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PC World – Remember when the “cloud” was just called the “Internet?” This absurd fascination with naming online services after suspended atmospheric condensation is kind of driving me nuts.

Reuters – Sony said it would resume some services on its PlayStation Network this week and offer incentives to customers to try to prevent them turning to competitors after the theft of personal information belonging to 78 million user accounts.

AP – Sony executives bowed in apology Sunday for a security breach in the company’s PlayStation Network that caused the loss of personal data of some 77 million accounts on the online service.

PC World – Sony is still investigating the security breach that downed its PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services, but expects the gaming network will be back in operation this week, a company exec told media Sunday afternoon in Tokyo.

AFP – Sony on Sunday apologised for a security breach that compromised millions of users, and said it could not rule out the possibility that credit card information was stolen.

AFP – Google is the new darling of software wizards out to cash-in on the world’s love for customizing smartphones with fun, hip or functional applications.

Mashable – Sony will resume some PlayStation Network services and beef up its security nearly two weeks after a hacker attack forced Sony to shut it down.
The company made the announcements during a press conference in Tokyo. Kaz Hirai, Sony’s executive deputy president and the likely successor to CEO Howard Stringer, started by offering “our deepest and sincerest apologies” for the outage of the PlayStation network, as well as apologizing to customers whose personal information has been compromised. Hirai and two other Sony executives bowed deeply, a Japanese custom for apologizing.

Mashable – Congratulations everyone, we officially made it through a royal wedding. Anyone with access to a computer inevitably heard about Prince William and Kate Middleton (finally) getting hitched. With all the hubbub, we understand if you had to miss one or two resources.
We’re back with another roundup of tools and resources published over the past week or so. We have stories on Amazon’s hiring spree, the new SEC regulations, a PR pro’s guide to blogging, and even a look at the next breed of robotic pets.

PC World – Sony announced today that the head of its gaming division will make a statement Sunday afternoon Tokyo Time to address the PlayStation Network outage.