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Is the video-game industry recession-proof?
March 6, 2008
MSNBC.com: Technology & Science
It’s true that video games defied the otherwise discouraging retail sales figures of December 2007. But are video games truly recession-proof? ...
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The Patent Reform Act will harm the U.S. technology industry
March 6, 2008
CNET News.com
Both sides have their own business interests at heart, but make no mistake - if the bill passes, it will harm the U.S. technology industry. ...
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Apple to Allow VoIP Over Wi-Fi [Cellphones]
March 6, 2008
Gizmodo: Apple / Adam Frucci
If someone develops a VoIP program for the iPhone, Apple will only prevent it from making calls over a cell network to protect poor little AT&T.; If you're in a Wi-Fi hotspot, however, go nuts. This o ...
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How Can You Make Money From Web 2.0?
March 6, 2008
TechCrunch / Duncan Riley
How can you make money from Web 2.0 was the main question put to the Web 2.0 and Beyond: What Is the Business Reality panel at Microsoft Mix yesterday. Featured in the video is Frank Arrigo (Microsoft ...
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iPhone Getting Multitouch Games, Including Spore, Super Monkey Ball [Cellphones]
March 6, 2008
Gizmodo: Apple / Adam Frucci
I've got good news and better news. The good news is that the iPhone is getting multitouch games that use the accelerometer and every bell and whistle of the iPhone for controls. The better news? Dev ...
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What to expect at today’s Apple event
March 6, 2008
FORTUNE: Apple 2.0 / Philip Elmer-DeWitt
On Thursday, before an audience of industry analysts, tech reporters and invited guests, Apple (AAPL) will unfold its long-awaited “iPhone software roadmap.” The event starts at 10 a.m. PT ...
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iPhone SDK, Apple’s Touch Platform, and The Next Two Decades
What we saw today was the spark. The explosion will continue for twenty years. We will all feel the warmth. What we saw today was the beginning of two-decades of mobile domination by Apple. What Microsoft and Windows was to the desktop, Apple and Touch will be to mobile. ...
Saturn’s moon Rhea may have rings
U.S. scientists said NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected what appears to be a ring surrounding Rhea, one of Saturn's largest moons. ... It is the first time rings may have been found around a moon, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Thursday in a...Climate Change’s Most Deadly Threat: Drought
AlterNet - By Tod Wilkinson - Mar. 7 (Review) - In his new book, The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations, Fagan does not engage in secular or religious ponderances. An anthropologist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the British-born author sees harvest seasons and weather patterns of the past as providing vital prologue for a fast approaching, water-challenged future.NewsTrust Rating: 3.8 from source rating - Review It
What Would Buffett Buy?
Business Week - Mar. 7 (Special Report) - Author Robert Hagstrom tried to compile Buffett's key investing strategies in his 1994 best seller. ... With Hagstrom's book as a source, Standard & Poor's Portfolio Services analyst David Braverman put together a stock screen that picks companies using criteria similar to those that fit the legendary investor's growth-oriented style. S&P updates this screen on a semiannual basis.NewsTrust Rating: 3.3 from source rating - Review It
Punishing slackers and do-gooders
ScienceBlogs.com - By Ed Yong - Mar. 7 (Blog Post) - Humans have an extraordinary capacity for selflessness. We often help complete strangers who are unrelated to us, who we may never meet again and who are unlikely to be able to return the favour. More and more, we are being asked to behave in selfless ways to further the common good, not least in the race to tackle climate change.NewsTrust Rating: 3.4 from source rating - Review It
‘Power Napping’ In Pigeons
ScienceDaily - Mar. 7 (Review) - In humans, as in all mammals, sleep consists of two phases: deep, dreamless slow-wave-sleep (SWS) alternates with dream phases, called Rapid Eye Movement (REM)-sleep. Although several studies suggest that information is processed and memories are consolidated during sleep, this remains a hotly debated topic in neurobiology. Comparative studies in birds may help to clarify the function of sleep by revealing overriding principles that would otherwise remain obscure if we only studied mammals...NewsTrust Rating: 3.4 from source rating - Review It
Television Shows Can Affect Racial Judgments
ScienceDaily - Mar. 7 (Review) - A new study reveals that viewers can be influenced by exposure to racial bias in the media, even without realizing it. Led by Dana Mastro of the University of Arizona, the study exposed participants to television clips where Latinos were portrayed in both flattering and unflattering ways.NewsTrust Rating: 3.4 from source rating - Review It
Study Sheds More Light on ‘Placebo Effect’
National Public Radio - By Richard Knox - Mar. 7 (Interview) - A new study indicates that people get better results from taking expensive pills -- even when the "expensive pill" is a placebo with no active medical ingredients. [3:21]NewsTrust Rating: 3.9 from source rating - Review It
Into the Brain of a Liar
National Public Radio - By Robert Krulwich, Jad Abumrad - Mar. 7 (Special Report) - We all lie -- once a day or so, according to most studies. But usually we tell little lies, like "your new haircut looks great!" And most of us can control when we lie or what we lie about. But some people lie repeatedly and compulsively, about things both big and small. -- In 2005, a study published in The British Journal of Psychiatry provided the first evidence of structural differences in the brains of people with a history of persistent lying...NewsTrust Rating: 3.9 from source rating - Review It
Google, Microsoft Bidding For Digg
TechCrunch - By Michael Arrington - Mar. 7 (Blog Post) - User-generated news site Digg has been working with influential investment bank Allen & Co. (the ones that recently got Slide a half billion dollar valuation) for a few months now, and pitching big tech and media companies on a sale. And despite a number of false starts, this time a sale looks likely, and soon...NewsTrust Rating: 3.3 from source rating - Review It
Ray Ozzie, Dean Hachamovitch and Scott Guthrie
On the flight down here from Redmond I was thinking about the broad range of products that we've shipped since we were here at the Venetian about a year ago. We've made a number of strategic investments since that time, investments in mobility, in services, of course in advertising. Over the course of ...
Just when you thought VCs couldn’t get any trendier: Kleiner …
March 6, 2008
The Open Road / Matt Asay
One of the first questions most venture capitalists ask would-be entrepreneurs is about the size of the target market. Selling into a niche market is generally frowned upon. That is, of course, unle ...
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