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Is Call of Duty 4 an MMO?
via Raph's Website by Raph on May 15, 2008
Rob Fahey has an editorial up on Eurogamer called “Genetically Modified Gaming” which makes the case that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is lifting the key elements of an MMO, and is in fact the most important MMO release of the year.This definitely echoes things I have said in the past about the ways in which online gaming is taking over single-player gaming. After all, the CoD series has...
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Photo-music video creator Animoto raises round from Amazon
via VentureBeat by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
Shared by Eric Rice While always apprehensive about VC funding, I'm not opposed to company investments like this.Animoto, a company that lets you create music videos out of your photos albums, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Amazon.com. New York-based Animoto offers a way to create a more advanced version of the sorts slideshow widgets you see on MySpace, made by companies...
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CBS to buy CNET Networks for $1.8 billion
via VentureBeat by Dean Takahashi on May 15, 2008
In a marriage between old media and new, CBS has agreed to buy online news site CNET Networks for $1.8 billion in a deal that should end the recent struggle to control the board of CNET.The move comes after CNET’s management had come under attack by shareholders for not doing enough to increase its market value. CNET is one of the earliest movers to embrace an online only format, and is one of...
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Social Networking Wars // Current
via current.com by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
Shared by Eric Rice AhhhhhahahahCurrent TV story, Social Networking Wars, posted by Super_Josh, Think social networking sites are fun and useful? See what happens when things get a little out of control
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We Are Tracking Your Every Movement, But In a Fun Way [Where 2.0]
via io9 by Annalee Newitz on May 13, 2008
Want to find out when your gadgets will start following you around, and how easy it will be for you to do "reality mining" to find your friends by tracking their cell signals on Google maps? Then head out to Burlingame, CA today and tomorrow for O'Reilly's annual Where 2.0 conference. I've been to this conference several years in a row, and it's always packed with weird...
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Scifi Movie Locations in the Real World [Architecture]
via io9 by Annalee Newitz on May 13, 2008
With movies like Speed Racer and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow creating entire scifi landscapes from CGI, it's easy to forget that some of the most futuristic settings for scifi movies are borrowed from the real world. Today Oobject has a terrific collection of photographs of the architectural marvels (and subtle background buildings) that populate scifi movies. Here you can see the...
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Instant Action gaming portal to gain Mac support
via Meme13 by MacNN | The Macintosh News Network on May 13, 2008
Garage Games' Instant Action portal should soon open to Mac gamers, according to the company. Instant Action is a web-based gaming service, but one which concentrates less on casual puzzlers, and more on the action games PC and console users are familiar with. Titles use a modern 3D engine, and include games like Marble Blast Online and the futur...Subscribe to this Site
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WorldWide Telescope
via www.worldwidetelescope.org by (author unknown) on May 13, 2008
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Street - A free online serial novel
via streetofeyes.com by (author unknown) on May 12, 2008
Shared by Eric Rice cyberpunk fiction
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Volkswagen working on 200MPG car for 2010
via DVICE by Adam Frucci on May 09, 2008
Volkswagen has plans to produce a 1-liter car by 2010 that'll get a whopping 200 miles per gallon, making it one of the most fuel-efficient cars on the road. It's not going to come without its drawbacks, however, as reaching a figure like that isn't going to happen with a car with any substantial weight.First of all, it'll be a two seater, with the passenger sitting behind the...
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