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China cracks down on online games: report

Technology / Internet

created Dec 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

China has placed more than 4.65 million computers at some 80,000 Internet cafes under watch in a bid to crack down on violent or pornographic online games, state media reported Friday.


China has launched a campaign to crack down on online games operating illegally alongside content deemed to be unhealthy

China launches crackdown on online gaming

Technology / Internet

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

China has launched a campaign to crack down on online games operating illegally and featuring content deemed to be unhealthy, state media reported Friday, in the nation's latest Internet clean-up effort.


Streaming games could be bane or boon for ISPs

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Parents might get a new reason to yell at their kids for playing video games too much: In the future, it could rack up their Internet bills.





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Understanding interaction in virtual worlds

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

New cinema blockbuster, Avatar, leapt to the top of box office charts as soon as it came out — a stunning 3D realisation of an alien world. Our fascination with themes of escape to other fantastic places and the thrill of ...


Stern's threat to quit Sirius could be empty talk (AP)

Stern's threat to quit Sirius could be empty talk

Technology / Business

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) --Howard Stern is threatening to leave Sirius XM Radio Inc. now that the shock jock and the satellite radio provider are getting set to enter contract talks in 2010.


Web wizardry: CS 50 Fair spotlights students’ programming for the Web

Web wizardry: CS 50 Fair spotlights students’ programming for the Web

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The observation became a question and finally an application.


Efforts under way to make Web more accessible (AP)

Efforts under way to make Web more accessible

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Imagine not being able to use a mouse to open a Web browser or a keyboard to type an e-mail. What if you couldn't distinguish colors on a computer screen or type the distorted letters in order to ...


UCSD Experts Calculate How Much Information Americans Consume

UCSD Experts Calculate How Much Information Americans Consume

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- U.S. households consumed approximately 3.6 zettabytes of information in 2008, according to the "How Much Information? 2009 Report on American Consumers," released today by the University of ...


'Uncharted 2' nabs top prize at VGAs (AP)

'Uncharted 2' nabs top prize at VGAs

Technology / Software

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The cinematic action adventure "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" nabbed three prizes including game of the year at the Spike TV Video Game Awards.


Class-action suit pits woman against 'dishonest' ads on Facebook

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A 41-year-old part-time dance instructor and graphic designer from Santa Cruz is the face of a class-action lawsuit designed to force Web sites that offer social gaming to rein in what she calls deceptive ads.


Pay babysitter on iPhone, says Twitter

Pay babysitter on iPhone, says Twitter

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Microblogging service Twitter has branched into the market for electronic payments, unveiling a mini credit card swiper that plugs into the iPhone, at a European internet fair on Wednesday.


5 top publishers plan rival to Kindle format

Technology / Business

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(AP) -- Five of the nation's largest publishers of newspapers and magazines plan to challenge Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle electronic-book reader with their own digital format that would display in color and work on a variety ...


Gift Guide: High-tech happiness for $100 or less (AP)

Gift Guide: High-tech happiness for $100 or less

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- No one's going to blame you for keeping holiday gifts minimal this year. But if you want to round out your handmade cards, scarves, pickles and jam with a gadget or gizmo, here are a handful of our ...



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