A Chinese-language blog with a debatable track record claims Apple is working on a 15-inch MacBook Air with more information to come in the “second half” of this year.
Ilgaz writes in to let us know that we will have to install MS Silverlight 2 to watch the US President’s inauguration online. Everyone running Mac PPC, Linux, and FreeBSD has been left out, as there are no working Silverlight 2-capable alternatives on these systems. Here is Microsoft’s press release announcing the selection of Silverlight yesterday. Streaming of various events around the inauguration begins today at the Presidential Inaugural Committee site, which touts its “inclusive and accessible” coverage.
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Challenge, competition drives video gamers: Study
Canada.com – 10 hours ago It's the cheer of the challenges – not a craving for carnage – that keeps video game players coming back for more, suggest the findings of a new study. Blood and gore don't make video games more enjoyable: study The Canadian Press Study: Violence Doesn't Motivate Gamers Gamasutra Macworld – Wired News – Forbes – KOMO News all 62 news articles |
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Bird count records strong numbers
Fort Frances Times – 14 Jan 2009 By admin A total of 30 species, and 1663 birds, were counted during the annual Christmas Bird Count that took place here Jan. 2. “This is a good result,” noted local count co-ordinator Ilke Milne. Annual bird count shows declines Baldwin City Signal A census for the birds Peterborough Examiner Pembroke Daily Observer – Valley Echo – Ashcroft Cache Creek Journal – Tampa Tribune all 16 news articles |
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Challenge, competition drives video gamers: Study
Canada.com – 4 hours ago It's the cheer of the challenges – not a craving for carnage – that keeps video game players coming back for more, suggest the findings of a new study. Blood and gore don't make video games more enjoyable: study The Canadian Press Study: Violence Doesn't Motivate Gamers Gamasutra Macworld – Wired News – Forbes – KOMO News all 56 news articles |
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Study: Violence Doesn't Motivate Gamers
Gamasutra – 5 hours ago Violence doesn't add enjoyment to video games, a new study says — players obtain satisfaction from mastering challenges. A new study from the University of Rochester and "player-experience research firm" Immersyve found that on the contrary, … Blood and gore don't make video games more enjoyable: study The Canadian Press Study: Gore doesn’t motivate video game players Macworld Wired News – Forbes – EndSights – Escapist Magazine all 53 news articles |
Apple’s “OS X” (without the “Mac”) trademark filing reveals an intention to distance the OS from the Mac realm, indicating Apple’s desire to use OS X on a much broader array of gadgets in the future. Some Apple watchers are convinced we will see more OS X software platforms beyond current desktop and mobile OS X. Like a game console, for instance.
Back before Apple Inc. made computers that fit in your pocket, it made computers that fit on your desk. Some were big-box machines, others were not so portable portables and still others were — literally — cube-shaped. But the first Macintosh, the one that started Apple’s rise to iconic status, is to the computer industry what the wheel was…
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Harper plays down threat to Arctic sovereignty
Globe and Mail – 14 Jan 2009 Prime Minister Stephen Harper has dismissed concerns that a Cold War with the United States is about to erupt over a new US policy that boldly challenges Canada's Arctic sovereignty claims in the frozen, resource-rich region. Staking Arctic claims Toronto Star Bush issues US policy on Arctic energy supplies Reuters Calgary Herald – DigitalJournal.com – TheChronicleHerald.ca – Xinhua all 138 news articles |
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Study: Gamers Prefer Challenge Over Violence
Wired News – 1 hour ago By Nate Ralph January 16, 2009 | 2:26:00 PMCategories: Culture A study conducted by the University of Rochester has concluded that challenges and "meaningful opportunities to interact and work together" are more important to videogame enthusiasts than … Blood and gore don't make video games more enjoyable: study The Canadian Press Study: Gore doesn’t motivate video game players Macworld Escapist Magazine – Science Daily (press release) – The Australian – NewsLite all 43 news articles |
