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13 Internet Slangs with Unexpected Alternate Meanings Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 5:16PMWe’ve all grown accustomed to the online jargon, shorthands and acronyms that have developed over decades of Internet use. Silly as they might be, most of us are guilty of truncating, abbreviating or misspelling words to save a few seconds…
Roadside Stage 1 Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 12:36PMThe modern Tour de France is a truly global sporting event.
Digital Journalist Survival Guide: A Glossary of Tech Terms You Should Know Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 6:02AMBack in January, I asked Jennifer 8. Lee (a former member of Poynter's National Advisory Board) to write a short glossary for journalists on "How to talk tech." She wisely enlisted the new Hacks /Hackers group to crowdsource the effort, which we're publishing below.
Tetsuya Nomura Talks Kingdom Hearts, FFXIII Spin-Offs Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 5:49AMTetsuya Nomura hasn't been heard from for a few months, but between Kingdom Hearts Re:coded , The 3rd Birthday and the Nintendo 3DS Kingdom Hearts demo (above), E3 was a bit of a hectic workweek for the Square Enix director. Famitsu magazine sat him down int his week's issue to get a full update on his work, including a few games that didn't make E3 at all. On the subject of Re:coded, Nomura ...
Google Aims To Remake TV Ads, Gets Decidedly Mixed Reception Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 5:50PMGoogle (NMS:GOOG) turned heads in May when it announced a software platform for television set-top boxes it says will breathe new life into the old broadcast medium.
Google Aims To Remake TV Ads, Gets Decidedly Mixed Reception Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 5:50PMGoogle turned heads in May when it announced a software platform for television set-top boxes it says will breathe new life into the old broadcast medium. It's just the latest attempt by Google to extend its reach beyond the Web and transform an industry it sees as outdated and inefficient.
Is the iPad a business tool? Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 3:38PMIt's easy to get the impression that for Apple, there has been a bit of a conflict in timing terms between the iPad hardware being ready to go, and the software being fully cooked 9 Jun 2010 9:55 AM
Simon Hackett reviews the Apple iPad Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 1:05AMAll in all, a very promising start. An awesome, awesome content consumption device. I reckon its a couple of software releases away from being a very effective mid-range content entry device too. Its definitely the external keyboard that opens the door here. The touch interface is just wonderful -- it's what makes the device what it is -- but for more than two sentence emails, you still just can ...
Bartz: “Google Is 90% Search, That’s A Fact” – Except It’s Not Monday, May 24, 2010 @ 12:30PMMike Arrington just had a no-holds barred interview with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz at TechCrunch Disrupt . Bartz gave back as good as she got, at least in sound bites. As usual, I didn’t find many of her statements convincing. A highlight was her saying “Google is 90% search. That’s a fact.” It’s not.
Stormers fans left fuming Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 7:26AMStormers fans in search of tickets for the semi-final showdown with the Waratahs have been left fuming.
Psychiatry Congress Sunday, May 2, 2010 @ 5:02PMMonday 3 May 2010 The Royal Australian and New Zealand Collage of Psychiatrists’ Congress runs until 6 May 2010 at SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland.
Psychiatry Congress Sunday, May 2, 2010 @ 4:16PMThe Royal Australian and New Zealand Collage of Psychiatrists’ Congress runs until 6 May 2010 at SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland. The Congress brings together mental health experts in a diverse range of areas; from children and adolescents ...
PC Pandora Asks: Are Your Kids Telling Their “Friends” Too Much? Tuesday, April 27, 2010 @ 2:00AMA new MySpace service will let users share their personal events calendar. Pandora Corp reminds parents about the importance of knowing what your kids are saying online and the dangers of too much information. Company co-founder Manuel Coats explains how PC Pandora 6.0 monitoring software will help parents keep their kids safe online…
NEWS: Monster Hunter Tri Launches Today Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @ 11:12AMHunters rejoice. It's time to gear up and get out there!
10 Fresh Tips for Community Managers Tuesday, April 13, 2010 @ 3:00PM**This series is supported by the Social Influence System, presented by Waggener Edstrom Worldwide. To learn more visit Waggeneredstrom.com/nozombies . Most community managers are well-versed in the basics of social media engagement. We all know how to deal with trolls and how to create conversations. Here are some interesting and unorthodox bits of advice for the expert community manager — that ...
Open Thread: What Would You Build With a Web of Data? Friday, April 9, 2010 @ 12:20AMRecently we looked at the state of Linked Data in 2010 , noting developments such as governments putting public data online and Thomson Reuters putting structure around commercial data using OpenCalais . In a follow-up post, we explained the distinction between Linked Data, Open Data and the Semantic Web . tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_of_data_what_would ...
Channel your inner Kirk in SpaceTrek: The New Empire Wednesday, April 7, 2010 @ 12:53AMEdmond Woychowsky says the browse-based game SpaceTrek: The New Empire is like a cross between the old text-based Star Trek computer game and the open source game FreeCol.
Barcode Games Announces Major Professional Football Simulator (PFS) Update! Friday, April 2, 2010 @ 10:00AMProfessional Football Simulator, or PFS, is a text-based simulation game for professional football fans.
The e-book revolution Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 7:21PMAustralian publishers rush to get into the burgeoning ebook market as launch of Apple's iPad draws closer.
The e-book revolution is coming to a screen near you Tuesday, March 23, 2010 @ 8:31AMThe imminent release of Apple's iPad is forcing Australian publishers to quickly develop their publishing strategies to stay in the burgeoning market.
Radoff surfaces at Facebook game maker Disruptor Beam Friday, March 19, 2010 @ 2:44PMGamerDNA co-founder Jon Radoff has dropped some hints on his blog about his latest endeavor, a social site gaming company called Disruptor Beam LLC, which he has been working on with his wife Angela Bull. The company is making games for sites like Facebook, according to online job postings.
QVC® Deploys Clarabridge Text Analytics Solution To Gain Real-Time Customer Intelligence Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:22AMRESTON, Va.----Clarabridge, the leading provider of text analytics software used by many Fortune 1000 companies to improve customer experience management , today announced that QVC, one of the world’s largest multimedia retailers, has deployed Clarabridge’s Content Mining Platform at its U.S. operation as part of its continual focus on maximizing customer experience.
Cell phones in the classroom - Surprising field studies suggest cell phones could be effective learning tools Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:50AMGuest blogger Marie Bjerede examines field projects that are studying the educational use of cell phones. In one limited example, 50 percent of students doing lessons by cell phone had higher math proficiency than classmates who learned the same material from the same teacher.
PC Pandora 6.0 Computer Monitoring Software Will Help Parents Teach And Enforce Cybersafety, Cyberethics And ... Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 1:00AMA new poll shows our schools are failing to teach America’s youth about cybersafety, cyberethics and cybersecurity.
Monster Hunter Tri gets a ship date Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 7:50AMCapcom has revealed that the Wii exclusive, Monster Hunter Tri, will be shipping to retail stores on April 20, and limited quantities of the title will be bundled in with the new Classic Controller Pro for $59.99 (game only $49.99). Capcom and Nintendo have also announced plans to offer online play of the game in [...]
The Surreal World of Chatroulette Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 7:59PMThe latest online phenomenon connects you through webcams to a random, fathomless succession of strangers from across the globe.
Radical Dreamers - Story and Plot Guide Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 4:40PMRadical Dreamers (SNES) Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Radical Dreamers
Chrono Cross - Story and Plot Guide Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 4:39PMChrono Cross (PS) Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Radical Dreamers
Chrono Trigger - Story and Plot Guide Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 4:39PMChrono Trigger (SNES) Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Radical Dreamers
Happy Birthday, BBS! Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 9:45AMWWIV, Wildcat, Celerity -- these hallowed names represent the best of a golden era of communication, back when "getting online" meant tying up the family phone line, remembering arcane Hayes AT codes to maximize performance out of the 9600 baud modem your dad borrowed from work, and TradeWars was the best multiplayer game available. Yes, I'm talking about Bulletin Board Systems, originally text ...
Tekken 6 - Customization FAQ/guide Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 6:09PMTekken 6 (X360) Tekken 6
Command & Conquer: Red Alert Review [iPhone/iPod] Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 9:34PMDespite its lack of alternate play modes, Command & Conquer: Red Alert plays better than any other iPhone RTS game.
Glitch: Flickr’s Stewart Butterfield Explains His Ambitious Online Game Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 9:06PMFlickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield and five other former Flickr employees are joined by one Digg alum, one games expert and several freelancers in Tiny Speck, a company that’s working on an online game that has a shot at rebooting the stagnating massively multiplayer online game genre. The 2D game — called Glitch — incorporates beautiful illustrations and cutting edge game mechanics, but its ...
Facebook ditches Microsoft banner ads- but makes Bing default search engine Monday, February 8, 2010 @ 4:00AMFacebook is to ditch Microsoft’s banner ads in favour of its own, but is now using Bing to power its site search engine, as the two companies overhaul their 2007 search ad deal.
US-TECH Summary Saturday, February 6, 2010 @ 10:52AMFacebook removes Microsoft banner ads from site
MAG: A massively addictive game Saturday, February 6, 2010 @ 3:35AMConfession time, dear reader: I am a diehard single-player gamer. I game as George Thorogood drinks – alone. I do understand online gaming, its lingo and guilds and raids, but I understand it in the same way a beer-league defenceman understands pro hockey.
01:56 (BST), 12/01/2010 Professional Football Simulator Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Austin, Texas - January ... Tuesday, January 12, 2010 @ 4:37AMAustin, Texas - January 11, 2010 - BarcodeGames.com announces the release of Professional Football Simulator. Professional Football Simulator, or PFS, is a new text-based simulation game for professional football fans.
Feature// SPOnG's Cult Games Of 2010 Friday, January 8, 2010 @ 6:37AM(8 Jan 2010) The overlooked and totally crazy!
Reporter's Notebook: Cisco's video vision Wednesday, January 6, 2010 @ 1:56PMCisco Systems outlines its vision for the consumer electronics landscape, and the company is betting that it can be a major player with its latest toys.
Rising Competition Slows Growth For Google's Online Ad Network Wednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 5:00PMOnline ad networks are no longer a slam-dunk business for Google or Yahoo.
From old Futures to modern Technology Sunday, December 20, 2009 @ 4:28AMThe section began in 1983 as a couple of pages in the main paper before branching out as its own section. Its editors remember how it evolved … Jack Schofield | Futures Micro Guardian | 1985-1994 The success of Futures Micro Guardian, for which I'd written a weekly column from the first issue in 1983, encouraged the Guardian to expand its IT coverage, but this wasn't just an editorial concern ...
00:44 (BST), 17/12/2009 Strategy First/Nvinium Games deal Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS MONTREAL,CANADA ... Thursday, December 17, 2009 @ 4:07AMMONTREAL,CANADA, December 16, 2009 – Strategy First, an international digital publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software, and Nvinium Games announced a strategic relationship whereby Nvinium will develop and market new versions of Strategy First’s best selling franchises Space Empires and Jagged Alliance for social network platforms.
Kongregate brings social gaming to the core Tuesday, December 15, 2009 @ 5:00PMIndie web game site Kongregate now provides social gaming functionality to its contributors, bringing achievements, virtual goods, leaderboards, and profiles to the Flash gaming community.
Fighting the pixel addiction: a look at gamer rehab Thursday, December 3, 2009 @ 6:44AMAt one point or another, most of us have probably heard someone talk about how their kids are addicted to video games. The concern is understandable: a lot of parents don't have a background with video games, and seeing their kids so obsessed with something they're not familiar with can be worrying. In some cases, parents are worrying over nothing, but in other instances, their concerns are well ...
Search: Where Does It Go from Here? Friday, November 27, 2009 @ 11:44AMIf there’s one thing that both Google and Microsoft agree on, it’s that search isn’t solved yet. Google’s vice president of search product and user experience Marissa Mayer has said :
Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud-computing platform goes live Jan. 1 Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 2:10AMIn a major game changer for both the industry and the company, Microsoft has launched its cloud.
Tekken 6 - Achievements Guide Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ 2:39PMTekken 6 (X360) Tekken 6
Tekken 6 - Trophy Guide Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ 2:39PMTekken 6 (PS3) Tekken 6
Mobile Answer Engines Battle Search Engines Tuesday, October 20, 2009 @ 1:42PMA class of mobile “ help ” or “answer engines” has arisen as an alternative to traditional search engines. They hold out the promise more efficient, relevant or direct responses to queries than search engines can provide on the small screen.
Admirals Launch Facebook Page Wednesday, October 14, 2009 @ 5:13PMNORFOLK, Va. - The Norfolk Admirals announced today that the club has launched its official Facebook fan page. The Admirals' Facebook page will serve as an online portal to information about Admirals news, events, tickets, photos and more.