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Serious games (SGs) or persuasive games are computer and video games used as persuasion technology or educational technology. They can be similar to educational games, but are often intended for an audience outside of primary or secondary education. Serious games can be of any genre and many of them can be considered a kind of edutainment.

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Wednesday, 4 March 2009

Apple GarageBand Lesson Store





http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/27/the-garageband-lesson-store-could-be-apples-next-revolution-in-music/

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Amazon Kindle iPhone Application





http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=829

http://content.zdnet.com/2346-17932_22-275140.html

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Intel Media Phone Tablet

The Media Phone is a new category of broadband devices that will redefine the traditional home phone by combining the power of a PC with the convenience of an always-on wired telephone. www.intel.com/go/voip



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Charlie Rose on Technology


http://www.charlierose.com/topic/technology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rose

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Afghan tech boom



Beyond making life easier, some say the country's embrace of technology could help break the cycle of 30 years of relentless warfare. It puts at the tip of a finger many things that were strictly outlawed by Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar - music, movies, pictures of people and games like chess.

Young Afghans see the world differently from older Afghans because of their use of the Internet and mobile phones, and their participation in sports, said Shukria Barakzai, a female lawmaker and former newspaper editor.


http://www.macon.com/world//story/638152.html

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Monday, 2 March 2009

LittleBig Contra


LittleBig Contra is a NeoGAF collaborative project aimed at delivering the definitive Contra experience to LittleBigPlanet.



http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=349591

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_(video_game)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_big_planet

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Always Innovating Touch Book: Low Power ARM based netbook tablet with keyboard/dock






http://i.gizmodo.com/5162584/always-innovating-touch-book-is-a-part+netbook-part+tablet-open-source-frankenstein?skyline=true&s=x

http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/

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iPhone apps recreate the sound of firearms using authentic Hollywood special effects





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Microsoft's 2019 vision: touch panels and augmented reality is everywhere

<a href="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-GB&amp;playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:a517b260-bb6b-48b9-87ac-8e2743a28ec5&amp;showPlaylist=true&amp;from=shared" target="_new" title="Future Vision Montage">Video: Future Vision Montage</a>

http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/28/this-is-the-microsoft-i-want-to-see/

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Nintendo gets serious about maths



Nintendo has announced an initiative which it states is "trying to give mathematics a makeover" by partnering with the Mathcounts Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes math education. Between now and March 25, Mathcounts is challenging its middle school math clubs across the country to boost their membership in a quest to win Nintendo DS systems and copies of the new Personal Trainer: Math software.

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American Football offence tactics - Madden 09



http://www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog/2009/02/28/it-really-is-that-simple-virtual-world-whiteboards-and-diagrams/

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Sunday, 1 March 2009

TED - Evan Williams: How Twitter's spectacular growth is being driven by unexpected uses



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