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Monday, 11 August 2008

Xenki: browser based viewer for OpenSim and Second Life

http://www.ugotrade.com/2008/08/07/xenki-an-in-your-browser-viewer-for-opensim-and-second-life/

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Can video games can improve literacy in children?

While debate continues over the impact of videogames on children, a small study in the U.S. is examining whether videogames are actually making kids smarter.

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Saturday, 9 August 2008

Game commentator Duncan Fyfe considers the educational potential of games

The trick to enthusiastic learning is the trick. We need to have the right attitude, need to be in the right frame of mind to develop interests in art on its own terms and at our own pace. It's not necessary to instantly attempt a codification of its merits even when the art does not move us to speak.

We grow up viewing classic fiction as homework first and art second. It follows that we like learning best when we don't think we're doing it. We like literature more when there's no studying involved. What better medium for learning, then, than that apotheosis of anti-intellectualism, the video game?

http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2008/08/opinion_video_games_are_the_si.php

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Researchers Propose $12 Computer for Developing Countries

As the prices of educational laptops for children in developing countries creep upward, a group of researchers attempts to create a new, even lower-tech computer that would cost as little as $12.

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Friday, 8 August 2008

Cloud Computing Is Changing the World

At first, just a handful of employees at Sanmina-SCI (SANM) began using Google Apps (GOOG) for tasks like e-mail, document creation, and appointment scheduling. Now, just six months later, almost 1,000 employees of the electronics manufacturing company go online to use Google Apps in place of the comparable Microsoft (MSFT) tools. "We have project teams working on a global basis and to help them collaborate effectively, we use Google Apps," says Manesh Patel, chief information officer of Sanmina-SCI, a company with $10.7 billion in annual revenue. In the next three years, the number of Google Apps users may rise to 10,000, or about 25% of the total, Patel estimates.

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Wednesday, 6 August 2008

2008 METAVERSE TOUR

Over 50 virtual worlds featured including:
Second Life, HiPiHi, Kaneva, Twinity, ActiveWorlds, LagunaBeach vMTV. There.com, Habbo, Google Lively, FootballSuperstars, Weblin, AmazingWorlds, CyWorld, Whyville, Gaia Online, RocketOn, Club Penguin, YoVille, Webkinz, BarbieGirls, Prototerra, IMVU, Spore, vSide, Tale in the Desert, SpineWorld, Stardoll, The Manor, There.com, ExitReality, Vastpark, Qwaq, PS3Home, GoSupermodel, Grockit, Croquet, Metaplace, Coke Studios, Dreamville, Dubit, Mokitown, Moove, Muse, The Palace, Playdo, Sora City, Voodoo Chat, TowerChat, Traveler, Virtual Ibiza

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Venture capital investing: what's on the horizon?

For the past two years, venture capitalists have been betting on social media start-ups with an enthusiasm reminiscent of the dot-com heyday.

Now that the economic downturn has somewhat cooled early stage investing, some venture capitalists say there's no better time to take a longer-term view. So what's on the horizon? CNET News talked to venture capitalists from the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Southern California, and even Israel to get a read on where consumer Internet investments are heading. Some of it plays into the obvious (like iPhone ventures), but VCs aren't always predictable.

Investors are eyeing myriad opportunities, including new ways to make money from all of those social media sites and building the next generation of the Web. To some that's the creation of the "implicit" Web and to others it's the "semantic" Web. Some of the companies they're investing in are already well-known to hardcore techies. But all of them will likely help change how people experience the Internet.

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Tuesday, 5 August 2008

Lenovo Enters the Mini-Notebook Market: IdeaPad S10

Two configurations of the 9.8 x 7.2 x .8-1.08-inch and 2.4-pound S10 will be available in the U.S. Priced at $399, one will have 512MB of RAM and an 80GB hard drive. The other marked at $449.99 will have 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive.

The 10-inch 1024 x 600-pixel (WSVGA) resolution screen also looks extremely promising and is LED backlit for power saving

http://blog.laptopmag.com/lenovo-enters-the-mini-notebook-market-with-the-ideapad-s10

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Monday, 4 August 2008

Videos: The Nintendo Wii is working wonders for surgeons

Dr. Jeff Henke, a surgical resident at Banner Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, is playing games in hopes of becoming a better surgeon.

The control sticks on the Wii he uses are actually probes, the same kind he'll use in the operating room.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/health&id=6256882

http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=213992&SecID=2

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