See What’s Inside the PlayStation 4 With These Exclusive Photos

What we see is a hardware architecture that’s both simple and powerful. With longtime game designer Mark Cerny leading the way, lending his software-minded expertise to Ootori and the rest of the hardware engineering team, Sony abandoned the overly complex Cell microprocessor that drove the PlayStation 3, building the PS4 around an “x86″ chip similar to the processors that have driven most of our personal computers for the last three decades. The idea was to make it that much easier for developers to build games for the new console, to create the things that will ultimately capture our attention.

via See What’s Inside the PlayStation 4 With These Exclusive Photos | Game|Life | Wired.com.

Syrian rebels debut homemade fighting vehicle

The Sham II is also outfitted with five cameras — three in the front, one mounted on or near the machine gun, and one in the back — all of which are seemingly controlled by — a Sony PlayStation remote control. It should be noted that, apparently on the side of caution, Syrian rebels have even outfitted the Sham II with an operable headlight.

via Syrian rebels debut homemade fighting vehicle – Threat Matrix.