so much polluted air into our lungs..OH MY GOD!!!!.. folks, i know i cant do much as a student and a civilian but i just want to say that we have to stop from our planet to become a polluted wasteland..
try your best to use fuel that creates thick smoke of carbon monoxide, and try avoid open burning..just a reminder k..thats all for now..we will post new topics in the future..bye for now!

♥Sharlinie another child kidnapping case♥
Now come a new case of the same kidnap case. It looked as the same as Nurin's case. This girl is just 5 years old. She is Sharlinie.She was reported missing on 9th January 2008 around 11 a.m. She was last seen in Kampung Medan, PJS, some 200 m away from her house.Her father believe that his daungter still alive.

While I heard many speculations on these cases, I hope the police will nab the criminals. They found some clues, but still searching, hopefully it will end good.

I grieve for Nurin's & her parent, and pray that Sharlinie will be save and found. Someday crime will pay, just wait....
okey bebeh...we as a muslim just pray for her...

♥kiDnapping♥

Heloo guys...:)
the 1st issues that i'll shared wif u is kidnapping.What is kidnapping??Kidnaping is a very serious matter..kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against the person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority.For example in our country we have heard the sad news of Nurin Jazlin. She have been kidnapped then sexually molested, until she met her last moment. It is really cruel and sad. I felt really sad for her parents for her lost and I could not imagine their emotion over this.Nurin Jazlin was born on 11/9/1999 and returned to Rahmatullah on 17/9/2007(5 Ramadhan 1428).We know that she missing after going to the pasar malam alone.Her body was found in a sports bag a month later,sexually assaulted and brutally murdered.i'll showed you the analysis that i get from my research...

On the evening of August 20th 2007, 8-year old Nurin Jazlin Jazimin asked her mother for permission to run down to the neighbourhood’s night market. She wanted to buy hair clips for herself. Her mother, Norazian Bistaman, was entertaining a guest at that time. She said okay, thinking that Nurin was going to be accompanied by her younger sister. Her daughters usually went out either in a buddy-system or in groups. It never occurred to her that Nurin had decided to venture out by herself.

Nurin slipped out and made her way towards the night market, located approximately 100m away from the family flat. The family lived in Wangsa Maju, one of Kuala Lumpur’s largest townships. It is known to be a busy area, day or night, even busier with the hustle and bustle of the weekly night market that takes place every Monday evening. Who would have thought that a century ago, a vast rubber estate once stood here? Since the township was formed in 1984, Wangsa Maju has transformed itself over the years, from a quiet rural area and finally developed into one of Kuala Lumpur’s characteristic bustling urban quarters. Population has doubled over the years..

Hurmm...we know that night markets, synonymous with Malaysian culture, are usually very busy and very popular with Malaysians to shop for their fresh vegetables, fruits and meat as an alternative to supermarkets. Youths enjoy taking a stroll through night-markets, sampling a wide variety of drinks and goodies sold there.

Yet, despite the bustling atmosphere of the night market, the shoppers failed to notice anything out of the ordinary. The only witness to the abduction was another little girl, who had innocently assumed that Nurin was being taken home by someone she knew, perhaps a relative.

Meanwhile, back at home, Nurin’s parents grew frantic when they realized their little girl had not returned. The night was getting late. Father, Jazimin Abd. Jalil, who worked as a cab-driver, knew immediately that something was wrong. He went out to search for his missing daughter without success, despite help from concerned relatives and neighbours. The traders at the night market had not seen her since her last purchase and could offer no clue. They were familiar with her as the Jazimin family were regular customers. The exhausted Jazimin finally trudged over to the local police station to lodge a report about his missing daughter. It was already 3 a.m. in the morning; approximately 7 hours since the abduction had taken place.Unfortunately, this case offered no happy ending. The pleas of her parents for Nurin’s safe return went unheeded. No one else stepped forward offering any information. There was a tip off from a female caller that insisted she had spotted Nurin near Seremban, but it was dismissed as false information.

On September 17th, a company supervisor in Petaling Jaya stumbled across a large Diadora sports bag outside the company premises when she came to open the store. It was Monday morning. She initially thought the bag belonged to her employer who had just returned from a trip. But when the general manager of the company arrived 30 minutes later, it was discovered that the bag did not belong to him. Upon opening the bag to search for identification or clues to the owner, to his horror, he found a body within. He immediately alerted the police.

What followed next was a series of media circus.

The body in the bag was a female child, aged between 6 and 8. She had been sexually-assaulted and strangled. Reports confirmed that she died approximately 6 hours prior to being transported to the “dump site”. Nurin’s parents were alerted immediately. They rushed to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for the identification procedure, barely able to brace themselves for the impending nightmare. Due to severe physical changes on the body caused by trauma, the husband and wife were unable to recognize her. They did not think it was Nurin. The body was initially presumed to be of a foreign child.

But the subsequent DNA testing proved that the body in the morgue was indeed their child. By 8 o’clock on Thursday, the story made headlines on the evening news on TV. What was worse, the media blatantly accused the parents of refusing to accept the DNA test results. It was a great shock for Jazimin and his wife when the news came on. They were not informed of any forensics testing results, yet there it was, already announced nationwide. Due to misleading reports, there were public speculations that he was orchestrating a “conspiracy” to cover up his daughter’s death. Later, they met up with the police again to find out about the DNA test and affirm it.

The grieving couple could hardly believe it. The body was indeed their daughter. The DNA result was damning. What made it even worse was they failed to prioritise the parents with the results. Due to gross oversight, the media learned of the results beforehand. The damage was done..