Adrian Crook had an interesting presentation at the GDC Worlds In Motion Summit on the issue of free to play games - where they've been, where they're heading, good
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The Pentagon's way-out researchers don't just want to build an Internet simulator, to test out cyberwar tactics. They want the range's operators to realistically replicate human behavior and frailties, too.
Venture capitalist Josh Kopelman rips into MySpace today as he applauds Facebook's new developer platform. Facebook's timing is perfect. They just released an ...
Scientists have developed a computerised mind-reading technique which lets them accurately predict the images that people are looking at by using scanners to study brain activity. The breakthrough by American scientists took MRI scanning equipment normally used in hospital diagnosis to observe patterns of brain activity when a subject examined a range of black and white photographs. Then a computer was able to correctly predict in nine out of 10 cases which image people were focused on. Guesswork would have been accurate only eight times in every 1,000 attempts. The study raises the possibility in the future of the technology being harnessed to visualise scenes from a person's dreams or memory. Writing in the journal Nature, the scientists, led by Dr Jack Gallant from the University of California at Berkeley, said:
If you're a casual Nine Inch Nails listener, this digital download is probably not for you, unless you're also a fan of slightly ambient industrial noise. If you're a hardcore Nine Inch Nails fan - or a computer using musician - then this is definitely going to excite you. In fact, from the musician angle, this is probably the best thing you're going to get your hands on in quite some time.
The first national research project to study participants in Open Source in Australia has been launched. The survey, called the Australian Open Source Industry and Community Census, is being conducted by Open Source consultancy Waugh Partners. Pia Waugh blogged about the survey, and why they're keen to hear from as many companies - and individuals - as possible:
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At D6, Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates took the stage to discuss Microsoft and the future of Windows with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher of the Wall Street Journal. After massaging each other�s egos for a while, Gates and Ballmer got into Windows 7 and their belief that the Vista follow-up will revolutionize the operating system market. And after taking it all in and listening carefully to what they had to say, I can say with the utmost certainty that they�ve really lost it.
Some day, Assistant Professor Hod Lipson believes, every home will have a 'fabber,' a machine that replicates objects from plans supplied by a computer: Instead of buying an iPod, download the plans and the fabber will make one for you.
IS THE writing on the wall for the brickie? Engineers are racing to unveil the world’s first robot capable of building a house at the touch of a button. The first prototype — a watertight shell of a two-storey house built in 24 hours without
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See the trailer for the forthcoming U2 3D movie featuring U2 in concert in all its 3D glory. U2 3D puts viewers within the pulsing energy of a live U2 stadium concert. This is the future of concert films. [Editor's note: Now if only Bono & The Electric Co. will release MTV's ZooTV special and the Mitteleuropa tapes of using the ZooTV station to highlight multiple views of the early 1990s Balkans conflicts . . .]
The infamous Dutch anti-piracy organization BREIN has infringed TorrentFreak’s copyright and blatantly copied a quote from one of our articles without attributing the source. TorrentFreak is thus considering legal action against these copy/paste pirates, where they may face a fine of up to $975,000 and several years in prison.
After getting used to Gmail 3 years ago, I swore I’d stick to web-based email. With IMAP now available, I set it up last week in Apple’s Mail client on my desktop to integrate better with offline storage, emailing links, etc, and
We're well into the current era of the Web, commonly referred to as Web 2.0. Features of this phase of the Web include search, social networks, online media ...
Should you be so fortunate as to hear the lowest lows and higest highs of Panda Bear's Good Girl/Carrots on a seriously audiophiliac stereo system, give thanks to your cochlea,
After a decade fighting to stop illegal file-sharing, the music industry will give fans today what they have always wanted: an unlimited supply of free and legal songs.
In a bid to wed the comprehensive, grassroots information factory of Wikipedia with the authority of the traditional encyclopedia, Encyclopaedia Britannica is opening the floodgates for online user submissions into
Executive Editor Jason Hiner applies a sanity check to new technologies, new products, and new developments in the IT industry in order to help IT pros sort through the latest hype and buzz.
Doug Morris, chair and CEO of Universal Music Group reluctantly agrees to let Amazon and other online retailers sell unprotected MP3s of Universal songs.
Hiding a ring in a bouquet just wasn't enough when a computer programmer decided to pop the question. Bernie Peng reprogrammed Tammy Li's favorite video game, "Bejeweled," so a ring and a marriage proposal would show up on the screen when she reached a certain score.
Executive Editor Jason Hiner applies a sanity check to new technologies, new products, and new developments in the IT industry in order to help IT pros sort through the latest hype and buzz.